Hand polished my wheels, with pic.

[Phil]

i'm just about to start doing mine.........looks fanfarkintastic

[Nanna10r]

Just make sure you wipe em down after they get wet or they ll get have corrosive spots which take twice as long to get shiny.
Cheers Brett
Nickleplating is the way to go if you have the coin, they rinse off.
Cheers Brett

[wolf]

Anyone done this with paint stripper instead of the wet&dry? Would probably need some tidying up with the finer grades and fine steel wool but it would cut the workload down a bit.

[mrmina]

photos dont look bad at all. good effort.

[Nanna10r]

I believe the pros use paintstripper 2 or 3 coats before going to less abrasive materials.
Cheers Brett

[spekt-r]

AFAIK the pros use a lathe if theyre only doing the rims, paint stripper would make it very messy, you wouldnt get a straight line around the edge. Also its very nasty stuff, I hate working with it, ive had to use it far too much on cars.

[ZX-10R_04]

The pro's use masking tape to get the straight line around the edges when using paint stripper

[Nanna10r]

The pro's use masking tape to get the straight line around the edges when using paint stripper

What this smart bloke here said Can get em done for $200 - $250 a pair at Lae Racing here in Brissie.

Cheers Brett

[spekt-r]

Good point but I would have thought that paint stripper would trash the tape.
Costs about the same to get em done here, a place called Truwheels does it.

[Rossi]

Matey,
give 'em a spray & wipe after cleaning wiv WD40 and all the shit will come off wiv it when you wash them with a degreaser

[Rossi]

Not mine but it does show what ya can do wiv a lot of time and effort

[Quarkz]

Sure that's not chromed? Steve P's bike is chromed (Some of you guys will know of him) and it looks sweet! Too bad it costs an arm and a leg. Looks a lot like it's been polised but apparently it's half the work to keep clean.

[Barrabob]

Yeh that ;ooks really sweet, I bet he doesnt ride that one after sundown.Its a really nice lookin bike but you would have to be polishing it continuosly.

[Phil]

well i started on mine yesterday...

taped them up and used paint stripper to get the paint off (line is pretty farkin staright ). i'll start with some 800 then 1200 then the 1500 and rags after that.

BTW wont be on the net tonight.......i'll be in the garage...

[spekt-r]

Youll prolly need some ultrafine after the 1200 and then some autosol will make em come up like magic.
Look after them fingers mate.