the best way to polish a wheel in my own opinion and by personal experience is by machine sanding with 220 grit until all scratches, curbing, and paint have been thouroughly removed. then hand sand from 400-600-800-1000-1500-2000 making sure that after each grit that its completely even... meaning if you sand with 1500 and its slightly dull, be sure that every nook and cranny is slightly dull otherwise the lower grits will show through and youll be upset. after 2000 grit you can go higher... but imo 2000 is a good height already, anyways its best to machine buff ( rotary or orbital, doesnt matter ) with mothers METAL polish not mag polish or some other polish. wipe away excess and be happy.


what a long write up lol