Advan Siena's Getting a makeover.

Wheel Spec's
Fr 17x7.5 et40mm 4x114.3
Rr 17x8 et35mm 4x114.3

Before Pic's




I have a clear idea about what im going to do with these!

You'll just have to stay tuned for the outcome.

Already put a few hours of work into them. But I will post progress as much as possible.

 

They should come out looking pretty sick, in full polish.

 

my nails are black.........and i havent even finished stripping

 

rubber gloves are your friend

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by toyomatt84 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">They should come out looking pretty sick, in full polish. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i agree

someone polish my wheels now!

 

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i agree

someone polish my wheels now!</TD></TR></TABLE>

send me the plane ticket and $150 and some foods. i am expensive

 

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i agree

someone polish my wheels now!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Find yourself a dirty hobo to clean them up for you. They don't charge much. A case of cheap scotch should get you a set bright enough to blind the sun.

 

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send me the plane ticket and $150 and some foods. i am expensive </TD></TR></TABLE>

i agree

i'll go with matt's hobo idea

 

local shops quoted me 75-85 per lip.. and that is with me doing the disassembly.

 

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Yea Id rather buy some new wheels Same with powder coating. So damn expensive.

 

Alright. Got them 98.8% stripped of paint today. Damn these engineers @ Yokohama know how to paint a wheel.....lol i swear there was well over 5 layers of paint.



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Now comes the fun. I started sanding, but i feel that maybe im spending too much time and effort just getting them roughed out. I've started off using 320. Is that too high? Should i move down to a 280, or lower yet 220? Example is shown in picture below.



An Idea of how rough they are to begin with.





Modified by HateBreeder at 4:45 PM 8/2/2007

 

Personally, I'd start at 200, go to 400, 800, 1400, 2000.

 

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yes and i even started in the 100's ...

this is how i did it and it still came out good.

120&gt;320&gt;600&gt;800&gt;1000&gt;1500&gt;2000

for a high luster shine, u can do it the traditional way and go 120,220,320,400,600,800,1000 and so on all the way up past 2000 if u would want

 

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yes and i even started in the 100's ...

this is how i did it and it still came out good.

120&gt;320&gt;600&gt;800&gt;1000&gt;1500&gt;2000

for a high luster shine, u can do it the traditional way and go 120,220,320,400,600,800,1000 and so on all the way up past 2000 if u would want</TD></TR></TABLE>

And wave goodbye to your hands.

 

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And wave goodbye to your hands. </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol.... i know. even with rubber gloves and using the mouse sander my cuticles are looking terrible..time for a manicure

 

Awesome. Thanks for the info guys. Now back to the hardware store to purchase another 5 packages of sand-paper.

 

nice
i went as low as an 80 grit pad, on my mouse without any water, to remove the curbs from an old pos set of wheels.

just got to make sure you get rid of all the previous grit's scratches before moving up.


you gonna polish between the spokes also?

 

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you'll have to wait and see.

I'm just making up my mind on things as i go along. When i first got them i couldnt decide if i should've painted them, full polish, or leave them alone.

now that i've got some work into them, i'm getting a clearer idea of how they will end up.

 

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you'll have to wait and see.

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in that case.....nevermind posting up on HT, get to polishing!!!!

 

Well no update yesterday because i punctured a hole in my tire...

seriously though.....how does something that big go through a tire...

oh well......Tire plugs for the fix and FTW

why do i feel obsessive compulsive? ...anyone?


Well thats about a 1/3 of the leftovers from today.

Center Cap, lockers.
Before



After

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HateBreeder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i punctured a hole in my tire...

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what is that thing in your tire?

and great work on the polishing so far

 

wow clean how'd you do the caps?

oh yeah, how the hect did that end up in your tire?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by super jdm yo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> how'd you do the caps? </TD></TR></TABLE>

see all those little tidbits of sandpaper.......yeah about 10 hours of time and sandpaper running up in grit numbers from 100 to 1500 till i could see my reflection in them.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by speedstarracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what is that thing in your tire?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have no clue. It was a 1/3 of an inch in diameter, and about 1 inch long. Looked like a rivet or something.

 

The center rings are looking fantastic, though.

 

toyo saw this one last week......but with an unpolished lip.......had a little spare time this weekend....

1 down, 3 to go. 32 hours so far.