Polished my Advans

[black180sx]

I finally decided to completely refinish my wheels. So far, I have finished the rears and I am about to take apart the fronts. I really like the outcome and I can't wait to see them on my car. Anyways... here are some shots of them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/black180sx/polish1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/black180sx/2advans.jpg

[JMixedDS13M]

wow those are nice. you put some bling on them in the form of polishing. good turnout of those IMO

[ootranceformeroo]

looks like shit jordan! hahaah jk man looks good. hurry up and finish the fronts so they can go on the car!

[chmercer]

post what you did to polish them? like what products used etc? i want to polish my wheels but the part that i tried to do came out like balls

[jdm538]

that is very nicely done, looks good. please let us know how you did it.

[FaLKoN240]

Damn, I need to get some wheels that aren't stock off another car, so I can get to work on them.

Anyone know where I can find some 17x9+17-23 Work Equip 05s? :D

[<3MyRiceRocKet]

thats nice good job. I was wondering if you used the chrome paint crap on the spoke disk or did you actually use a polish/buff method? I guess I do not know because the material the spoke disk on my wat's are made of a hard conrete like material. So I just painted my wheels instead. Was it hard to take your spoke apart from the rim disk? My watanabe's were a pain in the ass! used a sldgehammer...hahaha the rims are hard and took a beating but are still fine. Oh yeah cannot wait to see the finished result.

[2iv0 sx]

nicely done!

Reminds me of ivanthieme's (http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=108330) post.

[downshift_sideways]

this is off topic:

But this thread makes me want to sing.

"Got my vans on but they look like sneakers".

sorry about the misconvience, lols

BTW i'm liking those advans. they look dope.

[2iv0 sx]

^ HAHAH I heard that song the other day by The Pack right?

Theres a remix of it LOL

[downshift_sideways]

Yea, The Pack.

"Polished my Advans but they look like sneakers" haha.

I just wanted to vent that :)

[black180sx]

Daniel:Hahah... I will probably finish them in a week.

chmercer: I used aircraft paint remover to strip the paint off the center pieces. The surface of the center pieces were extremely rough so I used a die grinder and a dremel with sanding bits to smoothen the surface. The power tools did not complete the job, so I had to hand sand the remaining rough surfaces. I went through several grits of sand paper, 180-1500 grit. I applied tripoli polishing compound and buffed it out with some polishing tools. I finished it off with Mothers aluminum polishing compound.

<3MyRiceRocKet: I buffed out the center pieces. It was definitely the most strenuous portion of the wheel because the surface was super rough to hold the original paint. Taking apart the wheels was not difficult, it was just very time consuming. Hahah... I just kicked the center pieces out as soon as i removed all the bolts. Make sure to torque the bolts back on and loctite the ends of the threads.

2iv0 sx: Hahaha yeah... My wheels actually looked fairly similar to his before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/black180sx/DSC00604copy_1.jpg

downshift_sideways: Got my vans on! :)
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs8/300W/i/2005/362/3/5/Vans_Mural_by_Second_Ingredient.jpg

[CaoBoY]

the 'wolf pack' or wahtever they are called are gay. they need to be shot for such a stupid song. true gangstas and african americans dont wear vans because they are 'cool'. they need to get off the damned 80's bandwagon.
advans look awesome, did you clearcoat them so they dont rust?

[downshift_sideways]

you better have them on!!

i'm loving them fishies.

[FaLKoN240]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/black180sx/DSC00604copy_1.jpg


Someone was at my work. . .the only big ass yellow wearhouse in the bay. Hahaha. Let's racing!

[phrozen]

do you know what the actual torque specs are for the bolts? and are those 3 piece or 2 piece if there 3 piece what kinda sealant did you use to put the 2 disc back together

[exitspeed]

Very good job. Man everyone is refinsing these Advans and making them extremely hot.

I'm considering getting a set now and just running spacers to make them the flush.

Pos. Rep for restoring some of my favorite wheels.

[<3MyRiceRocKet]

hmm i only torque'd my bolts with hand strength to about 15 lbs..I hear its about 13 lbs only but I dont know. I used loctite on the bolts too incase...They haven't fallen apart yet so it's all gravy. Didn't even have to seperate the rim disks. I'm sure it would be the same on the advans.
Oh yeah we better see pictures of the finished product on your s13. It's too nice...I regret not "chromin" out my watanabees.

[WERDdabuilder]

ahhh shat. lookin hella good.

[cheap_sticker05]

Looks really good, you have a lot of patience. If I were you I would get some of the Eastwood Diamond clear for bare metal and spray them. That stuff is awesome and made my manifold stay reaaaallllyy shiny without ever having to touch it up. Just a suggestion....

[DRFT]

When you had to take the rims apart did you have to put some sort of gasket in between the face and the lip(s)? or you just torqued the nuts and bolts?

[2iv0 sx]

what size are your advans btw?

[jjwilks240]

hmm, i was thinking of this but my cars white i dont think it would flow

should i change them? if i do should i paint them gold or black

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/jjwilks/IMG_6890.jpg

[WERDdabuilder]

^keep em red. shits fire.

[black180sx]

cheap_sticker05: I was thinking about using zoop seal but it's really pricey. I may just leave them the way they are and polishing them when they lose their shine.

DRFT: I applied loctite to the threads of the screws and torqued them.

2iv0 sx: 16x7 fronts and 16x8 rears

[blindninja_47]

what torque specs did you use? and did you use any special pattern when bolting them down?