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Old May 30, 2001 | 03:54 PM
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Anyone Ever Polished Firebird Rims?? How To

Well, hopefully some of you have some info for me.

im in need of something to do.
soo now i saw a couple of maro pics of polished wheels, but ive never done this before, i checked out the plenum page. no help.

where do i start and how do you think itd look you guys?

overall cost?

PICS ARE VERY APPRECIATED
THANX


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Old May 30, 2001 | 07:58 PM
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I picked up a set of 16x8 WS6 wheels from a swap meet and polished them...all i did was strip the clearcoat then use aluminium polish on the wheels...i got a can of Zip-Strip ($6)...spread it on all over the wheels until it bubbles up and you can start to see the clearcoat pealing off the wheel...then just get a scrub brush and rub it off...after that i took Mothers Mag and Aluminium Polish and buffed them out with that...there are other ways to do this such as sanding off the machining groves in the wheel...to me it wasn't worth the time and i think they look great the way they are...hope this helps...oh and the total bill was about 20 bucks

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