Well here they are....only took me a month..lol....but it was definetly worth it.

 

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lemmie tell you something......your arms hurt like heck after going over and over and over a set of rims..lol...im sure other people that have done theres would say the same thing.

 

Looks good, did you do it all by hand? One of these days I'm gonna do my GTA rims.

 

yup chet.....with the exception of a wire brush disc on a drill for the hard to get places....everything was done by hand. Took me a little over a month but i took my time and didnt rush. Really nice gta by the way.....ive always loved that color.

 

nice looking! i have a set from my 88 i should work on, they just sit in the yard.

 

Torchray i have a set of those wheels that i am also doing up.I have one done already it took me 9 hours to do it.Yours do not look nearly as nice as mine do so I want to know how you did yours .I will see if i can help ya out or tell ya what polish to use.You can get them to look like chrome if ya want.

 

I think i see your problem actually.That white can of polish that you are using.You held it on the wheel to show reflection and i see it siting on your bench.Drop that stuff and go buy the polish i use.Its called blue magic.U can get it from pepboys i think.Try that stuff out on a spot i think you will change your shorts afterwards.

 

i use mothers on my bike and the rocker boxes look like crome and that is on a 1976 fxe

 

Looks nice, I think I'll finish mine in the spring. But I'm going to use compounds and buffing wheels to get a better shine.

 

Yeah i used mothers.....but i will try and use that other stuff that your talking about.....well see what happens. As for how i did them......washed them off, then stripped the whole rim of all the clear coat..then started at 180 grit dry. Then went to a 320 wet, then a 600 dry. Then went to a 800 wet and finnaly a 1500 dry and wet. To finish i used 3&M untra fine cut rubbing compound, then 2 coats of mothers. The pics really dont get the shine out but i think they came out great. Alot better then what they were before.

 

But i did
paint stripper
wire disc
180 wet
340 wet
400 wet
acrylic paint polish.
and they look like mirror....
the sanding of yours is OK ...they look like new
but the shine lacks a bit....keep polishing them with some compound
Good luck ...i have no hq pics ,they all sucks

 

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it looks really good. Mine look nothing like that. I guess i know what i am doing this summer

 

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