Taking paint/curb rash of chrome rims

[Jeanius]

I just bought some Chrome Torq Thrust II's, used. The guy who had em thought about powdercoating the center black, but didnt know if it would look good, so he taped up the lip of the wheel and spray painted over the chrome center. He ended up liking it but never got around to having it done right, Does anyone know what i could use to take that paint off without damaging the chrome underneath? I thought about using something like goof off, but was worried it would ruin the chrome i also thought about steel wool and maybe powerwashing them and maybe the paint would flake off, but i dont got a powerwasher. Also the rims all have curb rash real bad, is there anything that can be done to make curb rash look better or somewhere i can take them to have the lip grinded down the curb rash and repolish it to look like new, ALL SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!

[Trash man]

try come laqour thinner

[Dave-S]

If the caps themselves are metal (not just chrome plated plastic) then you can use paint stripper/remover on them.

[Jeanius]

Thanks for your help guys! Anyone have any suggestions/stories on curb rash repair?

[Coop '02Z]

You can use coarse sand paper to clean up the scratches if it is just on the lip...Then follow up with some finer paper.

[Jeanius]

its just the lip that im worried about, but they are DEEP, the guy who had these must have had no depth perception cuz all 4 of them are bad

[Steel2686]

Wow. He even dented the one on the top left. Not easy to do....

[Coop '02Z]

Belt sander, keep it flat....

[Jeanius]

if i do it myself instead of taking it to get done, do i have to refinish it or just repolish it?

[Jeanius]

Anyone happen to know the wholesale price of the American Racing Torq Thrust II's? I was thinking about just cleaning these up, polishing them and making them look the best possible, selling them and buying some brand new ones, considering i only paid 250 for all 4. One of my relatives manages wheel works but im having trouble getting a hold of him