Took on a little project last weekend. Took about 5 days but it was well worth it.

The blades were all worn and scratched up. Clear coat was cracking and what not. Heres the process. ENJOY.

What they looked like before

Airplane stipper!

First wet sanding process

After a couple passes on wet sanding with a low grit(320) no pics of 400 grit

Third passes with a higher grit(600)

Fourth pass with another higher grit(800)

Finished with 1000 grit and polished with MOTHERS


Mounted on the car. Looks good


Hope you liked it. Fingers are cramped up but it think its well worth it. Tell me what you think

 

 

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thanks x2

 

Did you sand it by hand?

And what did you do with the insides (side wall) of the spoke?

 

nice job. looks great

 

damn u did work on those

 

I love polished wheels.

 

Looks real good. I plan on doing the same when I finally get a set that isnt like $450 with bald tires lol

 

you could get more shine out of those.........id sand all the way up to 2000gritt then polish them.

 

I really like how they look at the 800 grit point.

 

so did you polish the inner parts too, like between the spokes or just the outside.

 

i hope you added clearcoat with that or some polishing after a rainstorm or two would be something to do! i figure....

 

you cant clear coat them because the finish is too smooth for a clear coat to stick, and with normal daily driving and simply polishing them every 2 weeks they should look good forever. And no he didnt polish the inners according to the pics.

 

looks good i regret selling mine now.....

 

those are alright..

here is a good job my buddy did.

http://www.houston-imports.com...36280

 

nice work.

 

wow, come and do my Si's haha...

 

You should of atleast taken the weights off before you did that. Either way take them off and get stick on weights.

 

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send them to us! lol

 

Nice work. Looks good

 

pretty good job i would have defiantly taken the weight off though.

 

cns polish werks FTW!!!! the pics of the emi on blades do no justice...they look a whole lot better in person...... CNS !!!

 

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word cns FTMFW!!

came out damm nice guys!

 

You can make them shine somuch more with a cotton wheel

 

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so what do you think he sanded off?? aahh clear coat there dude!! clear will stick you have to use the right stuff, it's a little different than car paint. Bad *** set of wheels man good work coat them asap will cut down on polishing time. I got my 24.5 alcoha''s on f650 cleared so I don't have to polish 6 wheels every 2 months.