I'm gonna do something with my wheels soon. I just don't know what. I painted the center caps and lug-nut covers to match the painted parts of the rim. It looks pretty nice, but I've seen a lot of rims with the paint removed(?) and they looked good, too. If you did something cool to your firebird style wheels and have a pic, let's see em!

 

Come on guys, don't be shy!

 

Here are mine. toon to be TT II's

my Stock RIMS POLISHED.(dirty in this pic)


i see your in LUTZ.. I moved from TAMPA to ohio about 5months ago.
I lived right by USF


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Chris
1992 25th Anniv Z28 W/383 Stroker
536 RWHP 569 FT LBS
(chassis dynoed at Ramsies Perf.)
www.go.to/TPI383

 

hey TPI383, when you polished yours, what did you do with the center caps since they are plastic? did you paint them chrome or what?

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-'92 RS with self-installed '95 LT1
-Heddman Headers
-TPIS throttle body airfoil

Kills
-'98 V6 Camaro
-'89 5.0 ****stang
-'97 Sebring
-'96 ****stang Cobra

Losses
-'99 Mustang GT
-'96 Mustang Cobra

 

Here ya go







Kat

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90 RS 305 TBI A4
Dumb *** /**** poor/orginating memeber of the infamous NE Crew
Time to see, believe this in me,This pain that i feel deep inside

[This message has been edited by Kat (edited January 08, 2001).]

 

I pulled off all the stickers on them the words and bowtie. and polished em also. They are plastic but have a alum surface.

 

anybody w/ 88+ IROCS polished??
thanks

 

Mo, Here is a pic that was taken when I just got them polished. I will get one soon of them on the car.



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1989 IROC-Z 5.7L

[This message has been edited by Omar (edited January 08, 2001).]

 

these wheels looked like $H!t when i got them, the painted center was all faded and chipped
the clear coat on the outer edge was coming off in spots, was dull, and the spots where it came off the aluminum had corroded to that white stuff

i stripped them down totally, spent a few weeks working my way up sanding grits and polishing compounds, and when i got them to a mirror finish i repainted the centers with some rustoleoum hard hat black gloss paint
they came out great the pic doesnt do them justice
need some centercap emblems though

 

is it possible to polish the 15" z/28 wheels?? I've never seen it done yet.

 

Omar, did you polish the whole wheel or just the front parts ( like did you polish the painted parts too?)
those look clean, time for me to get busy when I go back home, what did you use?
thanks

 

Hey Slow Camaro,

I have seen the 15" Z-28 rims polished, and they look good. Real good. I have a set that I want to polish. I think that they look the best with out the center caps though. Yeah, the lugs show, but so what!

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'82 Firebird, dead stock, 9 bolt disc rear, over 200,000 miles and still going strong, more to come...

 

I just polished the face, not the painted parts. I wish I could say I did it myself, but I had it done.

D&B Wheels, INC
4409 Mission Blvd
Montclair, CA 91763
(909) 590-1707

They charge $35 per rim to just do the face, and it was like $45 per rim to have the entire wheel polished.

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1989 IROC-Z 5.7L

 

this is better then polished.(i think)



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RED82TA5.7L
this car has a bad tranny untill middle of January 2001(im crying inside) soon to be 350 Raptor TH350 from http://www.transmissioncenter.net
1982 Pontiac Trans Am
Cross-Fire Injected 5.7l V8
Eldebrock Headers, 3" Hooker Cat-Back, duel outlet with quad tips.
Mods: 1.6 Proform Roller Rockers, electric fan, Corvette 5.7L computer chip, K&Ns.
Audio: JVC Kameleon CD deck, Jenson 4x6 front, Eclipes 6x9 rear, 2 10" mTx T4000 powered by a mTx 200watt amp.
Black Powder Coated 1990 16x8 Formula Wheels with 245/50/ZR16 Perelli P7000.
For Pictures go to
http://members.theglobe.com/RED82TA57L/mycar/


A cool Trans Am site with Message Boards http://www.transamgta.com

 

how do i get to a tech article to see how to do this? Should I do this with my tires off? I need to get them rotated sorta soon, so maybe i should get them removed, polish the wheels, then put the tires back on. I really like that look, maybe i will go to the junkyard and buy one front and one rear rim to practice on. If it turns out good i could just rotate my tires off my car one by one.

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91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows

 

Hey Omar,I have those same aluminum rims on mine,what did you use to get them that polished??,how long did each wheel take??Or did you get it professionally polished and how much did it cost???What makes em that shiny??That is what I want!!!

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86 iroc,canary yellow,fully loaded

 

you guys should be asking me these questions. I hand polished my 86' style iroc rims that once had gold painted areas. I didn't bother repainting... I polished the entire wheel to look exactly like chrome. Yes, it took time. But the finished product... well... let's just say I've never gotten so many heads to turn with those bright polished 16's and good year yellow letter tires.

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86 IROC 305 TPI LB9 700R4 W/ Shift kit, K & N, Flowmaster gutted cat 95 Z tips, airfoil, 160 thermo, removed emissions, Summit cam kit 442 lift springs and lifters, ADS super chip, Summit timing chain, modified MAFS, tranny cooler, polished rims, Good Year yellow letter nascar 235/55 tires, polished runners and plenum, 145 Speedo, remote start, keyless entry, alarm, yellow neons underneath.

 

TPI383 Where at in ohio do you live? If you are getting TT2's i would possibly be intersted in buying your polished wheels if you want to sell. Or i might do them to mine, did you strip the colored part too, then repaint them black? Did you pretty what did you polish them with?

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91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows

 

what color would look good for painted parts on a white car?

 

black.

 

forgot my sig(no, i just want to put my posts up LOL)

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RED82TA5.7L
this car has a bad tranny untill middle of January 2001(im crying inside) soon to be 350 Raptor TH350 from http://www.transmissioncenter.net
1982 Pontiac Trans Am
Cross-Fire Injected 5.7l V8
Eldebrock Headers, 3" Hooker Cat-Back, duel outlet with quad tips.
Mods: 1.6 Proform Roller Rockers, electric fan, Corvette 5.7L computer chip, K&Ns.
Audio: JVC Kameleon CD deck, Jenson 4x6 front, Eclipes 6x9 rear, 2 10" mTx T4000 powered by a mTx 200watt amp.
Black Powder Coated 1990 16x8 Formula Wheels with 245/50/ZR16 Perelli P7000.
For Pictures go to
http://members.theglobe.com/RED82TA57L/mycar/


A cool Trans Am site with Message Boards http://www.transamgta.com

 

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Danny
deutsch1@marshall.edu
Black, 1989 Camaro IROC-Z, 350 TPI
150 H.P. NOS, Progressive Controller,Comp Cams 1.6RR & Valve Springs, AFPR, Ram Air, K&N's, Airfoil, Ported Plenum, Accel 300+ Wires & Supercoil, !Cat, Flowmaster, Trans-Go Shift Kit, SFC's, STB, Goodyear F1's, Zainofied, T-Tops, Etc...
Check out my Webpage

[This message has been edited by 89Irocn2o (edited January 15, 2001).]

 

Damn, I saw that car and thought "that thing must be Zaino'd", 'n started looking for Zaino in the sig.. lol

I might have to cave in and try it.

 

hey, tpi383. Can we see some pics of the whole car so i know what the wheels look like on the whole car.

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91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows

 

tpi383, could you post some pics of the whole car? I want to see the rims on the whole car.

 

here is a pic of the wifes car with the Weld drag lights and my friend Shanes car with the Boyds wheels.....
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82 Z28 with 350.motor has .030 forged flat top pistions other wise stock bottom end, Summit 214/224 cam with 1.6 Harland Sharp roller rockers, stock 882 heads for now (will be getting a set of the 23 degree Trick Flows this summer), Performer RPM intake, Holley 750 Vacuum secondary, Th350 with 2200 converter, stock 3.23 geared rearend for now (getting 9" later on), Headman shorty headers, custom 2.5" into 3.5" Y pipe into M.A.C. offroad pipe and M.A.C. cat back system. So far car has only been to the track twice and is having sever traction problems but is running 60'-2.34 1/8 mile-9.2 @ 79 MPH.

 

never mind tpi383, i found your website and saw them there, could you tell me exactly what you did to polish them?

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91 rs, convertible, K&N, Edelbrock open element cleaner, 3.73, B&M mega-shifter, goodmark cowl-induction hood,tinted windows