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[curly]

i baught some alloys for the missus, and they looked abit tatty, so tought ied have a go at making them a bit better and pollish the lip up nicely, as thats where most of the tattyness is. they where origionaly a polished rim, but the laqur had peeled badly where they hadnt been looked after for a long time, and instead of spending £200 on a refurb, i went in to the garage and got the following

clean cloths(x10) 2 for each wheel, and 2 for polishing
sand paper 240g,400g,800g,1000g,1200g,1500g,2000g wet n dry
precision flat headed screw driver,
wire brush,
alloy wheel cleaner
bucket
washin up liquid
alluminium polish

heres the pics of the tatty rims






so as you can see they`re a state, so got at it with the alloy wheel cleaner, got them as clean a physicly possible and then wiped them dry, and got the bucket of water ready with washing up liquid,then started to sand down the lip with 240g wet, to get rid of that laqur, while sanding, i noticed there was a machined lined edge, where they obviously made them, and it looked rubbish, so just sanded through it, once got its all smooth and laqur was non existant, i cleaned it with one cloth, and dryed with another,

then did the same with the 400g wet tillsmooth then cleand
then did the same with 800g wet till smooth then cleaned
then did the same with 1000g wet til smooth then cleaned,
then did the same with 1200g et till smooth then cleaned,
then did the same with 1500g wet till smooth then cleaned
then dd the same with 2000g wet, till smooth, but this time, i did this for around 3 times the time taken doin any of the other sanding, just to makesure it was extra smooth,
cleaned, and dried.
i then got at the studs with the precision screw driver, and wire brush, and the alloy wheel cleaner, and scrapped all the crap out of the holes, ready for painting

once ied let it stand to dry i got this on it





i duno if its any gud as to compertition brands, i just baught it cause it said lucas on it, but its aluminium polish, ive done a quick once over on the lip that ied polished, and was very suprised on the out come,thus the reason i did this guide

results








on one of the pictures it looks like theres a big scratch its not, its just the residue of a finger print, ive not finished yet, so wil continue the progression pics, but it come out pretty well me thinks, and in total,

£30 for alloys for all 4
£10 for lucas polish
£10 for sand paper n ccloths

not bad bargain

[Ruishy1]

you really need to take your time and spell, punctuate and generally make things readable.

That was a decent post, would be better with more time spent on it

[curly]

it seems difficult to type long messanges on a lil notebook, i got, the page makes it un readable, so you duno what your typing,

and i want t make them as mirror like as possible, and ive done another 1 all sanded, just needs pollishing, next thing i wana do is well, dependant on wether it ooks nice or not, (if she likes it) spray the midle black,

[stevo™]

you really need to take your time and spell, punctuate and generally make things readable.

pimsle people have been trying to tell him that for years buddy

[Ruishy1]

It was not a bad post, just would be a better one with more time spent on it

[Ram]

good guide mate, i keep trying to find time to the lips on mine. refurbers trying to charge me £250 just to do the lips cuz theyre 19s! no thanks lol

got any more pics yet? if i were you i would get the dremmel out with the buffer attachment and get a real mirror finish, you've done the hard part, thats the most satisfying easy bit!

[curly]

guides been cleaned up from my bad spelling now

and yeah ive done 3 out of 4 now, and as you said, im not happy with the overall outcome and do want it mirror like,
its just trying to find something that wont bollox the finish up,
i also dont have a dremal either, soo was thinking of getting a buffer on to a drill or something,

[M1K3Y_B]

I might give this ago as the lacquer on my wheels is ruined.

Its gone all white/bubbly and let all the dirt underneath

[curly]

thats how they where on these

just be carefull when using the rough sand paper, that you dont bollox up paint work, and it is very time consuming, its taken me n average,6-8 hours to sand down, buff up n polish

[curly]

bttt

anychance this could be put in the guides section plz, saves it getting lost




bubi

[pauldolman]

lookin good pal

if your not happy with the finish, i'd highly recomend auto glym metal polish it's the absolute nuts mate the difference it makes is incredible

paul