throughout the whole process do you dry sand or wet sand? not just for rims but for valve cover and stuff like that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by s10cky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do not sand your rims with a palm sander, there are two many curves and you will gouge something.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So, I wonder if he even tried a palm sander, or just speculating.

Go to your local pawn shop and pick up a sander. Got mine for 9 bucks at pawn-exchange just for this project. It worked beautifully. No, you wont gouge your rims, if your do, you must be doing something very wrong wrong. Buy some gloves. Get 1 sheet of 600, 800, 1000, and 2 sheets of 1500. Cut the sheets into quarters for the sander. I only needed one quarter per rim until the final sanding with the 1500. I did it almost all wet sanding with the sander. Sand, sand, sand, and then sand some more. The sharp angle on the lip was the only place I really hand sanded.
If you don't already have one, pick up a buffer at wal-mart for 11 bucks. They have the polish for 3 bucks and the stripper for 5 also. Only needed half a can of the polish and 1 can of stripper.
Have fun!

heres my tools...




and my wheels

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by djphonics &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You could start wetsanding with 500 grit, and then move to 1000 and 1500 and then polish. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Be careful, If you jump from 500 to 1000, then you will be sanding for EVER trying to remove the scratches from the 500. Better to move up slowly.

 

All looking very nice.

db8gsr_teg - What was the finish like on the slips after you'd just taken the paint off? Also how long per rim? Cheers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by urzrkymn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All looking very nice.

db8gsr_teg - What was the finish like on the slips after you'd just taken the paint off? Also how long per rim? Cheers.</TD></TR></TABLE>
the finish was like a dull aluminum (not shiny at all). i would say that it take about 3 or 4 hours per rim. just take your time, it'll be worth it when you are done.

 

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nice im gonna polish my si's as well...what is best polish for the "most chromy shine.."

im lookin to make it shine like chrome

 

^^^^nice wheels!!!

 

will this work on 94-95 ex accord wheels?

 

Yes

 

anyone know if sand blasting the wheel with the tires on a not so good idea? or can the tires handle the beating?

 

yah ^ i was wondering bout that too cause sanding is very time consuming

 

hey can you sand centercaps down and polish as well ?

 

what do you guys think of sandblasting? i got a sand blaster and would like to use it on my hx's

 

ive having trouble with my rsx rims, I cannot get all of the paint gone, like it looks like its all good except there are these little little dots of paint left. Would it be a bad idea to make my own face on these rims and paint the insides? They are all cast curved, but polishing everything is too hard to get it all shiney. Wolud just the face look weird on rsx rims considering that they don't have an actual defined face?

 

I cant seem to get the wheel to be evenly polished, spots look alot clearer than others, but overall they look hazy - i dont know what i did wrong!

 

wow nice job

 

wow, that **** looks dummmy clean

 

that **** looks dummy clean

 

Will $100 cover all materials...?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbo95eg6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Will $100 cover all materials...?</TD></TR></TABLE>thats more than enough....

 

I recently purchased a set of Work VS-XX's for my Maxima. They were in bad shape. The chrome was chipping and lifting. I just got done removing the chrome and finished repolishing the wheels.

When I got them (peeling chrome):


After glassbead blasting to remove the chrome. The nickel undercoating is still there (very tough to remove). Lip is polished in picture:


Center caps (before):


Center caps (after):


Rivets oxidization (before):


(after)

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During sanding


Oxidized chrome




Close-up

 

Those look HOT!! You did a great job! I like the before and after pics.. They would look great on my accord

 

damn u did good man

 

Drop that thing and its game over