I just got an 07 GXP, and i am wondering if the wheels can be polished. I mean like wetsand some of the scratches out and polish them. The build sheet says that they are polished, and not chrome. Does this mean I can do that or not. Thanks.
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04-27-2010
I just got an 07 GXP, and i am wondering if the wheels can be polished. I mean like wetsand some of the scratches out and polish them. The build sheet says that they are polished, and not chrome. Does this mean I can do that or not. Thanks.
04-28-2010
I think there is a clear coat on the rims . You will have to remove the clear coat first to polish the look to coat them after.
04-28-2010
That is sort of what I was expecting to hear.
04-28-2010
there is a clear coat. the best polish job you can do is waxing them.
04-28-2010
You can sand that stuff off and polish them.
This is best left to the professionals.
04-28-2010
and if you dont let a pro do this and ruin some GXP rims (not sayin you will) i will hunt you down and punch you in the noseOriginally Posted by realdiehl
04-28-2010
What for? I was thinking abut maybe taking a little bit of rubbing compound to them then since they have a clear coat on them. I think one or two of the scuffs are a little deeper than just a little buff back to perfect.
04-28-2010
taking care of polished rims is a *****.
My dad had some polished billet specialties on his T/A and Yeah!! They looked bad ass after a 4 hour polish job, but I'd be damned if I do that more then once a year.
04-28-2010
Yea, I hear ya. I used to have some wheels with just a polished lip, and I hated even having to polish just the lip on those. I cant imagine what it would be like to have a wheel that was completely polished. Since theses wheels weren't tarnishing I figured that they were coated somehow.taking care of polished rims is a *****.
My dad had some polished billet specialties on his T/A and Yeah!! They looked bad ass after a 4 hour polish job, but I'd be damned if I do that more then once a year.
04-29-2010
Yea and the factory job blows. What you can do is demount the rims, strip the coating off, polish the hell out of the rims, and get them re powdercoated clear.
04-29-2010
I went to one place near me and they quoted 130 per rim.... Then I told them they are polished rims. Price went up to 175 up to 230 ish.. They said that I should look and some new rims. I bought the same type of rim of ebay only 1 and I was thinking of doing one at a time.
Last edited by KMAN; 04-29-2010 at 11:17 PM.
04-30-2010
Stripping & Polishing OEM WS6 Wheels - LS1TECH
lot of the ws6 guys are doing it, but it appears the pics are down in the link. But theres tons of info on the site for doing this. Alot of work and upkeep.
Last edited by Golgo13; 04-30-2010 at 11:57 PM.
06-28-2010
Well I got around to "buffing" these wheels a couple weeks ago, and I am just now getting some before and after pictures up. I am super happy with how they cleaned up. I used a powerball and some buffing compound. These are two different wheels. I got after pictures of the one wheel, and then it was starting to get dark so I took a before picture of another rim. Haha. they were all in about the same condition before, and then turned out about the same afterwords.
06-29-2010
Thanks Bio. It's nice to get your approval! hahaAnd you said the best I could do was waxing them...
06-29-2010
Not where I come from.
06-29-2010
if all you do is slop the wax on, then wipe it off youre not doing anything. you have to buff with wax or youre just putting a layer over it.
06-29-2010
Your definition of buffing is clearly different than mine. When I say I am "buffing" I am actually using "buffing compound". Not wax that has a little bit of grit in it that says it will take out swirl marks.
06-29-2010
all wax has a little grit, but i get what youre saying. you just have to make sure you dont use anything rough enough to mess up the clear coat.
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