Hub cap refinishing?

[PonyGuy]

The hubcaps on my 2004 GMQ LS Ultimate have begun to get white corrosion and crud creeping under the clear finish. The creeping crud has also messed up the charcoal-grey finish around lettering and the waterfall.

IF I could find a set of these metal hubcaps, they'd be ~$60 each, according to my friendly Ford Counterman. www.aintgonnahappen.com (http://www.aintgonnahappen.com)

These are beginning to look really nasty; is there a sane way to refinish these little Frisbees? The clear coating is quite resistant to easy mechanical removal with a scraper, and even if it was easy, scraping it would ruin the fine-grooved texture around the outer edge of the cap.

This is the only hub cap photograph I have, but the caps are a lot nastier-looking than this one looks. Any ideas or friendly advice about refinishing these?
("Buying a Marauder" was attempted, but the idea wouldn't float past the wife-who-hates floor-shifters department... :alone:)

Thanks!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/ponyguy/GMQ%20Hubcap.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ponyguy/media/GMQ%20Hubcap.jpg.html)

[MMBLUE]

I would soak in your favorite paint removing solvent, green pad it, to give it the brushed look( as much as necessary), clean again, paint with testors black paint, don't worry about going outside the lines, lightly go over with paint remover on rag to remove paint outside of the lines and clear-coat many times to your liking.

[RubberCtyRauder]

check ebay for a used set and there are other hubcap places on the web that would have them