briefing from the ICU (Volks continuation)
07-27-2005, 05:17 PM
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briefing from the ICU (Volks continuation)
After coming home from work and eating dinner, I decided to start polishing the first wheel that I had sanded down. I used a polishing kit I picked up from Home Depot during my lunch today and it's working extremely well. Here is a shot when I first started. I later took the rim apart to make it a little easier. The first wheel alone has about 5 hours of work involved. :happysad: I think the rest will take about 2-3 hours a piece since I know what I'm doing now. Anywho...here's a sample.
They actually have a better shine than this. I went back over each section several times. I'm pretty happy with the results.
They actually have a better shine than this. I went back over each section several times. I'm pretty happy with the results.
07-27-2005, 05:27 PM
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I need to do that with my GP-0's. I have a lot of scratches on the polished lip, especially around the area of the valve stem. It's heavily scratched because I'm not really careful when I put air in my tires. 
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07-27-2005, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dubcac
Looks good. I'm gonna get my Volks powdercoated pretty soon I think. I need tires, and they need a new finish.
07-27-2005, 11:32 PM
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His rims were already polished on the lip. You'd need to get some aircraft stripper to get the black powdercoat/paint off, and then go to work with a high speed polisher.