Wheel polishing? Anyone one here? ProN1s

[BoostinAWD]

I have a set of 18x9 ProN1s, gunmetal. Does anybody do polishing, just the lips?

[WETDRM]

any pics?

[X]

Talk to Chris (tunedport335)

[Feral]

Those really won't polish up too much ... unless chris (tunedport) knows something I don't. In any case if you ever want anything polished he is insanely good at it and ridiculously cheap ... so I'm hoping he pipes in here ... I'm going to have him polish everything I can. The kid rules.

[TunedPort 335]

I'd be able to tell if I knew what they looked like. Kurtis are those the same rims you used to have? Can you put up a pic cause I cant find any pics of your car right now


O and thanks :blush:

[Feral]

Originally posted by TunedPort 335
I'd be able to tell if I knew what they looked like. Kurtis are those the same rims you used to have? Can you put up a pic cause I cant find any pics of your car right now


O and thanks :blush:

Yes ... same exact rims. Gunmetal with yellow letters ... seems like you can't polish them but what do I know?? :eh:

[TunedPort 335]

Originally posted by Feral
Yes ... same exact rims. Gunmetal with yellow letters ... seems like you can't polish them but what do I know?? :eh:

The paint would have to be stripped first so the bare aluminum is exposed

[tims]

Why would you not be able to polish it? Any aluminum can be polished. Powdercoat is a bit of a PITA to strip off though.

[ninjairoc]

Originally posted by tims
Why would you not be able to polish it? Any aluminum can be polished. Powdercoat is a bit of a PITA to strip off though.

:thumbsup:
Powdercoating is pretty strong stuff, but i'm sure it can be done.

[tims]

Yea last time I needed to remove it I just paint strippered it (took it right off) then sandblasted it to get the rest. for just the outside edge of a rim it would probably probably be easiest to just go at it with a sanding disk.

[SLP IROC-Z]

i can sandblast the wheels to get the powder coat off for chris to polish em. we can work out some sort of deal...

[350Caprice]

Originally posted by ninjairoc
:thumbsup:
Powdercoating is pretty strong stuff, but i'm sure it can be done. yea it really is hard stuff to get off

[SickboySS]

Originally posted by SLP IROC-Z
i can sandblast the wheels to get the powder coat off for chris to polish em. we can work out some sort of deal...

sandblasting will fuck those rims up royally.. i tried to do it with my rims, you'd have to do a shit load of sanding to get those little pits out

[ninjairoc]

Yes, I sandblasted a powdercoated piece of aluminum once and it got fucked up royaly. Paint stripper would probably be your best bet, then hand sand perhaps.

[SLP IROC-Z]

that stinks :eh: