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!

 

sand blast > sand > mothers aluminum polish

 

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

 

yes, u need a very high grit

 

then polish. and wtf is mugen mirror finish? lol

 

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

 

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

 

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....

 

Mugen NR Mirror Face are rims. They are polished.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

werd. carry on.

 

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

 

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