[jims69camaro]

my wheels had paint on them under the clear, and the paint is not a color i would want on any car (almost a pinkish color). i used the sandpaper method, though i started with 36 grit. it's very abrasive, but with a light touch and power tools (backup batteries FTW), it all came off.

the 91Z wheels have grooves in them, and natch, they had paint down in the grooves, so i had to come up with something to get down in the groove and not take forever and not beat the hell out of my fingers/hands/arms/shoulders (you get the idea), so i put some 100 on a paint stick and slid it back and forth in the groove until the paint came off of all three surfaces. sounds like a bitch, but i guess it all depends on how badly you want you rims to look good. i am never afraid of a little hard work and am always up for learning a better way.

anyway, the surface of the wheels is so slick, an egg would slide right off of them - i ended with 2000 grit, wet, after running the gamut: 36, 80, 100, 220, 320, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000.