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Get the lips masked and blasted, then polish the lips. Or get the entire wheel blasted, and then re-paint or powdercoat everything else after the lips are polished. It's a lot easier to polish them if you don't have to worry about damaging the paint or powdercoat, so it's better to polish them before they're painted or powdercoated.