Chris,
It would cost more for me to apply new rims to my centers, but blasting priming, and painting my centers, and acid cleaning and bringing the chrome back to full shine is only $40 per wheel! To me five wheels that will "look like new" for $200, seemed quite reasonable (and i am a known cheapskate). He also said that if my wheels can't be restored to "like new" then he will switch him with a wheel he has. Wow
Rob