kyteler Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Exactly, EVERYWHERE! Put it this way, before I got my car, the previous owner sandblasted the roof after he took the ugly vinyl crap off it and when I was changing my roof lining this weekend I was constantly getting sand in my eyes (being I was looking up and it was falling out of the roof. STUPID SAND! Doing rims though, should be sweet as just do it either outside or try contain some of the sand by doing it in a small garden shed or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 went to a place today, they said it would be too rough on aluminum rims like mine, but I'm getting them blasted and powdercoated in this almost chrome like finish, $280 for the set, completely done, not just fronts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 well looks like the old fashiond way for me then, good ol sandpaper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Yeah that's what I'd do if I didn't have these rims, too tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W8NSEE Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 there is a good as polisher in hamilton, hes down in ellis st. He polished my hotwires to a mirror finish and it only cost $35 per mag. it took a week tho but it worth the wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Hmmm really? That's a lot cheaper than powder coating... Might go check it out. Cheers for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jamezuu Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Good place in chch is elite wheel company on st asaph guy at course got his hotwires polished and black parts repainted for $110, real good job too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 ok, so i tried the sandpaper and autosol on my tridents, but it fucken sux, it made it worse. its shiny metal but not see your self in the reflection shiny lol, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Use finer sandpaper and more Autosol Sux huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Have you tried using steelwool and autosol. I used that on my my rocker cover and it works pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Yeah, you need to go 400, 800, 1200 at least then autosol, should come up mint as. Im gonna do my rocker cover soon as well me thinks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Heh, I got one of each when it comes to rocker covers, black one and a chrome one. Chrome needs a tidy up though before I swap them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 if rocker covers are painted allready, and then striped then polished is that sweet or do the need a coat of something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Welcome to my first ever venture into the scary Tech Forum. ..or small expense for long, grueling, quasi-pro job but with the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself AND IT TOOK FOREVER! This is me right now. I've taken three factory painted wheels back to bare metal with stripping discs and a power drill, then sanded and polished them. Power drill is almost wrecked, work area is a mess, I still need to source another wheel and the shine isn't so great. Using fine grades of wet-and-dry prior to buffing with a buffing attachment and cake of magic polishing compound gave a dull and cloudy result for some reason - surface needed to be rougher? But my question is, how do I protect the wheels now? Presumably the bare metal will be harder to clean, more vulnerable to brake dust and will eventually oxidise etc? If I spray them with any old clear topcoat, I'm worried that the heat from my front brakes might fry the clear coat off next track day. A former flatmate works at a professional wheel repair place, and he showed me the clear coat stuff they spray straight onto bare metal. It said nothing about heat resistance. Apparently this is followed up by coats of the normal 2-pac clear (or something), and I could talk them down to $100/wheel to coat mine in this manner. Not worth it considering the quality of my preparation work! (Curbing? Meet mister rigid sandpaper disc..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isnowi Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I have raw polished rims on my polo, i used up to 1200 grit on a lathe at low speed with heaps of water/detergent, then polished with a mop on a drill and using the red rouge paste, after i had done about 3-4 hours on each i moved to autosol and hands to do the final polish. Came up nice except for the low spots where the stripping disc took a bit too much material out. On the car they are covered with brake dust within a couple of minutes, i got around it by putting 10 or so coats of really good quality wax on, it takes the chrome like brightness out of the polished alloy a bit, but it makes em easy to clean up, just a dry rag before washing the car and then just treat them like a painted panel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Was looking for this thread last week but couldnt find for the life of me.... Am halfay thgru doing mine at the mo. Started 400 then 600 then 1200 then 1500 then buff. Yet to autosol.. tommorows job. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1Mad Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Gazza. Im investigating soda blasting for your rims (just the bands). Think it will be cheapish and way easier to polish up after. Also, the central dish would be cleaned up to. Would have to remove tyres tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Chur bro. I might take them in also to see how well pros can get this shit. Wonder where in Welly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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