Polishing wheels

b00stdKA

b00stdKA

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so i bought some aluminum xxr 526's and got them soda blasted, picking them up tomorrow, i stripped one of them before and noticed that there is lines running throughout the wheels so the wheels arnt a smooth. i guess they are machined? idk. anyways how do i polish these? the guy who sodablasted them said that i could sand the lines away to get it smooth, then polish. dont know if thats true or not. need help.
 
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Your going to have HOURS into each wheel, I hand polished my p45rs and had to remove the machine lines. Shit sucked.
 
My valve cover is powdercoated a chrome color its sick as fuck. A lot better then polishing. The color is Colombia chrome or something.
 
soflacoupe said:
My valve cover is powdercoated a chrome color its sick as fuck. A lot better then polishing. The color is Colombia chrome or something.
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I knew you had to be Mexican ... Chrome valve cover gave it away ... Missing Nike check on the back window
 
You can buy metal polishing kits that attach to angle grinders, one if those will make the job way easier. You can also get water fed grinders like they use for stone polishing, all of that seems like a lot for fake wheels though.
 
^ thanks for the info. i got the wheels because of the price and the bigass lip. I couldnt figure out a color to paint them, i was thinking white but iiiidk, i know polished would look real good on my car. (its gold btw)
 
paint them silver. i'm polishing se s13 wheels with a machine for 60 grit(for deep curb rash) 120 and 240 grit then 400-500-1000-2000-3000 by hand. 4-6 hours per wheel.
 
Yea. Powdercoat.
They have mirror mirage or somethin like that as well as what soflacoupe suggested


But i say any powder coating is better than breaking your arm with polish.
 
yeah dude im not polishing them anymore, i sanded the first one and was like fuck this, too much work for fake wheels
 
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