I saw a set of turbo wheels on a 240 in the boneyard. They are pretty badly oxidized. Any tricks on recovery of these wheels. Are they worth getting or would I be wasting my time and money. They are probably $25 per wheel
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Blane Gardner Couple of Volvos, a Couple of Old Chebbies, and a Toyota Van

Actually poor man's method is to wire brush them and use a 1" round brush and paint them with Rustoleum.

All you need to do now is to pick a real nice color that looks good with your brick's paint scheme. I've done yellow, white, sand , and burgandy. The yellow looked the best to me, but my wife refused to drive the car!
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96 855R, 95 855,854, 90 744 Ti - 340,000 Volvo miles put on 7 bricks

I agree with Kane. They can be stripped and refinished. The original finish is painted so you're not doing anything different if you sand or wire-brush them, and repaint something like the Volvo silver.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 229K, 88 744GLE- 218K, 82 245T-181K Also responsible for the care and feeding of: 88 745GLE, 231K, 87 244DL, 239K, 88 245DL, 246K

If they're look straight otherwise and have minimal curb rash (or less), it's worth it. Proper refinishing is to bead blast and powder coat. Poor-owner method is to scrub as much gunk off as possible, spray primer, spray paint, and spray clear.

-- Kane
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Blossom II - '91 745Ti/M46 ... Bubbles - '74 144GL/BW35 ... Buttercup - '86 245GL/AW70 ... The Wayback Machine - '64 P220/M40