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[Mrk_Mickey]

Lots. They're a complicated shape to polish. Not a super complicated. But lots of faces. It takes time.

Yeah, damn, that's what I thought So is it not as simple as (somehow) getting the wheels back to bare metal and giving it some autosol treatment?

[Preen59]

Yeah, damn, that's what I thought So is it not as simple as (somehow) getting the wheels back to bare metal and giving it some autosol treatment?

You would use paint stripper to remove the paint. If you use a media blasting method, that roughens the surface and you have to polish through that.

You'd probably have to start with say, 320 (depending on the finish to start with) wet+dry and work your way up to about 1200. Then hit it with Autosol. If i was doing it i'd polish all in the same direction along the faces, that way you blend the scratches into eachother and it's faster.

[Manaz]

Got piccies?

EDIT: Are they these?
http://www.dp-motorsport.co.uk/shop/...ATCH%20BLK.jpg

Haha, no, they're the stock 16" 7-spoke wheels from a Bora V6 4Motion (not the sport, which got (nicer, in my opinion) 17" 5-spokes).

[Mrk_Mickey]

DAMN, I thought I was onto something there!! lol

[DubSteve]

By my BBS for $2000 with adaptors

You know you want to ball

[thestu]

why don't you just change the colour of the wheels you have?

[KI11Z]

getting bored mickey? its a bitch huh . . . . those m-sport rims look painted to me also, just go and buy some satin silver and gloss?

[Mrk_Mickey]

By my BBS for $2000 with adaptors

You know you want to ball

Bah. RS's are yesterday's news. Period.

why don't you just change the colour of the wheels you have?

getting bored mickey? its a bitch huh . . . . those m-sport rims look painted to me also, just go and buy some satin silver and gloss?

This was my initial thought, which came from seeing Dom's bora sport wheels in a metallic colour. If I were to repaint them they'd definitely be metallic.

[mikinoz]

Oh right, the polishing thing..

It'll take you a bit.. Like more than one full weekend. And it's not easy.

Amen to that. I spent 1 1/2 days doing mine and got 1 perfect and the other 3 only stripped!

[rayray086]

Amen to that. I spent 1 1/2 days doing mine and got 1 perfect and the other 3 only stripped!

It's a treat seeing them all nice and polished though, it's worth the attention and sore fingers!

x2 on the treatment being black/shadow chrome with the BMW wheel. One of the features in PVW recently had a white Mk3 with black/shadow chrome Schmidt Modernlines. Looked good I thought. Hard to DIY a similar finish.