dc2JDMwhore

I got bored a few weeks ago and decided i needed a change of wheels so i just decided to polish my si's.. figured i would try to do something different in my area hah.. now maybe i can trade them off a little easier

Here are some pics of the first wheel and how it turned out.. 3-4 hours of stripping, sanding, and polishing. Let me know what you think.



we did one spoke just to see how it was gonna turn out because i was not to sure about it.



Coated in polish. Used that mothers mag and aluminum wheel polish and one of the buffer pads out of a headlight lens restore kit from autozone with a power drill.. ended up hand polishing them again after.





Finished


On the car with center cap


Up close in the garage.. not a hole lot of light. LOOKS ALOT BETTER IN PERSON IN MY OPINION.


grits used, I was able to take out some of the scratches and curb rash during this.


started the sanding here






and here are the other three wheels







And here is what they look like on the car after i got them all done. Just need to get them cleared.. I will probably go over them again with a high grit and some more polish before i do get them cleared though thanks to the salt from the roads around here




TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ? ?

DVDr

iTrader: (2)

Looks good, SI wheels in good condition always look great.

If you wanted mirror finish, use 1500 and 2000 grit .

boxeocampeon

looks good bro

ifIexplode

damn, wish i had nice weather to be bored in, All i do in NJ is play COD and hide from the cold. Looks good, I should have never sold my SI's

fastrxu

Sexy

How long TOTAL did it take to achieve this look?

Linked

wetsand with 1500 or 2000 and BUFF as well? get a mirror chrome finish

theEGGmonsta

damn i miss my si's.....

jcun360

looks great! that must've a long time to do. i would've kept the "h" black but to each their own . i might have to polish my set of Si's now too lol

theEGGmonsta

i agree, the red "h" looks ricer'ish

Mike_Rodriguez8

Can you please explain the process. Im being sold some SI stocks cheap. However they need a lot of work!!! Do you start with a heavy grit and work your way up with the grit #. I've never polished anything, and sanding has been very minimal!

dc2JDMwhore

yeah i did wet sand with 1000, 1500, and 2000 and then used rubbing compound and then mothers polish with a buffer. lol had a mirror finish in person

haha as far as it being warm here and nice weather.. its oklahoma.. the weather here is like a roller coaster.. it can be 70 out one day and 20 the next.. i did it in my living room and had my car in a garage with a heater:D but since its been cold i have been playing codmw2 with my buddy

this took a total of maybe 20 hours.. i could have spent longer and taken my time but its my only car and my only set of wheels.. once i pick up another car hopefully this month i will take them off and go over them again

i didnt paint the center caps.. i didn't have any when i bought the wheels and my friend got them and painted them and then gave them to me.. so i left them lol.


i started off with some rustoleum clear coat remover to strip off the clear on the wheels, then started sanding with a lower grit like 320.. i went down to like a 120 on the little lip because it had alot of curb rash, then just worked my way up to 2000.. i started wet sanding when i hit 800 grit and then after i was done sanding i went over it with a buffer pad and a drill with rubbing compound and then back over it with a aluminum polish.. then i cleaned off what was left with some windex lol they came out nice until it snowed here and all the salt on the roads kkinda killed it

Mike_Rodriguez8

Sounds easy enough. Also sounds like a lot of work! A wheel a night, they'll be ready in no time. What do you mean kind of killed it? Do you mean their just dirty again....or did the snow kill the whole job?

92ehatch

i think he is talking about salt corrosion

they look really nice.

you shouldnt have to sand and buff again for the salt, just wash, if the salt left little marks just buff them agian and it should remove the marks

xero_xero

i have a set of fat 5s on my eg 4door. loooking to polish the faces and paint the sides... like the konigs i have on my lude.

yes, my rotors are rusted a bit, i dont drive it in crappy weather and yes its water on the konigs.

rycrkt

I don't know, I think the red H is cool. Only looks weird to everyone who know the difference, otherwise its not to bad. Wheels look great BTW.

madmidwest_ej8

cod all day! lol

dc2JDMwhore

thanks everyone! enjoying the positive feedback ha

i will probably try buffing them again real soon... salt corrosion sucks haha there are some fine scratches left so i figured i would try sanding again

97ej6dx

i may do that to my si wheels.. looks snazzy!

dc2JDMwhore

yeah haha i was surprised with it.. i got bored a few times and started polishing things.. like a motor mount, shift ****, wheels, and block lol

97ej6dx

haha ive done that before 2 random things around the house lol

dc2JDMwhore

lol yah just got bored once it warms back up ill probably be doing more stuff ha

Nichelson_Performance

looks pretty good.

at least you didn't paint them like alot of morons do

dc2JDMwhore

haha yah someone told me to and im against painting these things.. i think they look ridiculous painted

B16a2Wa

Dont ruin Si's! Should of went Blades if you were looking for that look! Rice FTW!

ifIexplode

PS3 of gaybox?