I'm thinking of doing the all black wheels on my '08 695 in that old two tone style - painted spokes/centers, bare aluminum outers/edges. I've done something like this on some Japanese wheels by removing all the paint :P and then repainting the spokes and center portion. But I'm wondering if I could just strip the outer edges of these Brembo wheels. They seem to be painted, not powder coated, and methylene chloride stripper does the trick - the problem is how to mask. The stripper softens the adhesive on tape, allowing leakage underneath. (Don't ask me how I know this.)
Thanks for any hints.
Masking, and paint stripper, just won't work.
There’s a plastic tape that they use for powder coating that may work, but if it were me, I’d talk to a place that repairs/polishes wheel to see if they could machine the finish off to bare metal.