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Originally Posted by Langcow1
Here’s the worst one
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Aluminum does oxidize, but doesn't "rust" (need steel/iron for that). That looks like failed clearcoat, and yes they're painted, where all sorts of brake dust trash has soaked underneath. As for fixing them up, it's the same no matter what metal... take it all the way down past the corrosion/damage and then protect again (powedercoat or paint). The normal way is with a sandblaster, but pretty much any paint stripper will remove the lions share, it's just a lot of elbow grease... the better the desired results, the more effort involved.
Clearly, you're not going to do just 1 or 2 wheels... all of them ought to match and you're not going to be able to match what the factory did. In all honesty, it's almost certainly going to be cheaper to buy nicer wheels than to fix what you have. Old OEM wheels like those tend to hover in the $50/per range where I am, so if you need 2, you'd be out $100...
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