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unclerichy,

If you're looking to remove the anodizing - as I did before polishing and painting, all you need to due is visit your kitchen pantry and grab a can of Easy-Off oven cleaner. Do this carefully of course, because if the wife sees you know how to use that stuff, guess who gets to do the oven next time!

This works best if you can set the wheels in the sun (preferable to the oven) for an hour or so first. Spray on Easy-Off to generously coat the outer surface of the wheel. Let it sit 10 minutes and wipe off with a wet sponge & hose. No more anodizing!

From there you can polished the raised portion, and paint the recessed portion. Just be sure to let the whoever polishes the wheels know if you're going to paint the recessed portion so they don't polish that - paint won't stick if polished.

Take a look at my sight below, and check out the Project Ravenna. It has before and after of my wheels. BTW, getting the raised outer portion of the wheels polished only cost me around $40 each, since I already removed the anodizing.

Enjoy!