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Spyder Z 15
02-13-2006, 02:45 PM
on polishing wheels? I wanna polish my stockers otherwise I'll have to repaint them again cause when I was stripping off the black paint it took off the regular paint too. If I have to paint them I'll paint them gunmetal. Like this
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/762000-762999/762589_64_full.jpg
McLarenF1Kid
02-13-2006, 03:23 PM
Not too much experience here, but sand it as smooth as you can get it and buff the hell out of it.
Spyder Z 15
02-13-2006, 04:11 PM
Wow. OMG I will go do that right now. I didn't know it was so simple. I should be done in the next 10 minutes. :) Just messin'.

Edit- In my search I came accross this
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?p=376739#post376739

I'm hoping Shris will chime in cause I think he's done it before.
canyoncarver
02-13-2006, 04:17 PM
I hate polishing, especially from a cast / machined finish.
From what I know, where you start is all based on the coarseness of the surface you're polishing. From stock cast wheels to a mirror finish would be something like this:

60 grit till the pitting is gone
220 grit till the 60 grit scratches are gone
400 grit till the 220 scratches are gone
800 grit till the 400 scratches are gone
1000 / 1200 / 1500 grit till it's almost shiny
then polishing compound and jewelers rouge if you choose.

You can go more or less grits in between.
JBender
02-13-2006, 08:52 PM
Polishing is such a huge pain in the ass, it's usually worth the cost to outsource the polishing to a local company. Gunmetal looks nice on black Zs, but if you go that route I'd recommend powdercoating the wheels instead of regular paint for durability.
ZMANZ32TT
02-14-2006, 06:59 PM
another goldie???^^^ Chris have you seen this?
93daytona
03-15-2006, 04:39 PM
Man that Z looks familiar :P

Check eastwood's metal polishing forum for some info on polishing your wheels

http://forum.eastwoodco.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
Spyder Z 15
03-15-2006, 04:50 PM
Lol. I posted that before I bought my current wheels.
93daytona
03-15-2006, 06:28 PM
Lol. I posted that before I bought my current wheels.

damn - i'm used to the first half of the page being recent posts :P Yay for my first post being in a month old thread

you could polish the new ones :)