POLISHIN WHEELS

[thinkskater]

hx's have been my favorite wheels for awhile.

to polish them has been a goal of mine for awhile.....

the first set i got ... im polishin lol go figure.


shit done so far....

1. stripped all the paint of the rims
2. sanded down all bent spots
3. sanded down all curbed areas
^^^^ all done by the mouse :goodjob:
4.sanded all 4 down with 180
5.^^^ with 220
6.sanded with 320
7.sanded with 400
8.sanded with 600
9.sanded with 800
10.sanded with 1000
11.sanded with 1500
12. sanded with 2000
13. polished with mothers.
14.coated with neo wax with carnuba paste.


thats alotta shit , that took alotta mf kin time.

[aaronfelipe]

Subscribed. In the same dilema.

[EJ_Allmota]

good luck homie.. cant wait to see the finished product..

[aaronfelipe]

Where can I find a quick DIY on it???

[thinkskater]

Where can I find a quick DIY on it???

honda-tech search for polish , its there i promise.


good luck homie.. cant wait to see the finished product..

good to have the support of a legend lol .

[Halfwit]

THINKSKATERS HX'S HE GONNA POLISH- i took pics of them for him, ill prolly be taking pics with his progress

[Halfwit]

last ones.

[thinkskater]

thank ya +1 to ya!

[EJ_Allmota]

good to have the support of a legend lol .
you already know.. Peep the new sig..

Are you planning on polishing the entire, wheels.. meaning between the spokes of you just gonna hit the face?? because i think if you paint between the spokes a color (black, red, gunmetal, silver etc...) and just polish the face of the wheel and lip that shit would look sic..

[thinkskater]

you already know.. Peep the new sig..

Are you planning on polishing the entire, wheels.. meaning between the spokes of you just gonna hit the face?? because i think if you paint between the spokes a color (black, red, gunmetal, silver etc...) and just polish the face of the wheel and lip that shit would look sic..


idk really saw a pic with the inside painted gumetal wasnt feeling it, think im gonna polish everything make them bling bling. we will see tho going to buy supplys today.

[thinkskater]

bought ALL the supplies today.....

sandpappper
180
240
320
400
600
1000
1500
2000
shit load of cloths
gloves
mothers polish
14.99 polish with CARNUBA.... :)

total of 53.00$ and a very much mucho lot of work ahead of me.

[aaronfelipe]

bought ALL the supplies today.....

sandpappper
180
240
320
400
600
1000
1500
2000
shit load of cloths
gloves
mothers polish
14.99 polish with CARNUBA.... :)

total of 53.00$ and a very much mucho lot of work ahead of me.

Can't wait for pics,

[EJ_Allmota]

bought ALL the supplies today.....

sandpappper
180
240
320
400
600
1000
1500
2000
shit load of cloths
gloves
mothers polish
14.99 polish with CARNUBA.... :)

total of 53.00$ and a very much mucho lot of work ahead of me.

great list of shit you got ther but you forgot the AirCraft stripper to get the red off unless you plan on sanding it off..


ya think ya finished product gonna be fuckin with my SIs

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/342/100_6263%28edit%29.jpg

[Halfwit]

your si's are siik.

ill have pics of thinkskaters progress tomorow.

[thinkskater]

i got a can off aircraft remover .... hope its enough.

[thinkskater]

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/supplies.JPG

Got some mothers left over from when i did the fittipaldi's.


http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/BARS%20pic.JPG


GOODIES that came in the mail:goodjob:

[twinj]

Does anyone know someone who would do my SI'S. Or point me to a shop that would polish my wheels

EJ: Did you go in between your spokes on your wheels. (Your fuckin wheels are crazy. You probably heard that too many times. I only said it like 10x)

[thinkskater]

post poned till tomorrow .....

who ever painted these hx's ..... i will kill you slowly ....

fuck.... 2 layers of thick ass paint is just to much

[Hektik]

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/342/100_6263%28edit%29.jpg









I HATE YOU:ninja: :ninja:

[thinkskater]

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/NICEEE.JPG


RED NO MORE ..... SOS PADS FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!11111111

[Halfwit]

any progress?

[scrxils]

I can't wait to see em

[Halfwit]

not polished, but finally got all of hte red paint off, they look great. hard to believe theyll look better when done.

[TypeRPersonality]

Looking good, I'm in the process of polishing/painting my si's at the moment too.

[thinkskater]

gangsta - not even sanded yet. thanks halfwit your a baller player.

[Nevea]

dang that looks so much better. if only i had alloys.... :/

good project though. great outcome

[SRCRX]

Looking good, I'm in the process of polishing/painting my si's at the moment too.

ya, I'm taking the paint off of mine, I have around 2hr. in each wheel so far.
:(

[The BUCKY]

damn that looks good as hell to

they will deff be pimp when you finish them

[Halfwit]

heres progress of mY SI's.

i think thinkskater said hell have some mroe finishing progress on his tues/ wed...

but heres some of mine to hold you over... not done.

[TheChosenOne]

damn... all of em look nice! How do you do it though??? post up a link to thewrite up!

[Halfwit]

honda tech writeup

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread/1259115

[Kyle]

Damn that was fast. Looking good halfwit.

[thinkskater]

lookin good halfwitty. do all four in stages tho youll hate life once u finish one and of to start all the way over agian.

[EJ_Allmota]

not bad @ all Halfwit.. I see ive inspired many.. But i can still take mine up another notch :taun: :tongue1: :ninja: ...

[LS2ner]

nice job(s) so far! polished hx's are the sex.

[kennyboi]

not bad @ all Halfwit.. I see ive inspired many.. But i can still take mine up another notch :taun: :tongue1: :ninja: ...


i bet you won't take it up a notch

[Halfwit]

not bad @ all Halfwit.. I see ive inspired many.. But i can still take mine up another notch :taun: :tongue1: :ninja: ...
thanks. your my polished wheels hero.

check pm.

i dont think ull have to step it up a notch. mine dont look to good right now.

[thinkskater]

wed these wheels will be done like a steak..... :)

[TypeRPersonality]

For those who have polished si's or are in the process of doing so, are you polishing to the extend of which you don't see the rings?

[Halfwit]

the first thing u do on si's is totally sand off the rings, doesnt work any other way.

a palm sander with 320 grit works great.

[thinkskater]

this will not be done tomorrow changed corse and its gonna take longer than expected but it will be for the best i promisimo.

[Halfwit]

clear out ur pms, u have too many for me to send one...

[AgentEasy]

OMFG.. i love it.. i NEED some now for my crx.. :(

[thinkskater]

pms cleared , agent easy .... good luck they seem hard to find right now.

[scrxils]

God I can't wait to see that shit

[thinkskater]

progress so far http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/Picture%20013.jpg

[OG-Skinny]

Chris.. here's some inspritation.. :D

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/95866_5019b/82D1X458D75XI4V.JPG

[OG-Skinny]

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/95846_33f99/R79NAUGWCR7ATUK.JPG

[thinkskater]

thanks man i havent seen u on here in a min. waitin for u to post yours up.

[joesblk_teg]

cant wait to see them man, ooh and we need to set up another skateboard meet

[thinkskater]

^^^ yea man april is next ill start a thread tonight!

HALFWIT buy this

black and decker mouse realllllly helped out with the bends and curbs.....
http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/picture%20025.jpg

[TypeRPersonality]

Lol, I had to buy a Dewalt palm sander to help me out too. Anyone has any idea how the starter of the Honda-tech thread was able to paint between the spokes? I was thinking he taped off the face, but there are a lot of hard curves, so I doubt that. I also doubt he painted the whole wheel, then sanded the face, mainly because the primer is so thick.

[Halfwit]

he taped over the top. u tape over, then you use a razor blade to make it a perfect curve.

[thinkskater]

damn didnt have enough time to start today header took a long time ...... http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?p=35574455#post35574455

[Ltdnismorace]

HMMMM, WONDER IF I COULD DO THIS WITH MY VOLK DAYTONAS, PREVIOUS OWNER HAD 5 LAYERS OF STUFF ON THEM, HAHA. I HAVE BEEN BEADBLASTING FOR DAYS ON EM.

[thinkskater]

got one of them done with sanding pics up shortly.

[thinkskater]

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/picture%20039.jpg


:police: bling bling time.

[thinkskater]

all four finally finished. finished them with a fucked up shoulder no less. lol pics will be up tomorrow.

[The BUCKY]

i need some of those for my rex. or need some wheels period

[thinkskater]

well this took at least 30 hrs work. alotta damn work plus mine had THICK ass red paint on em when i started. but yea worth it in the end.

[2.0civic]

noice!! damnit fucker i was on your side of town tonight too lol

[thinkskater]

WTF !@@!!@@!@!

[Da_unknown]

looks good, how much longer???

[thinkskater]

im tryin halfwit has to take the after pics.....

[corey30349]

great list of shit you got ther but you forgot the AirCraft stripper to get the red off unless you plan on sanding it off..


ya think ya finished product gonna be fuckin with my SIs

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/342/100_6263%28edit%29.jpgdid u polish them your self

[GSRteg®]

Any picks of the progress yet?

[Halfwit]

im tryin halfwit has to take the after pics.....
whenever....

[thinkskater]

kjakfj;alskjfdkljafkl damn im too busy lol. im tryin to got some posted.

[aaronfelipe]

did u polish them your self
He did.

[Da_unknown]

did u polish them your self

yes he did.... its my brothers ride, took him 2 full days of work....

[thinkskater]

http://www.importatlanta.com/upload/files/208/Picture%20048.jpg

still gotta hit em with more polish.
took more than 2 days work total.

still gotta get some tires 195/60/14 or 185/55/14 cant decide.
still gotta get some center caps. then. ill have my wheels.