[GeorgeLyons]

Let me clarify: I only suggest the glass bead to remove the crappy gray paint, not change the cast finish. It's there and it's fine; it just needs uncovered and the bead blasting has done that just fine for me on numerous new wheels. Original old wheels were not high polished outers but did NOT have that heavy machined ring thing going on either. Smoothing and polishing now is the only way to get the outers back to smooth and they lose the fresh polish look quickly if you wish to get as close as I have found to what they did late sixties, early seventies. Yes, brake dust is an issue. Aluma-Blast is OK, probably the best finish if you dont want to leave them bare as they were originally. Better idea than a clear in my opinion.