**Show Your Polished Wheels**

[NoRice84]

Here is the before


And after


The inside of the spokes are still a little bit dirty!!!woops

[TypeG]

there's polishing the plasticized urethane (which is the clearcoat on the wheel), and then there's removing that clearcoat and polishing the metal underneath.

you can use mother's mag & aluminum polish on both surfaces.

for polishing the clearcoat, sanding isn't needed. don't treat the mag polish like wax, remember it's abrasive, so the more you rub the more shine you get.

for polishing the metal, sanding is needed for a mirror look because you have to remove the lines on the face of the wheel that make up the machined finish. of course you can leave the lines and just buff a shine as another option. later.

[NoRice84]

On mine I sanded down the clear, and polished the metal underneath. I had to sand it down because the clear was starting to chip, and it looked bad, but if you clear looks ok, then i would not suggest to sand it off, because it took me about 2 hours each wheel!!

[cb7'kid]

there's polishing the plasticized urethane (which is the clearcoat on the wheel), and then there's removing that clearcoat and polishing the metal underneath.

you can use mother's mag & aluminum polish on both surfaces.

for polishing the clearcoat, sanding isn't needed. don't treat the mag polish like wax, remember it's abrasive, so the more you rub the more shine you get.

for polishing the metal, sanding is needed for a mirror look because you have to remove the lines on the face of the wheel that make up the machined finish. of course you can leave the lines and just buff a shine as another option. later.

how about curb rashes?? how do you take those out??? sanding it with wat sandpaper?? wetsand i mean

[TypeG]

yes, unless they are to deep. later.

[cb7'kid]

guess im gonna have to wetsande these down then

[illestatus]

its time consuming, i hated that

[NoRice84]

guess im gonna have to wetsande these down then

Yes, most scratches are in the clear cote, but some curb rash is so deep that you might need to fill it with either a fine filling bondo, or a weld stick. in both cases you have to sand the clear all the way down. So what I would recommend is getting a 3M 220 sand paper pack, and a 3M wet/dry variety pack. First use the 220 dry to sand the clear all the way down. This takes about an hour each rim. after this has been done you will be able to tell how deep the curb rash is,and you can decide what route you want to take.If you decide that the curb rash does not need to be filled in, then you can work your way up the variety pack, i would recommend only wetting the sandpaper at 1000 and above. If you decide to fill in the curb rash you will need to paint your wheel after you have filled in the curb rash, i believe that duplicolor sells different color wheel paint. Hope this helps, if you have any questions feel free to ask!!!

[MclovinRR]

and by the looks of things it doesnt seem like u got rid of all the clearcoat prior to polishing

nope i did not but i did sand down the clearcoat with a high grit process getting all the dirt and oxidation film off of the clearcoat leaving a thin layer of clearcoat. when you remove that polyurethane coat the wheels tend to need more attention then when you leave it on there.... the coat allows for easy cleaning and more polishing if needed in the future

there's polishing the plasticized urethane (which is the clearcoat on the wheel), and then there's removing that clearcoat and polishing the metal underneath.

you can use mother's mag & aluminum polish on both surfaces.

for polishing the clearcoat, sanding isn't needed. don't treat the mag polish like wax, remember it's abrasive, so the more you rub the more shine you get.

for polishing the metal, sanding is needed for a mirror look because you have to remove the lines on the face of the wheel that make up the machined finish. of course you can leave the lines and just buff a shine as another option. later.

i agree and not going against anything your saying but, not wetsanding the urethane coat on the wheel will just cause all of that nasty mess to come back and be more visible then sanding it where it comes back in due time if not taken care of....

what process would you recomend type-g for the SE wheels i'm getting?? i want them looking like what??!! but at the same time i dont want a " holy shit your blinding me!!! damn i just crashed!!!" shine....lol

[GearBangnAccord]

i was bored lastnight so i took some snow pics, the rims shine even better in direct lighting

[KRIS05VVTi]

i can ship u a set of the rims in my post polished lip w/ blk face u pay shipping

sounds good....how much is the shipping!?

lol

lmao werd but hey im being honest j/k

[breeziebabyyy]

all you guys wheels look really good, if i could polish mine i probably would but na, i can't a sister can dream though keep em coming

[MclovinRR]

all you guys wheels look really good, if i could polish mine i probably would but na, i can't a sister can dream though keep em coming

kiki,
you damn well know with me and Type-g ur shit will be lookin fresh!!!

[MclovinRR]

i was bored lastnight so i took some snow pics, the rims shine even better in direct lighting

my wife has never seen snow and thought this was photoshopped.... poor thing....lol

[brianh1290]

my wife has never seen snow and thought this was photoshopped.... poor thing....lol

when i seen you said that im thinking wtf? how has she never seen snow they it dawned on me that you live in florida lol thats ashame for her.
lol
snow is fun =]