wheel refurb

frankiepolo · Post by **frankiepolo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:05 pm

Bought a set of wheels the other day so started off splitting the wheels and removing the tyres, then nitromors the lips of the wheels, then used 240 grit then 400 grit wet and dry paper, this is where i am so far, as it started getting dark.

heres a few pics...

ill update this thread as i make progress in the refurb! let me know what u think. cheers.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:17 pm

Nice one. Is the finish going to be polished?

frankiepolo · Post by **frankiepolo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:17 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:Nice one. Is the finish going to be polished?

mirror polished on lips. and painted centres

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:18 pm

Should come out good judging by the progress so far.

frankiepolo · Post by **frankiepolo** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:46 pm

update, finished off the first wheel today, went threw all the grit papers up to 1200grit, then used some Autosol metal polish and a soft cloth, then used a blob of autosol with some 1200 grit, then buffed off again with soft cloth..

This is how it turned out....

Kelk11 · Post by **Kelk11** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:33 pm

are they poor pics of the shine or are they quite dull?
im currently refurbing mine and have got a much better finish by sanding in the direction of the rim which gave a finish like yours then after that sand perpendicular to the edge for ultimo shinno.
then use the polish.
sanding with the shape of the rim

sanding against the rim