post pics of polished wheels

[Samhonda95]

I'm thinkin of polishing my fat 5's. Just wondering if anyone had pics of some fat 5's, Si's, ls mesh or HX's polished out?

[mr.koupe]

[Samhonda95]

Those are clean

[NAG2I]

that one is from ht

these are my wheels when i polished them

[twinj]

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lol I was trading her in at the time. They told me to get my **** out of there car.

[southside]

fat fiveskieeeeeeees

[cactusEG]

Those look nice, More pics

[southside]

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lol I was trading her in at the time. They told me to get my **** out of there car.

For What?

[Samhonda95]

fat fiveskieeeeeeees

After seein these, I deff. want to polish mine!

[KPowerEP3]

Those look nice, More pics

Those have only been on H-T for like 3 years.

[twinj]

For What?

Cause it wasn't my car anymore it belonged to the dealership then.

[iNsTuN nOoDoH]

holy moly! those look beautiful!

[southside]

Cause it wasn't my car anymore it belonged to the dealership then.

I meant for what were you trading it in for what car?

[southside]

After seein these, I deff. want to polish mine!

lol takes a long time but when I was done

[N/A EK]

Here are my fat5's... but ill take some day time pix tmrw.

[junior_tm]

since you guys talking bout polishing can i get some tips on how to polish a wheel? i have a set of fat fives i painted the black but i was going thru my pics and i found dis pic

and now i wnt to take them back to normal
help me out here ia thanks in advance


sorry if this is whoring the tread i'll delete if you want me too

[twinj]

I meant for what were you trading it in for what car?

Oh my bad, 2008 Nissan Titan Crew Cab

[N/A EK]

since you guys talking bout polishing can i get some tips on how to polish a wheel? i have a set of fat fives i painted the black but i was going thru my pics and i found dis pic

and now i wnt to take them back to normal
help me out here ia thanks in advance


sorry if this is whoring the tread i'll delete if you want me too

How to polish your rims...


Taken from a quick writeup i did on a local forum.. questions, comments, editing welcome. A side project i started in the middle of winter and finally finished. takes about 4-5 hours/rim. took way longer than i expected but once i started i couldnt turn back. anyway.. here's what i wrote.----------



Things you'll need.

Gloves - buy a 100 pack at the drug store, if you dont use gloves get ready to have black hands for a week.
Sandpaper 150*, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1500
2 cans of mothers polish
6" Buffer
Small palm sander
A few rolls of that blue paper towel stuff from canadian tire..


* Be carefull with 150 grit..use only to sand down curb scrapes or really bad areas.. you'll need to speed 3 x time with 220 grit to get rid of the sanding marks that the 150 will leave behined.

Step 1: strip rims with heavy duty paint stripper - follow the instructions exactly, do not do it on a humid or cold day or expect to do it agian!

SKIP TO STEP 4-8 if rims are smooth after stripping - use your own judgement. Sir rims and many other OEM rims have concentric machined rings that need to be sanded off so you need to start off with 220 grit

Step 2: Sand down with 220 BY HAND use a wood block for flat parts. take your time and make sure you dont see anything but the sanding marks that the 220 will leave behined. I sand dry with 220. this step will take the most time! do a good job.

Step 3:

Use 320 with the palm sander along with lots of water.
Palm sand as much as the rim as you can but be carefull not to let the sanders lip hit anything! let the sander to the sanding and use lots of water.

clean with clean rags and water.

hand sand areas you cant get at with the palm sander

sand again with the palm sander and fresh sand paper.

Step 4: (same as step 3 with 400 grit)
Step 5: (same as step 3 with 600 grit)

Step 6: Hand sand with 800 grit - take your time and get everything! I used this maroon colored paper from home hardware - it didn't last long using lots of water but it worked so well. buy 4 sheets of this stuff! Thumb Up I did 2 good passes with this stuff.

Step 7: Do the same with 1500 grit. the rim will look very smooth and very DULL. if it looks even and dull than you did a good job.

Step 8: Smear a decent amount of mothers on the whole rim. WITH A NEW CLEAN bonnet buff until you start to see circles/haze - you'll see the rim start to get very shiney but will leave a buffing patteren. keep doing this but dont let it get competely dry.. hard to explain but you cant really screw anything up at this point, just might have to do it over. turn the bonnet inside out for the next 'step 8' that you do.

Step 9: WITH A NEW CLEAN bonnet buff the rim. If you did the buffing part right the rim will look like a mirror in seconds. if it still looks hazy than keep experimenting with step 8. you will surprise yourself

[southside]

How to polish your rims...


Taken from a quick writeup i did on a local forum.. questions, comments, editing welcome. A side project i started in the middle of winter and finally finished. takes about 4-5 hours/rim. took way longer than i expected but once i started i couldnt turn back. anyway.. here's what i wrote.----------



Things you'll need.

Gloves - buy a 100 pack at the drug store, if you dont use gloves get ready to have black hands for a week.
Sandpaper 150*, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1500
2 cans of mothers polish
6" Buffer
Small palm sander
A few rolls of that blue paper towel stuff from canadian tire..


* Be carefull with 150 grit..use only to sand down curb scrapes or really bad areas.. you'll need to speed 3 x time with 220 grit to get rid of the sanding marks that the 150 will leave behined.

Step 1: strip rims with heavy duty paint stripper - follow the instructions exactly, do not do it on a humid or cold day or expect to do it agian!

SKIP TO STEP 4-8 if rims are smooth after stripping - use your own judgement. Sir rims and many other OEM rims have concentric machined rings that need to be sanded off so you need to start off with 220 grit

Step 2: Sand down with 220 BY HAND use a wood block for flat parts. take your time and make sure you dont see anything but the sanding marks that the 220 will leave behined. I sand dry with 220. this step will take the most time! do a good job.

Step 3:

Use 320 with the palm sander along with lots of water.
Palm sand as much as the rim as you can but be carefull not to let the sanders lip hit anything! let the sander to the sanding and use lots of water.

clean with clean rags and water.

hand sand areas you cant get at with the palm sander

sand again with the palm sander and fresh sand paper.

Step 4: (same as step 3 with 400 grit)
Step 5: (same as step 3 with 600 grit)

Step 6: Hand sand with 800 grit - take your time and get everything! I used this maroon colored paper from home hardware - it didn't last long using lots of water but it worked so well. buy 4 sheets of this stuff! Thumb Up I did 2 good passes with this stuff.

Step 7: Do the same with 1500 grit. the rim will look very smooth and very DULL. if it looks even and dull than you did a good job.

Step 8: Smear a decent amount of mothers on the whole rim. WITH A NEW CLEAN bonnet buff until you start to see circles/haze - you'll see the rim start to get very shiney but will leave a buffing patteren. keep doing this but dont let it get competely dry.. hard to explain but you cant really screw anything up at this point, just might have to do it over. turn the bonnet inside out for the next 'step 8' that you do.

Step 9: WITH A NEW CLEAN bonnet buff the rim. If you did the buffing part right the rim will look like a mirror in seconds. if it still looks hazy than keep experimenting with step 8. you will surprise yourself

you forgot 2000grit

[Samhonda95]

good write up

[Andy_013]

that write up was from h-t and in the sticky

[southside]

hehe I polished mine by hand and sanded No Buffer Ftw

[N/A EK]

that write up was from h-t and in the sticky

Yes sir

[EJ_Allmota]

when i get home i will post pics of my SIs, fat 5s Ive done (if i can find the pics) and my blades (if i find the pics).. but most of IA should already know my SIs..

[southside]

Why should they know them because I dont.oh oh oh waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt yes I do primered up ej coupe with polished si's. Got cha seen you at the Varsity a while back

[N/A EK]

[Samhonda95]

i've got to get started. you guys have some good lookin wheels....props

[southside]

thanks man hope to see yours soon

[EJ_Allmota]

Why should they know them because I dont.oh oh oh waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttt yes I do primered up ej coupe with polished si's. Got cha seen you at the Varsity a while back

Indeed that is I...

Three years ago come this May









As they still are today..

[Samhonda95]

those are some sic si's

[southside]

I like the flat black look Fu*k dat paint stuff

[EJ_Allmota]

appreciate it fellas, did them ****s by hand..

[khaxnguyen]

wow soooo many polishing threads... search for mines. =P

[southside]

appreciate it fellas, did them ****s by hand..

thats how I did it and thats how real men do it.

[junior_tm]

i like the ""reflection"" the rim made on the street

thanks man hope to see yours soon

[khaxnguyen]

i like the shadow the rim made on the street

reflection? haha **polishing means that you dont see any deep scratches or swirl marks from the sandpaper. i like EJ_Allmota. his is polished

[southside]

Mine shine more but I havent polished them in Like 2months.My cars down so Worried more about motor than wheels

[vtecgsrguy]

heres mine..... not on the teg yet but will be.... they have been "hoe'd" around jus a little...lol.....but have a little bit of work left to do on'em!!! what ya think???

[southside]

^^^where is the polished at?

[EJ_Allmota]

^^^where is the polished at?

x2.. just looks stripped and oxidized to me..