My Lil Weekend DIY (polished lips)
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My Lil Weekend DIY (polished lips)
Finally took the time to get a set of wheels i had laying around up to decent shape. Wheels are a set of 15" racing Sparco NS2's i got for 450 locally (this is my 2nd set that i own BTW). Lips were pretty much jacked as far as having any kind of clearcoat or polished looked to them at all.
Here are the steps i took to get my achieved look.
1.cleaned and stripped wheels of paint and clear coat (aircraft stripper to the rescue).
2.Wetsanded wheels with 320 grit sandpaper
3.wetsanded again with 1000 grit
4. applied Mothers Mag wheel polish and wiped off.
OK here is the Pics off the Final wheel that was done...
here is the before pic (don't look to flashy does it???)
Here it is after the 320 grit
Here it is after the 1000 grit (reflection starting to come out)
here it is polish applied (getting close)
Here is the end result
from start to finish total took about 2 hours (for 1 wheel, not including the time it took to strip the paint/clearcoat from it). i'm sure with a lil bit more polish the wheel will get alot more sheen. thank for looking and hope this helps anyone thats looking to do this themselves.
Modified by NotecEG8 at 10:17 PM 6/23/2005
Here are the steps i took to get my achieved look.
1.cleaned and stripped wheels of paint and clear coat (aircraft stripper to the rescue).
2.Wetsanded wheels with 320 grit sandpaper
3.wetsanded again with 1000 grit
4. applied Mothers Mag wheel polish and wiped off.
OK here is the Pics off the Final wheel that was done...
here is the before pic (don't look to flashy does it???)
Here it is after the 320 grit
Here it is after the 1000 grit (reflection starting to come out)
here it is polish applied (getting close)
Here is the end result
from start to finish total took about 2 hours (for 1 wheel, not including the time it took to strip the paint/clearcoat from it). i'm sure with a lil bit more polish the wheel will get alot more sheen. thank for looking and hope this helps anyone thats looking to do this themselves.
Modified by NotecEG8 at 10:17 PM 6/23/2005
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (Ronin150)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ronin150 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">take some pictures from a bit farther back. I want to see the whole lip. What are you using to protect it from getting damaged again. Clearcoat or anything?</TD></TR></TABLE>
not sure what im going to use yet to proitect them. i just got them done this weekend. i still have to finish a few small details (rims are down to bare metal and are going in for a color change). tires have to be mounted and not to mention i have a swap in the works. everything in due time....full pic will come later.
not sure what im going to use yet to proitect them. i just got them done this weekend. i still have to finish a few small details (rims are down to bare metal and are going in for a color change). tires have to be mounted and not to mention i have a swap in the works. everything in due time....full pic will come later.
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (jdm5lug)
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pls do! looks like u did great work!!
</TD></TR></TABLE>pls do! looks like u did great work!!
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (jdm5lug)
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YES PLEASE
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (blazahata)
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (blazahata)
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (B_CRUZ)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B_CRUZ »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hotter than hot. I'll send you my wheels so you can polish mines for free 
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Werd... do mine
My 18/19" wheels can use them. They only have a 2.5" and 4" lip so it's just a little bit more work for yah
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</TD></TR></TABLE>Werd... do mine
My 18/19" wheels can use them. They only have a 2.5" and 4" lip so it's just a little bit more work for yah
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (NotecEG8)
WoW you did an excellent job!!!
i was going to get the lip on wheels polished but after seeing this i will give it a shot! Much Respect to all DIY heads
i was going to get the lip on wheels polished but after seeing this i will give it a shot! Much Respect to all DIY heads
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (autopilots)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by autopilots »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WoW you did an excellent job!!!
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Re: My Lil Weekend DIY (LSeeper)
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