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Old 05-16-2004, 02:37 PM
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Default GSR Blades Full Polished (part II finished)

Update: Check my tutorial on page 2

Well as some of you know i bought some gsr blades at a good price but they had i few light scratchs here and there and some clear coat chipping. So i decided to repolish them to the original bright factory shine. As i looked at the blade up close i noticed the insides of the spokes and the inside edge of the rim is a rough painted grey finish. So i thought hey if im going to polish them up why not polish the whole danm rim. So i casted a vote https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=802090 and most of you said to go for it, so thats just what i did (and it payed off big time ).

Well i finally got around to taking some pictures and scanning them in (wish i had a digital cam) here are the before and after pictures. Enjoy

Before:
This is what i mean by the rough grey finish betten the spokes and inside rim

As you can see they were a bit chipped up and has some minnor scatchs




After:









On my Teg:







To all wondering how i polished them (even brighter them oem) heres a great tutorial and what i used to get a mirror shine http://www.caswellplating.com/...=1905

So what do you all think?


Modified by lak8 at 6:47 AM 5/19/2004


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I hate those wheels with a passion but good job on the polishing.
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i love those wheels.
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******* bling bling
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b cruz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hate those wheels with a passion but good job on the polishing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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*squints*

I'm blind....i'm blind

*opens eyes*

I knew the rumors were true


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great dyi
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mad bling you got there
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love them wheels, nice job
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i use to love the blades but now im stuck on meshies, good job on polishing them though.

about how much was it?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b cruz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hate those wheels with a passion but good job on the polishing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

why?? whats wrong with them?

nice job, ill do this to my Si rims. . . i painted them gunmetal, i was gonna do glosy black too, who knows, we'll see
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daymmm great job!!!! they look really nice i maybe trying in the near distance future...
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Thanks guys, The pictures really dont do the rims any justice, they look alot better up close in person.

Here in Canada blades are pretty rare and not to may people have them, so you dont see them to often
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rsxtreme415 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i love those wheels.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lak8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks guys, The pictures really dont do the rims any justice, they look alot better up close in person.
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the pictures with the rims off the car are freakin blinding, youre really gonna give it to others on a sunny day.
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***** bling blingin!
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bling blang nice diy
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the pictures with the rims off the car are freakin blinding, youre really gonna give it to others on a sunny day. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea those pictures i took wiith the blades on the car are really bad. My friend has a digital cam so ill probably take a photoshoot of the car some time.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by intenseEK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i use to love the blades but now im stuck on meshies, good job on polishing them though.

about how much was it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well i did it myself so bair min

4 Buffing wheels were like - $8bucks cnd
4 different buffing componds - on sale for $9.99 cnd
paint striper - $10-15 cnd (cant remember)
other small stuff like steel wool, sand paper(220,320,400,600,1500), etc - $10-20 cnd give or take

All in all fairly cheap to do.
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nice job
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i wish i knew where the bling o meter was cuz that would be maxxed out!!!!!!!!!!
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why?? whats wrong with them?

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they are the ugliest wheels Honda has released next to the 'fat fives' IMO.

not only that they are one of the heaviest.

Mesh's were the nicest that they made in 15's and I think the 96's with the caps look pretty clean on certain cars.
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that is sweet, i miss my blades
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wanna do mines?

dont even stress da hatas
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I don't see anyone 'hating' on this thread. I just dislike the wheel design. That is my opinion and I last time I checked everyone has one.I give him props on polishing though. He did a good job.

what I want to see is someone polish up a set of mesh's....
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nice and shiney


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