Cereal_Killer
07-23-2007, 07:20 PM
Found my old DIY an Lip polishing on another board that i frequent. figured i'd copy and paste it in to here if anyone was interested in the info!!!
Finally took the time to get a set of wheels i had laying around up to decent shape. Wheels are a set of 15" racing Sparco NS2's i got for 450 locally (this is my 2nd set that i own BTW). Lips were pretty much jacked as far as having any kind of clearcoat or polished looked to them at all.
Here are the steps i took to get my achieved look.
1.cleaned and stripped wheels of paint and clear coat (aircraft stripper to the rescue).
2.Wetsanded wheels with 320 grit sandpaper
3.wetsanded again with 1000 grit
4. applied Mothers Mag wheel polish and wiped off.
OK here is the Pics off the Final wheel that was done...
here is the before pic (don't look to flashy does it???)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0015.JPG
Here it is after the 320 grit
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0023.JPG
Here it is after the 1000 grit (reflection starting to come out)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0024.JPG
here it is polish applied (getting close)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0026.JPG
Here is the end result
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0027.JPG
from start to finish total took about 2 hours (for 1 wheel, not including the time it took to strip the paint/clearcoat from it). i'm sure with a lil bit more polish the wheel will get alot more sheen. thank for looking and hope this helps anyone thats looking to do this themselves.
Finally took the time to get a set of wheels i had laying around up to decent shape. Wheels are a set of 15" racing Sparco NS2's i got for 450 locally (this is my 2nd set that i own BTW). Lips were pretty much jacked as far as having any kind of clearcoat or polished looked to them at all.
Here are the steps i took to get my achieved look.
1.cleaned and stripped wheels of paint and clear coat (aircraft stripper to the rescue).
2.Wetsanded wheels with 320 grit sandpaper
3.wetsanded again with 1000 grit
4. applied Mothers Mag wheel polish and wiped off.
OK here is the Pics off the Final wheel that was done...
here is the before pic (don't look to flashy does it???)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0015.JPG
Here it is after the 320 grit
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0023.JPG
Here it is after the 1000 grit (reflection starting to come out)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0024.JPG
here it is polish applied (getting close)
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0026.JPG
Here is the end result
http://members.cox.net/my1_6/IMG_0027.JPG
from start to finish total took about 2 hours (for 1 wheel, not including the time it took to strip the paint/clearcoat from it). i'm sure with a lil bit more polish the wheel will get alot more sheen. thank for looking and hope this helps anyone thats looking to do this themselves.