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Matt H
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12th Aug 04 at 00:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im in the process of polishing my wheels to give them a euro polished rim effect

its bloody hard work but heres afew pics. you can see which areas have been polished & whch havent. going to be spraying the spokes a dark grey colour & leaving the rim polished once there all done

















anyone else tried doing this yet? did you come across any problems??
R Lee
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looking good so far

and...


PMSL for taking on the job of polishing it yourself. i gave it a go but got bored, arm started to ache.
Matt H
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i wouldnt recommend doing this to anyone but ive already started
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fair play to u for getting stuck in, ont look much fun to me but it will look class when its done, u gotta keep them real clean after u have done them tho like cleaning every few days, i had some polished wheels on my mini and did not realise this untill it was to late and brake dust had started to get into the finish:-( gutted, looked amazing tho!

keep up the good work it will be worth it in the end, iaz
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cant u get like a drill/dremmel attachment 4 it an do it like that?!
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i did mine


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when there finished it may be worth getting them laquerd as the may start to tarnish
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yea maybe a good idea, i still need to do mine..

Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
i did mine




yeah but they are painted silver not polished
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yea.. but i still did em
Icy
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
yea.. but i still did em


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how do u polish them? may be stupid question, await abuse
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
how do u polish them? may be stupid question, await abuse


depends what your alloys are made of, but it looks to me like he has used fine sandpaper. 1200 grit
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400, 800 & then 1200 grade sandpaper followed by peek metal polish
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quote:
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400, 800 & then 1200 grade sandpaper followed by peek metal polish


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