Day 1...polishing rims
 

hey guys i took off my Sir's today n im going to start polishing them i read fuzzy's post and i think i have what i need to get it done but if neone else has any suggestions or advice for me it would be appreciated!!:)

Thanx Guys!

n my rims arent polished right now they are painted silver if it makes a difference

Be prepared for ALOT of work!! Post your progress pictures as you go

Just take your time, and dont rush it, it doesnt take forever, just gotta do it right.

please list steps i m very interested in polishing my stock rims as well.....PLEASE???

^ the exact steps are listed in fuzzy's DIY writeup.

https://www.torontointegras.ca/forum...ad.php?t=14893

amanda....this is all because of me :(
im sorry. :(
mcdonalds =)?????

thanks....fuzzy knows all

lol sadra i kno its all ur fault:P haha but seriously its ok i dont mind cuz my rims are guna look so good when im done:D
Thanks guys!!
ill be posting pictures as i go forsure!

Estimated Time of Finish: Next year.

*fixed* :D

g/l amanda.....take a before and after pic of your biceps for us. when you're done, you can direct ppl to the beach and tell them how big your beach ball is.

hahahah

lmfao mark...will do :yeah:

omg my rims are lookin so gooood!! lol ill post pics up soon:)

I wanna see post them Chik.

yeah me too i want to see them too i been tunring into thos thread hopeing to see pics lol...

^+1... lets see those biceps

ok heres some pics lol :D
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSCF0099.jpg ...of my rims painted silver

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSCF0104.jpg ...paint thinner doing its job

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSCF0103.jpg ...after scraping most of the paint off

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSCF0107.jpg ...ALMOST DONE!!!

what u guys think?

pics of ure bicepts or GTFO


but seriously it looks awesome, i thought u were just ------- the dog this whole time :D

lol u ass:P i was actually workin on them lol

would the paint thinner ruin ur tires if u get some on it????
btw looks soo nice thinking of doing that to my teg annivesary rims

Nice work Amanda!! Looks really good!!

umm well if u do get some on ur tires like i did i just wiped it off with a rag i didnt want to take that chance either and its ALOT of work lol fuzzy made it look easy :|

thats cuz fuzzy is ripped... he didnt even break a sweat.

Holy crap Amanda they look really good, soooo much better good stuff!

lol thnx:)

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSCF0111.jpg

about 95% done:P still have a little bit to do in where the lugs and in between the spokes are...but im pleased with it :D

WOW didnt tink dat they would look dat good!!!
HOLY !!!
maybe if do wana trade 4 my blades let me kno ...!!!
NOT lol
but still it looks goood great job !!

Girl that looks MINT!

next time i see you amanda, ull be bawling with those rims eh hahaha. good job!

looks good! keep goin, but if you want them to bling more you gotta sand it with 2000 gritt alot more and then rub the mothers polish into them.

i'm impressed ! lookin' good.

when you guys polish the rims, do you also do the rim wheel barrel also or just the face of the rim?

i did the insides ( between the spokes ) bcuz they were also painted and its a bitch lol

thanks fuzzy, and everyone else:P, i really didnt think they were going to turn out this good either, but i was determined dammit lol i just wanted polished rims, n buying a set didnt work out for me :P but YAY im almost done these 2 lol still have another 2:w00t:

wow your on your way! looking real nice IMO cant wait to see them shine in the sunlight lol, you can get those looking almost like chrome, seen it on HT before some guy worked on em for like 2 weeks or something like that and they came out super shiny

How long did you leave the stripper on the rims before you started scrapping at it? theres still small spots of clear on my rims:S

Wow... looks really good, love the way its looking:yeah:

there was so many coats of paint on my rims i put one coat of thinner on n left it for like 10 minutes n scraped it n then another coat n left it for like 20 minutes n let it eat away till it came off like butter apply the thinner really thick it works better IMO:yeah:

also neone else have ne better ideas on what to scrape the paint off with i still have 2 more rims to go and i find this plastic putty knife aint workin too well expecially inbetween the spokes n grooves not to bad on the surface..

use a drywall scraper or a cement scraper, should work awesome.

ya i was using a metal one but i was afraid of it scratching them

your gonna have to sand it anyways no? so dont worry im sure any small scratches will come off.

yea... use the metal ones.

if you want to do it the lazy way, put a shitload of stripper on them, let it do it's work real nice, then take a power washer to them. messy, but easier and faster.

hell, just take the rims to a coin wash and strip them there..lol that's what i did with my valve cover, engine block, head.

ye just make sure you buy tthe mothers aluminum polish after that is what makes it look BLING after.

that was the first thing i bought lol:yeah:

I can't bear the anticipation, do it faster! lol

posilsh theedem shtiz up!! ---- i'm drunksa..lowslz. hahaha fvjaahah.

we can tell... haha, nice :yeah:

sad part is, i still understood that lmao:beer:

OK SOOOOO....im outside workin on my rims now, and i dont know if neone had ever noticed on SIR's theres little tiny grooves on the surface of the rim and im trying to get thoes out to make it nice n smooth i did it to one rim lol and i dont exactly have alot of energy left to do another 3 does neone know if i can use an attatchment on like a drill...that i can just attatch the sand paper to or somethin i was using a dremel with an attatchment but it wasnt helping and i didnt wanna take ne chances with it lol

HELP!!!:confused:

neone lol?

loool ignoredddddd, k well i dunno what is happening but if u need a faster want to sand down something, I know there are big cylinders with sand paper around them and u can attached it to a drill and sand that way. I'm sure u wont hurt ur rims because its just the same as sanding by hand but faster and uses less effort. I hope I helped? ORRRR you can try a small "random orbiting sander"! =D

pick up a small mouse style sander and a variety of grits... you need some larger grit to take out the tiny grooves. then work your way up to the 2000 grit and then with a buffing wheel or polisher.

thanx guys!:D

how's the process going? i really wanna do this to my set of GSR blades. is it really hard? my boy is doing his set but he does it whenever he has free time. i wanna do my set in a weekend as i work monday-friday. where did you get your paint stripper from?

everything is from canadian tire, its VERY time consuming tho if ur blades arent painted like mine were u dont have as much to worry about lol and my rims from factory have a machining groove in them so i have to sand all thoes out to make them nice n smooth but over all i'd say to make them look nice ATLEAST 5-6 hours a rim if ur doing it all by hand, my process is comming along ok i had to buy a palm sander tho cuz i pulled muscles in my back puttin too much force into my sanding lol and unless u work day n night ur not going to get them all done in one weekend