I have another set of BBS wheels on my car that someone refinished.
They aren’t machine finished, they polished them and applied some kind of clear.
I thought it was just straight clear, and maybe that clear dulled it down a bit, but I test shot one of my polished RS lips, and the clear didn’t dull it down at all.
So now I’m guessing they used some kind of satin clear on the lips.
But then I start to doubt it, because the spokes are definitely a shiny clear clear, and it doesn’t seem likely that most restorers would take the time or care enough to use two different types of clear when shooting the wheel.
(My theory is maybe the polished lips, even though they are cleared, continue to dull down naturally. I have no idea of who did, or when those wheels were restored).