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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 08:40 PM
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Soi got some stuff from Japan. Gonna slap these on the SC. Anybody else rocking LM's. Also i guess the rims are affected by the "white worm". I guess its a common thing for BBS wheels. Anybody have an idea how to get rid of it?

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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 08:42 PM
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Old Oct 26, 2016 | 06:38 PM
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Sand down re polish and clear coat
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Old Oct 26, 2016 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Maximo018
Sand down re polish and clear coat
I would not even bother to do that. Just send them out or have a local shop do it for you. When you factor in how much work is involved, purchasing materials, etc. it's just cheaper to have a shop refinish them and the result will look 10x better and last longer provided a reputable place does it.

As mentioned above, your wheels have corrosion underneath the clearcoat, a good powdercoater would strip the clearcoat with a chemical, re-polish (or brush) the finish and re-clear them depending on the look you want.

I just worked on a 97 Porsche 911 track car that had those same exact wheels. We did a wheels off detail for the customer that involved removing all the wheels and cleaning them inside and out (behind the spokes, rear barrels, removing old weight sticker residue etc. Although the caked on brake dust was effectively removed with iron x and lots of dwelling, underneath was lots of corrosion on the back side, not a whole lot you can do about that besides refinishing them.
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Old Oct 27, 2016 | 09:35 AM
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Nice wheels. BBS LM have always been one of my favorites. The only other person I can think of with authentic LM is Howiedoit.

There is no easy way to get rid of the "white worm." The lips will have to be refinished to get rid of it. The basic steps are split the rims, send the lips out to get stripped, repolished, clear coated, reassemble rims, and seal the barrel. Personally, I prefer raw polish because it is shinier, but its also higher maintenance. If my car was a daily driver, then I would recommend clear coating the rims.
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 06:21 PM
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They need to be refinished

Powder coat or do a carefully can job.

Duplicolor hyper silver would look great
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