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Old May 30, 2004 | 10:57 PM
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I have a set of blades that are painted gunmetal. The color is gross and I wanted to restore it as best as I could to stock. Any way to do this?

Or is it possible to aircraft remove it and polish and clear coat the rims. please help
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Old May 30, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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aircraft stripper then rubbing compound to buff them out to polish. then take them to a powdercoater and get them powdercoated clear. its well worth the $$. my friend got his 20's cleared and now all he needs to do to clean them is a microfiber clothe and there bling blingin
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Old May 30, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blackdc5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Instead of the polish like the the blades, is there a way to make nonshiny wheels (e.g. stock rsx wheels) look like "brushed aluminum"? Not like a polished surface but...don't know how to describe...more like Si wheels or pre04 S2000 wheels? I'm tired of the stock wheels (look to bland/plain) but I'm worried it won't turn out the way I want it to (not sure how it looks under the OEM clear, paint, and primer).</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you striped the base, since it is mostlikely metal. my brother just primered and painted his steelies white. hopefully post it tomorrow when its done.

heres rsx wheels painted

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=879910
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Old May 30, 2004 | 11:55 PM
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that was the kind of finish i was looking for but i dont think its possible unless you pay someone alot of money. I was wanting to do this at home as a DIY. So sanding it down to baremetal and then using rubbing compound then polish would look close to stock blades rite? and then clear
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