Polishing Wheels?
#1
Polishing Wheels?
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!
#6
haha idk you know, the mugen nr's? Actually nevermind here is what I want:
http://images.superstreetonline.com/...unlop_cp_r.jpg
http://images.superstreetonline.com/...unlop_cp_r.jpg
#7
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.
Personally I would never do it, it's just way to much work.
#8
exactly. way too much work. you "could" pay a shop to do it for you, but still. not worth the time/money
#11
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
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
Last edited by redrumm; 10-01-2008 at 02:39 PM.
#12
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
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2491988&page=1
Pics no longer work, but the instructions are still there
#14
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
#17
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.
#19
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
#20
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