Looking for pics of black formula 16" wheels with a polished lip
03-30-2005, 12:33 AM
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Car: 1985 Iroc-Z
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Looking for pics of black formula 16" wheels with a polished lip
Ive seen pics before of the 16" formula wheels both painted and polished. Im looking for pics of the flat faced formula wheels. I want to see pictures of polished or painted trying to get some ideas. Here are the wheels im talking about. 
03-30-2005, 06:23 AM
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Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: vee eight
Transmission: auto
Axle/Gears: 4.10 gears
they are also 85 trans am rims too, i didnt realize that formulas got the flat face i thought they got the angled ones.
03-30-2005, 11:05 AM
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Car: 1984 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 2.5L Iron Duke 4 cylinder
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Originally posted by 82firebird
Here's a rim that I did..
Here's a rim that I did..
Did you take off the clear coat and spray the centers and then re-clear? - that's all I can think of to do it.
03-30-2005, 04:02 PM
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First I stripped the clearcoat on the entire wheel using aircraft remover. Then I polished the lip using 80, 180, 220, 320, 400, 600, 1500, rubbing compound, 1500 wet, Mothers aluminum polish. After that I masked the lip off and cleaned the areas to be painted. I sprayed a coat of primer followed by the black. I just used cheap primer and paint, and they still look great. The polishing by far took the longest (1.5-2 hours)- so long that it's discouraged me from doing the rest of the wheels. Someday I'll get bored enough to finish all of them though. I definitely think it would look great!
First I stripped the clearcoat on the entire wheel using aircraft remover. Then I polished the lip using 80, 180, 220, 320, 400, 600, 1500, rubbing compound, 1500 wet, Mothers aluminum polish. After that I masked the lip off and cleaned the areas to be painted. I sprayed a coat of primer followed by the black. I just used cheap primer and paint, and they still look great. The polishing by far took the longest (1.5-2 hours)- so long that it's discouraged me from doing the rest of the wheels. Someday I'll get bored enough to finish all of them though. I definitely think it would look great!
03-30-2005, 04:07 PM
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Car: 91 Formula WS6 (Black, T-Tops)
Engine: 383 MiniRam (529 HP, 519 TQ - DD2K)
Transmission: Built '97 T56, Pro 5.0, CF-DF
Axle/Gears: 4.11 posi Ford 9"
How about these...... (nothing you haven't seen before though!)
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03-31-2005, 12:50 AM
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Car: 1985 Iroc-Z
Engine: 305
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Just so nobody gets the wrong impression im not giving up my torque thrust. I sold my factory formula wheels to a friend and wanted to show him how good they could look. My clearcoat is faded and starting to come off so i told him he could polish them are paint them and they would look good.
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