Polishing wheels

[Kid Zelda]

I remember a thread about wheel polishing but too lazy to search, so I'll start a new one. :D
Anyways, where in SOcal could I go to get the lips on my wheels polished ? Any idea how long it'll take and how much they'll charge.


Or how would I go about doing it myself and what material would I need ?

Any info would be great, thank you much

[Evil S14]

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ok if you wanna polish them yourself get urself sandpaper, start with a low grit and ork ur way up
now ull be sanding away for hours upon hours, then get a spiral section buffer and some **** called tripoli, buff it out to a nice ****e, then take a loose section buff and go over it with a compound called white rouge

sure its really ling and tedious, but it beats paying someone

this is what my frame looked lke after i polished it by hand, this took about 7 hours straight, now remember this was just aluminum

[itsybitsy240sxEy]

hey kid zelda, why don't you try PM'ing driftingpanda (danny). he polished my set of rims that had been sitting in the junkyard for who knows how long and they came out looking near perfect. there was the worst curb rash imaginable on 95% of the rims and he managed to get them out as well. he also recently did some wheel work for wpayne, so you can ask him about what he thought of danny's work. good luck!

[CoasTek240]

Originally posted by itsybitsy240sxEy
he polished my set of rims that had been sitting in the junkyard for who knows how long and they came out looking near perfect.
hey what wheels did u get form the junkyard?

[itsybitsy240sxEy]

hey CoasTek240, i got a set of 15x7 +17 offset riken mesh from coolerow (esteban) who got them from a local junkyard. why do you ask? :)

[Kid Zelda]

Evil S14-looks good man, gj

Thanks, itsybitsy240sxEy (damn that name is too long)

Do you have any before and after pictures of the rims he polished for you ?

[driftingpanda]

kidzelda: as itsybitsy mentioned, yes, i do lip polish, wheel face painting, and minor curb rash repair. the work is very time consuming and tedious (about 4 hours per rim), but as of now i only charge around $30 to $50 per rim, depending on the condition, style, size, and type of work desired. if your wheels are in fair shape with no bends, i could make them look practically brand new. the work takes about one full weekend to complete, i have 'loaner' sets of wheels/tires if you have nothing else to roll on. please email me for more information if you're interested!

itsybitsy240sxey, wpayne, dousan36, and adey are just a few people who have seen my work in person, if you pm them i'm sure they can vouch for me.

here's a picture of my enkie mesh, before and after rash repair and polish. email me if you'd like to see bigger pictures or other examples.

thanks!
danny

[Dousan_PG]

yeah danny does good work..nah great work. ive seen it. its pretty crazy. very time consuming but looks great. wpaynes look like new after he was done. very nice.
and he's a nice guy..ahhhhhh :D

i saw both itsybitsys and wpaynes before he worked on them..they were TORE UP. after...damn. it was pretty nuts how nice and clean it was. top notch

[Kid Zelda]

Cool ! nice to hear all the praise

Ok, but compared to itsybitsy240sxEy’s rim pictures, mine currently look like her after's, hehehe.
SO I guess I need more of a touch-up polishing, it wouldn't be that much work for you, so maybe we can work on pricing.

Here, let me show you what you're up against

[Kid Zelda]

:D

[Kid Zelda]

:)

[itsybitsy240sxEy]

ohhh no no no. those gold enkei's aren't mine. they're danny's play rims. mine are silver riken mesh and were in MUCH worse condition. your wheels are pretty!! what's the offset on those babies?

[driftingpanda]

dousan: thanks for the kind words! very much appreciated. if you want to clean up them southern ways of yours feel free to let me know!

kid zelda: your dori mesh looks perfect! are they not shiny enough for you?? :o heh, why don't you drop by my place sometime this weekend and i'll see what i can do. seems like all the hard stuff is already taken care of.. so if it's just cleaning them up i could probably do it for free. shoot me an email and we'll talk!

danny

[Dousan_PG]

danny, if you can i'd appreciate it. i owe you !

[adey]

Wow, those dori mesh look perfect, I don't see any flaws at all. :p My Volk Silhouettes, on the other hand......
But yes, Danny can make crappy wheels look goooood.

[driftingpanda]

dousan: any time man, just take them tires off and i'll get that nasty curb rash off them southern ways. i'll paint that chipping face for you too!

adey: same to you! let's get them 16" volks polished up so i can steal them back from you. :p

dousan, adey, and i should be meeting up at my place this weekend to do some work on our crappy 240's, kid zelda if you'd like to swing by let me know!

danny

by the way, email: [email protected]

[drift into a curb]

:eek: wow thats amazing work. I wouldn't be surprised to find a line waiting at your door on saturday morning.

[Kid Zelda]

Thanks for the kind words guys

We'll see what's up this weekend.

[Nismo240SX]

well, i'm about to do some polishing/repairing on my bbs meshers. whats some advice...??? i'm basicly gonna screw up my rims unless i get some pointers from you guys?

[driftingpanda]

nismo240sx: lip repair or just polishing? if you would like, feel free to email me some pictures and i'll give you some pointers! i would still recommend that you have an experienced person do it, or at least get a junk yard wheel to practice on before you start working on them bbs's. when doing curb rash lip repair, you're actually taking off a lot material, so it's very easy to mess it up if you don't have the right intuition. anyway, let me know and good luck!

danny

[coolerow2]

lmao! Danny is going into the wheel repair business? hehe Now i know who i can take my rims to:)

Hey maybe we should join forces and make bukku cash! HAHA

Adey-16" Volks eh?....I'm getting a set of 205-50-16 Dunlop W-10s tires with mucho tread life left. They are 3l33t drifter tire! hard to find too(discontinued). was planning on gettin some 16" meshies for my 240 but ended up sellin the boro-macheen.

[adey]

Yeah! I hear you sold it to Mike!! haha... I mean, what kind of eeediot would buy your borokuso POS off you! :P Kidding, kidding.
So are you trying to sell me the 16" W10s? I'm actually getting rid of the 16" mesh... you interested? ;) And no, I don't need tires becuase I have Bridgestone S-02 on the fronts, and some Yoko NEW AVS ES100 (waiting to go) on the rears...
(yes- I'm selling the 16" volk racing mesh wheels!)

[Dousan_PG]

Originally posted by adey
And no, I don't need tires becuase I have Bridgestone S-02 on the fronts, and some Yoko NEW AVS ES100 (waiting to go) on the rears...
(yes- I'm selling the 16" volk racing mesh wheels!)


on the REARS? please dont tell me your gong to be ATTEMPTING to drift on that bro. get yourself some sumimotos and go nuts. you cant do anything w/ an open diff!!!


get a LSD! stop buying tires!!!!

[coolerow2]

hmm, he needs a VLSD? i have one for $200 bucks!

[Dousan_PG]

get him anything! its painful watching him understeer.

understeer makes baby jesus cry :(