I looked the new rims over when I picked them up. One was kinda rough but I couldn't see sending it back and waiting another 4 to 6 weeks for a new one to be made with no guarantee it would be any better then this one...
This is the wheel.

Here are some of the issues. This is scratched up with a nice gouge.

The edges of all of the slots were ugly. To heavy handed with the polisher. ate right into the edges of the slots.


I cobbled together this roller that clamps to the fab table, lets the tire roll nice and easy. Makes quick work out of sweetening up this rim.

In order to fix the slots I made a template to mark the radius needed to remove the rough stuff.

laying it in and lining it up with the existing slot made marking the trim lines easy.

Lined up and ready to mark.

I used a black Sharpie to mark the "new" edge of the slot.

Then I busted out the high tech alloy displacement device....
Mainly a big half-round file... Took about a half hour to get all of the edges cleaned up. Some were worse then others but they all need to be cleaned up.


This is the surface finish left by the file.