Pretty rough. Do they salt the roads that much in Nebraska? I resurfaced a set of free rims that were in worse shape once, three years ago and they still look like new. Beads were leaking so I took the tires off and did that area as well. Many years ago I stripped another set using a wire wheel, probably steel, and it galled up the aluminum, so if you're going that route it'd probably come out better if you can find a brass wheel or a sanding mop. Some chemical strippers react with aluminum but are another possibility for the painted areas. Last time I used a sandblaster and glass beads, and finished with a three part Limco paint (urethane, hardener and reducer). Made a short video, mostly about the support method but there were some before, during and after shots. Took quite a while, a day to blast and a day to prime and paint twice (including dry time between coats) and around $100 in materials if I recall, although probably much more these days
Support rims to paint all surfaces at once - YouTube
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Fair price. Are those chrome though? Kinda looks like it. I just bought a set of painted alloys over the winter to replace another set of chrome rims, because the NH salt was making the chrome flake up badly and look terrible after 5 or 6 winters here. From what I read, stripping chrome is even worse than stripping paint because it can't be cleanly blasted since it's harder than the substrate, so they need to be stripped in acid which creates a toxic acid-chrome soup, then sandblasted. Chrome ones look nice and would probably have held up better if I was better about rinsing the salt off them, but once they start to go, they're done.