Polishing Wheels?

[tougerunner86]

I was looking through some threads on HT and saw some Sprint Hart Cp-f's that were polished and they looked soooo sexy. If I bought some rota knockoff's, how hard/time consuming would it be to polish them? Anybody done it yet? Thanks!

[solbrothers]

sand blast > sand > mothers aluminum polish

[tougerunner86]

Will that get them like, "mugen mirror finish" shiny? haha

[dank24]

Originally Posted by tougerunner86

Will that get them like, "mugen mirror finish" shiny? haha

yes, u need a very high grit

[solbrothers]

then polish. and wtf is mugen mirror finish? lol

[tougerunner86]

haha idk you know, the mugen nr's? Actually nevermind here is what I want:
http://images.superstreetonline.com/...unlop_cp_r.jpg

[kifu]

Basically what solbrothers said but expect to spend a few HOURS per wheels sanding and getting every imperfection out cause if you don't when you go to polish you'll just high light them.

Personally I would never do it, it's just way to much work.

[solbrothers]

Originally Posted by kifu

Basically what solbrothers said but expect to spend a few HOURS per wheels sanding and getting every imperfection out cause if you don't when you go to polish you'll just high light them.

Personally I would never do it, it's just way to much work.

exactly. way too much work. you "could" pay a shop to do it for you, but still. not worth the time/money

[tougerunner86]

Few hours eh, well I'm in college, what else do I do on the weekends haha. Well thanks guys, I may or may not go for it. Just gotta see what kind of price I can get for some track R's....

[Neebs]

Originally Posted by solbrothers

then polish. and wtf is mugen mirror finish? lol

Mugen NR Mirror Face are rims. They are polished.

[redrumm]

its going to take awhile expecially because of the spokes.

and the wheels you might be looking for are spun rims

http://www.spunwheels.net/spunspkg.html


you would have to strip the wheels with air craft stripper.
then sand down with a high grit and work your way from there

[Fit4Trav]

Here's a DIY from VWvortex.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2491988&page=1

Pics no longer work, but the instructions are still there

[Raaaaaaaaaay.]

It takes way too long. I poshed a set of Hx's I bought for a friend. Its way too much work.
I ended up selling them too.

[B1str0]

u will need some aircraft stripper... then pressure wash then start sanding ... start at 150 then 220 . 330 440 600 and the dry/wet at 800 to get em really polished wet sand at 8 1000 1500 then get some wheel polish and clear if needed.. i was 2 coats of wet sand away from polishing my gsr blades and then changed my mind last minute... its good to use a mouse.. i went bare for mine.. im still missing fingerprints lol

[tougerunner86]

Man, this does sound like its a lot of work. But god, that would be so og to have fully polished rota track r's or gt3's. Ughh....I might just have to pay someone to do it.

[solbrothers]

Originally Posted by Neebs

Mugen NR Mirror Face are rims. They are polished.

lmao, i know that, but ive never heard of "mugen polished" :P

[tougerunner86]

Originally Posted by solbrothers

lmao, i know that, but ive never heard of "mugen polished" :P

I made that up! I happened to be looking at the mugen nr's with the mirror face so thats what was on my mind...haha.

[solbrothers]

Originally Posted by tougerunner86

I made that up! I happened to be looking at the mugen nr's with the mirror face so thats what was on my mind...haha.

werd. carry on.

[B1str0]

take em to a shop and get them sandblasted ... a shop can polish them for you but it wont be cheap .. cheapest i got quoted from around here was 350 ..vs 20 bucks in sandpaper and spray paint lol

[tougerunner86]

Yeah, that seems to be the best idea. Oh man, I can't wait to get some extra $$ of course wheels might have to wait, that deal on the spoon n1 is calling... haha. Thanks for the inputs though guys. Didn't expect to get this much