Opi's had his CPR's for a while now, they were in okay condition when he first got them, but we've been thinking of ways to "update" them, give them a face lift more or less, so they look better. First step is the lip, it's supposed to be polished, but looked pretty much silver, even after all of the over the counter polishes. Decided to take off the outer layer of clear coat, which had a lot of blemishes and scratches on it.

Here's the rim fresh off the car....


Opi and our friend Rem working on the clear coat.....



After the old layer was removed, the lip was wet sanded....


And after a few coats of Mothers "Mag" polish, and a coat wax for protection, the finished product......


Next step will be to sand and refinish the face of the rim. Opi's not sure what color yet, but once he decides, we'll get it going.





[Modified by rodrez, 11:10 PM 3/9/2003]

 

Gunmetal, or flat black always looks good.

 

looks good man.

 

post some pics when you get them on the car. silver,gunmetal, and flat black would look nice. or just keep the original white. bump

 

Rod Rez can you change your Avatar back to Joe Dirt, I cant stand seeing Tyrese.

Either Joe Dirt or ....

 

You guys had a spring cleaning day today, huh. Haha, looks nice as always!

 

how exactly do you wetsand it?

 

that's what i want to know.what grit sandpaper?

 

great looking rims.
would have to go with gunmetal.

 

The act is almost literal of the word, add water to regular sanding as well as changing other variables such as the sandpaper. A fine grit sandpaper is necessary, the more fine the better 1000-2000 or anything higher in grit can be used. The hardest part of any sanding is making sure everything remains equally level and smooth. Some switch between a grit around 800 to start the wetsand out and progress to higher as necessary.

 

I vote for green paint! haha

 

Gunmetal + polished lip

 

I like bronze and Gunmetal.

 

i agree...gunmetal would look real nice!!

 

looks good!

paint the inside pink y0!

 

Opi seems to be leaning towards gun metal, so that's what it looks like at this point

 

looks good. what type of wax did put after you polished them? i polished thelip on my HX rims but i haven't put anythin to protect it since they do'nt have any tires.

 

Nice work, I wish that I could wear shorts, its 13 degrees wher i am

 

looks good ....what were you guys using to remove the clear coat

 

just sandpaper, but a little touch of paint stripper (graffiti remover) works as well, just can't let it sit too long, or it'll ruin the finish.

 

Just a regular Meguires Carnuba wax.

 

GRIT?
-Bryan-

 

Old School

 

damn those wheels are some bad mamajamas... trade ya

 

old skoo