aluminum rim refinishing?

[Touchdown038]

Ok, I bought this Meguiar's stuff to clean the wheels with, and naturally I didn't look at the label warning me not to put it on polished aluminum rims. So I took it and sprayed it all over my Fittipaldi polished aluminum rims and needless to say, within a few minutes the stuff had eaten away a lot of the polish and part of the wheel, giving it a very rough and almost white texture. So I was wondering if there was a product I could use to get it back to normal? If not, is it possible to get them refinished so they look good again?

[AZhitman]

DOH! Sorry to hear that.

Believe it or not, I did the same thing back in 1990 to a set of Momo Quasars (old school!)... I called the company, and after a series of phone calls and threats from an attorney friend, I got a new set of rims out of it. I got a letter later that showed they had added a warning label to their products.

You'll probably want to take them to a professional, since they're a nice wheel - Search for "alloy wheel repair" and call around, they'll have to be re-polished and clear-coated. Won't be cheap, but that's the breaks.

OR you could have them powder-coated to match your car... Just a thought.