Has anyone ever polished their rims this way? can you recommend a good proceedure? I can't wait to polish my rims.

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86Z28, 350 gm crate motor, Borg Warner 5 speed, hurst shifter with line-lock, 3.73's, Edelbrock heads and carb, Edelbrock headers and cat back 3" all the way, 3" cowl induction hood, and K&N air filter.

 

dremel bad idea. Will rip it up pretty bad.

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91 Z28
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What can I polish on my TBI 305 with a dremel?? Anything? I want a shiny engine

 

elbow grease and sand paper is must cases. Use dremel to rip tough castings and file stuff down. Finish with sand paper.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: B&B Exhaust, few free mods.
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood... New 100% Black paint job, Clear Side Marker Lights
Stereo: Alpine 855, Infinity Kappas all around, Infinity 150x2 amp (POS), Infinity Perfect 10 in hatch.
Pictures are Here
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

 

Poor lil Dremel. You'll kill it pretty fast by trying to use it on such a large job. The cotton buffing wheel is so small it will take forever. For small things use a air operated die grinder. You can put a MUCH larger wheel on them. They don't overheat like a Dremel will. Just keep them lubed occasionally. In my case I had my rims prefessionally polished, then maintain them by hand. But I've got Pontiac WS6 rims that are a lot easier to keep polished. Good luck, Lon.

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You *CAN* polish quite a bit with a dremel, but it takes forever! How do I know? I'm doing it right now LOL.
However, Im using a sander as well as hand sanding first - then use the dremel for the actual buffing.
I'll show you the results so far a little later this weekend!
Oh, I forgot - I'm polishing the tpi/runners + some other things.



Ken

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Heh, think the comment that you wrote was directed to the others. Also we have a name problem. I'm ions... your Ionsal with an l right? People get our names wrong.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: B&B Exhaust, few free mods.
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood... New 100% Black paint job, Clear Side Marker Lights
Stereo: Alpine 855, Infinity Kappas all around, Infinity 150x2 amp (POS), Infinity Perfect 10 in hatch.
Pictures are Here
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

 

I think the dremel will do a fine job, but you'll have to replace the buffing wheel a couple times... you probably want to use a big wheel on a drill for the big areas and the dremel for small crevices...