I want to refinish my stock prelude si wheels to look almost new from the factory. After 15 years the finish doesnt look to pretty. What do you guys recommend to do to refinish them or at least make them look new? sandblast and refinish? hardcore cleaning? any input is welcome. heres the pics of the wheels after I did a thorough cleaning with just a rag,soap, and water.





Heres a pic of what i'd like them to look like, friends civic.

 

polish em a bit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rch022 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I want to refinish my stock prelude si wheels to look almost new from the factory. After 15 years the finish doesnt look to pretty. What do you guys recommend to do to refinish them or at least make them look new? sandblast and refinish? hardcore cleaning? any input is welcome. heres the pics of the wheels after I did a thorough cleaning with just a rag,soap, and water.
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degreaser will do wonders as well. to get that particular finish u will prolly have to sand them and do a slight polish by upping the grit

 

in for some advise...Ive got the sawblades and would like to clean them up ...

 

what all is involved in polishing? And I dont want them to look like those ridiculously polished wheels that look chrome haha, just a nice shine.

 

scuff them up with a sos pad, or scotch pad and you will have that brushed alumimum look

 

just buy some 96 itr wheels

 

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polishing, u'll start from a lower level grit and just work ur way up to the shine u desire...but have a fair warning that it'll take 3x as much effort to take off the marks left by the previous grit level

 

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polishing, u'll start from a lower level grit and just work ur way up to the shine u desire...but have a fair warning that it'll take 3x as much effort to take off the marks left by the previous grit level</TD></TR></TABLE>
do you have an idea as to what grit it will begin to shine like the civic Si wheel above. Also what "lower level" grit do you reccomend to start at.

 

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do you have an idea as to what grit it will begin to shine like the civic Si wheel above. Also what "lower level" grit do you reccomend to start at.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if u scroll down somewhere in my first post, u can see the "shine" of my RGs where i was then debating to go polished. and also the grit level i used
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