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since no one wanted to trade for my curbed rims locally, i decided to fix them up a little bit. First, i went to discount tire and got my wheels balance and rotated with the stick on weights that go on the inside of your wheel.after that, i went to meijer and bought the assorted pack of 3M wetsand paper. then i bought some added sand paper.
heres a list of the grits i got:
-220
-400
-800
-1000
-1500
-2000

i spent about $10 on all that stuff. all 3M wetsand paper.

heres the pic of the rim i worked on b4. pay attention to the lip of the rim before and after:


heres the pic of the rim partially done. partially meaning the curbage is gone and i have to start sanding to higher grits and polish still:


and heres a close up of one almost complete part. its still not sanded as much as i wanted yet. this has no rubbing compound or polish on it:


and heres a pretty much complete pic with polish and all done:



Now its time to tackle the rest of the rim and the other 3 lol. its kinda long. a few hours a rim is what it looks like. If u guys want i can make a write up, but it will only be on HAN, no where else!

ill post more pics when the time comes. im working on finnishing these tomarrow, im starting bright and early at 7AM tomarrow since i have nothing to do all day.

Thanks for looking guys!
Rob

 

Bling bling. Looks good.

 

thanks, more pics tomarrow!

 

nice job fixing that lip. :thumbup:

 

Damn dude, I didn't know you could fix curbage like that. I might want that writie up, I got a few curbed rims I'm like to fix. Very nice work! :thumbup:

 

well guys, i dunno what to say, ive worked on buffing this rims for about 2 hours this morning, and it still doesnt look as good as it orignally looked. i put a clearcoat on top, in hopes to sand the clean down with 2000 grit and then compound and polish, but damn, i dunno if im gonna keep goin at the other wheels like this. if worst comes to worst, i think im gonna be asking you guys what color to paint my wheels....

Thanks for the support guys, ill get pics up in a few.

 

gj man. my rims are so bad i may have to paint em

 

were you wetsanding this stuff? if not, give that a try. use metal polish and die grinder w/ metal polishing wheels if ya can... might get better results.

 

yeah i wetsanded. still didnt come out AS nice. i gave up for now. my ass and knees hurt from slaving over for 4+hours trying to perfect that shit.

 

eh, i gave up for now. ran out of time and i need to work the next few days. i think im gonna need to buy a buffing wheel, b/c they didnt turn out as good as i want them too.

oh yeah, and my POS honda jack broke
heres some new pics i guess its a mini update.

any advise on super buffing these wheels woudl be great
i used mother mag polish and 3m rubbing compound


the teeh on the friking jack stripped and then they rubbed off i guess b/c it looks like a sleek shaft (lol) so i went out and bought a hydrolic jack, no more crappy jacks. ill replace it with a j/y one just incase of a flat


Heres she is just sitting there with a spare on the drivers front


Eww, not the prettiest picture for any integra


i just waxed her today, and took a pic. that is the drivers side front wheel, the one i worked on polishing, no more curb marks =)