First of all rims look sick! Def nice work. Secondly, I had a couple questions....I picked up a set of T-stars from a guy on craigslist and they had a little green over-spray on them from some painting in his shop and the clear coat was pitting. My plan was to just wet sand with 2500 grit until the over-spray and pitting were gone- but I had to go too deep and made it through the clear coat. Now I'm thinking about just working them a little further and then polishing them before clear coating them again, kinda like you've done here but without base paint.
My questions are these: If I want that original shiny polished-aluminum (almost chrome-like) look should I still rough up the surface before clear coating? Secondly, what are your thoughts on using a rattle can for the clear coat? Open to any recommendations- just looking to refurb these rims myself