Expected that was going to happen, the clear is far too thick and bonds to itself more than previous surfaces. Shame, they look good, although every machine job makes the spokes wider and wider, which in itself still looks good but less from original.
Not sure there is any 'easy fix' for this beyond stripping the paint by soda blasting and masking up the machined surfaces, which is of course, not the way to do these either, but you can't keep machining either. Perhaps you can get a special deal on another set, but clear coat them after machining or at least not with powdercoat prior to machining. I'm not sure if another powdercoated clear coat now would actually help hold the current clear in place or not to prevent further peeling. Perhaps approach a few powdercoat guys for ideas.
Sell the current set which won't cover much of the outlay. The machining was always going to cost twice the value of the rims. Luckily they are still fairly cheap as not a particularly sought after rim, but that's still spending more money in order to get slightly more back than now.
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