i have black rota slipstream rims on a 96 black hatchback.... i was going to get some rota grids but im broke so im going to paint my slips either white,bronze or gold... just have to keep in mind what slipstreams look like in those colors because one of the colors may not look good on my rims but good on others.... its hard for me to decide because bronze looks a little funny on slips and white is a little flashy but im really open to any color but i was leaning towards those 2...

 

Polished on a black car IMO...

 

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polished lip.. ?

 

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no like this:



The inside of the wheel is still black, just the outside and lip are polished.

 

oooo im sold... i was just reading about how to do it but im pretty unclear how... ?my rims are painted so i have to strip the paint then what?

 

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Thats pretty much it...just use some aircraft stripper and index cards around the tires/wheels then once everything is off you may want to wet sand the wheels with 1500 grit sandpaper to make everything smooth and looking nice and even then some metal polisher to finish it off. Some people put clearcoat on the polished wheel but it won't rust since slips should be aluminum.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=804963
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=153106

 

Polish them Slips and they'll be lookin clean, VERY clean.

 

about how long will this take me?....

 

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An hour or 2 for each wheel...depends on how good of a job you want done lol.

 

polish. take your time and do it right, you won't be disappointed.

 

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Exactly. If you don't rush it, you won't be dissapointed.

 

i was just wondering because its my only driver.. but im sure i could figure it out.. 1 at a time lol

 

its very hard to find polished slipstreams on a black car or civic hatchback for that matter... i want to see them on a black car before i get started

 

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Trust me dude...it will look VERY good. That car was dark green and you saw how good it looked . Just do it...if you don't like it just paint the wheels whatever color you want.

 

im going to do it is there a good thread on how to protect my tires from this stuff? im putting new tires on it soon so its not a big deal.....you said index cards can you explain that a little?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b18c1wes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im going to do it is there a good thread on how to protect my tires from this stuff? im putting new tires on it soon so its not a big deal.....you said index cards can you explain that a little?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Aircraft stripper won't damage tires but you can stick index cards where the tire bead runs...basically where the tire meets the rim.

Or you can remove your tires from your wheels but IMO that is a pain in the *** when what I said above works .

 

Man.. I think i'm going to polish mine also, instead of selling them!!

 

chrome them lol

 

i used the aircraft stripper on one rim and wow it looks great even unpolished.. im very very happy with the way it looks.. i didnt really finish i ran out of stripper but i wanted to start so i would have to finish.... one down 3 to go i will have pictures up soon...also have one spot on the rim is really hazy discolored its about 2x1 in. should i wet sand it or should i try to polish it out?

 

I'd bet just stripped would look nice, but if you really put in the effort, it really does show, and the effort gets a ton of respect from everyone man.

 

Hazy like how? My guess is there is a mild blemish and was just painted over. You can use some 1500 grit wet sandpaper and do the whole wheel then move up to 2000 then after everything is dried use some rubbing compound and polish it out.

Pics?

 

here are the pics .. btw only use mar-hyde tal-strip aircraft stripper ill have more pics of what happens when you use the wall mart ****.. i was working later and auto parts store was closed so i figured walmart would have it ... they had something simalir but didnt work a 1/4 of the other stuff these pics are with the mar-hyde...

 

btw you can see the blimish i was talking about in the 1st pic

 

just try going here i dont think the other pictures worked http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...hotos