i got 15" rota slipstreams (black) and i wanna polish the lip... how do i go about doing this? any sites or advice would be great, thanks

i did a search and only came up w/a few that were unrelated, so if anyone knows of a topic that was already posted on this, please enlighten me.

 

lots of sanding and then Mother's Aluminum/Metal Polish. The sanding takes alot of time though so be prepared.

 

Actually, what you could do is strip your rotas with aircraft stripper, so it's bare shiny metal, then tape off the lips, and repaint your rotas. Just a thought.

 

[Strange idea deleted.]

 

i've heard that the mother's aluminum stuff doesn't work... and i know there's a lot of sanding, i was told the procedure a long time ago, but i was told that u use like several different levels (can't think of that damn word) of sand paper to do it... thanks for the dremel idea, but i sort of want a bit more out of the lip

 

thats a good idea man!! im gunna try that 5th gear technique

 

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Now now boys I believe we have all seen Ferris Buller.

 

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OMFG! This may be the dumbest/most dangerous thing I've heard of. I mean car isn't even on level ground...why run the risk just for a little shiny strip on the lip of the wheel?

BTW there was a post somewhere where a dude stripped the lip of a motorcycle wheel. It looked badass. He taped the inside of the wheel and used spray on aircraft paint stripper on the lip. I'll try to find it.

 

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taping the wheel (5 thick *** spokes.. slipstream would be easy to tape off) and the paint stripper sounds good... then use fine sand paper or somethin??

 

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what are you planning to do about the back wheels?

 

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put 'em on the front, put the front ones on the back

 

Finnally found the motorcycle thread where this guy did a great job of taping and stripping...that sounds bad...anyway...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=578506

 

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OMFG! This may be the dumbest/most dangerous thing I've heard of. I mean car isn't even on level ground...why run the risk just for a little shiny strip on the lip of the wheel?
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Its not that big of a deal. If the car falls, which it won't, it will just stall.

something that IS dumb: a local guy put the back of his mustang up on stands and had his friend stand on the throttle in 5th gear to see how much his slicks deformed at 140 mph

 

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Its not that big of a deal. If the car falls, which it won't, it will just stall.

something that IS dumb: a local guy put the back of his mustang up on stands and had his friend stand on the throttle in 5th gear to see how much his slicks deformed at 140 mph </TD></TR></TABLE>

Agreed...if the car falls it will stall and the mustang thing...definately stupid

Disagree..."which it won't" You don't know that dude...car on a slope, rear wheels unblocked, delco stands...beggin for trouble if you ask me...which you didn't ...just my retarded opinion.

However, the result of your risk taking did turn out pretty nice.

 

Livin' on the edge!

 

Those bike wheels are DOPE!

 

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Yeah...when I was reading that post I couldn't believe how good those turned out. Dude did a great job on them!

 

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Duh!

 

bump,

if my slipstream was already sanded down with a metal brush and has some scratches under my now white paint, is there anyways I could make it have a new finish again?