What grit sandpaper would i use for my wheels, and what grit sandpaper would i use for a bodypanel like my hood?

 

What exactly do you want to do?

If you want fine sandpaper go for 2000 grit. If you want ruff go for 36grit.

 

What are you trying to do??

 

on refinishing your rims you should go very fine grit like 2000 to 3500 grit. As far as your hood goes if you want to repair it, u wanna start off with 80 grit around the dent, till it bare metal. Then u bondo it up make the shape as close as possible. Then put a scim coat of glaze filler, then sand that with 180 or 220 grit. Then primer it up. Let it set there for a few days resand it with 320-400 grit. Now its ready to paint.

 

2000 to 3500 grit would be for sanding a mirror finish into something that is already painted. If it is bare metal and you are trying to polish it you don't even need that fine. You can get a mirror finish with anything around 800. Anything over 3000 and you are talking about polishing plexiglass and stuff.