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I polished the lips first. Then painted them after, taping the lip off with Painter's tape designed especially to stick to metal. It worked really well... Except that some of the paint came off a little jagged in areas. Two of the rims I redid a different way. Still taped them off, but used a piece of paper (cut an 8x11" page lengthwise into two pieces and used the nicer edge along the rim). I put a line of tape along the straight edge (in parallel to it, or at least as close as I could get it) and tapped the edge off... Then repainted the out edge. Paint was much straighter (or curved, hehe). I used some textured paint to hide some of the original imperfections, etc... Then cleared the inner area, leaving the polished lip clean. Came out nice. Going to clay bar them in a few weeks to get the roughness out of the clear, then put some wheel wax on them (already had some on the lip before I tapped it of). Basically, it cost me $30 in paint supplies. $30 in sanding material (4 packs of sand paper, 320, 600, 1000, 1500 grit wetordry, a sanding block that I didn't use, some mothers metal polish, some 3M Perfect It II Compound, and applicators). And then about 2-3 days worth of my times... Its not bad. Powder coating would have been $400+, and I wouldn't have had the polished lip... So I think this works out ok. I would have liked to have been able to get aftermarket wheels (found some Kosei S5Rs for $750!!, 18x8, 18x9, but I don't have the $750, nor the cash to buy tires...). If you have any questions, drop me an email. Later,
KaZ
KaZ (jspec Twin Turbo z) Northern Virginia - "Unique Z"
Dyno'd - 338 RWHP / 368 RWTQ @ 17 TDC
Time'd - 13.8119 @ 104.19 MPH on 5 Cyl After 2nd Gear
AIM - KaZsMiR / E-mail @ Hotmail - casimijg
16 Timing Belts, 5 Suspension Installs, 4 Engine Pulls, 3 Clutch Installs, 2 Rear Mains, 1 Pop Charger and Counting... 
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23:17:30 07/12/02
