alright, im thinking about sanding and polishing my wheels
could anybody tell me everything i need- ive got a lot of threads saved but im still a little confused on it. im still learning all there is to it
and to see if im gonna do this or not, could someone give me a pic of this type of rim polished
http://www.faribault.k12.mn.us/brian/car/wheel.jpg

 

It depends on what method you are using. Have you checked out this thread ?

 

yea, i saved that one, saw it last night
but yea, i saw all the stuff in there and i understand sanding 180 to remove clearcoat, or just get smoe paint and epoxy remover, and then 320 and 400, and do a lot of 400 because it takes all the fine scratches out. but im not clear on buffing and polishing and what ill need to get the job done. i understand that youll need the compounds tripoli and white rouge, i think its called but how do you buff and polish? and im really cheap and saving up for performance mods so is all that equipment cheap enough to buy? i dont mind working on it for a long time, i just need to conserve my money

and i was wondering what that rim (my last post) would look like...because everybody else's rims that ive looked at have a different kind of rim. not the style i have, so im curious as to how they would look. sorry bout the long post

 

I bought the polishing wheels and compounds from Eastwood for about $45 shipped. I used emery, tripoli, then white rouge.

Edit- 85SportCoupeto89RS polished his rims like yours, they came out awesome. But he also has a polishing shop, so he's got lots of equipment.

 

Here's mine polished. I will have better pictures soon.

 

hey, thanks for the help guys
and tunedport 355, whenever you could get some pics, thatd b awesome. if ya could, could ya get a few shots from far away so you can see the whole car? im just seeing if this is something i really wanna do. thanks again

 

Its fun polishing the those rims Heres one of mine, you can note that I've done a few things different to some of the rough edges. The part where the starts meet the outer ring of the rim, I auggred that flat, and the edges between the top of the spokes and lip have been auggered angled to get rid of the step. I need to repolish mine real bad, when I tore most of the ligaments in my left knee 7 months ago my SC had to sit for a while couldnt do mateinance or keep the rims from oxidizing. Oh well they'll be even better this time thur

 

alright, i think im gonna do it by hand (yea i know it takes a LOT of time, but unless my dad has a drill, im just gonna do it by hand because its cheaper than going and buying a drill)
what all will i need to buff and polish it then?
i heard someone before say they just sanded then got mothers aluminum and mag polish and then they jsut did that, and were done. is that all it takes?

 

if you use a high rpm machine, youll probly get better results, and it will be much much easier.. just my .02

 

well, im worried about money, not time or it being easy
but if my uncle or dad happen to have a drill, ill definitely use it