Sorry for the crappy pic but thats the best my dig camera can do.

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Nice work. I'm actually thinking about buying all the equipment that you use at your shop. The Buffer, the wheels, compounds whole nine yards and doing it, I just can't get over shiny stuff.

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Any pictures of that on a car??

 

No I dont have any pics of this rim on a car.This was a test rim that I got from the j/y.I'm thinking of getting a set of 15s,or 16s and polishing them.

[This message has been edited by 85SportCoupeto89RS (edited November 25, 2001).]

 

damn that looks sweet, it actually makes those rims look good

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bone stock 305 w/ 700r4 0-60: 3 minutes
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93 camaro seats
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91 z28 rims
white 145mph iroc gauges

 

I polished mine, but I didn't do a great job... it still made the car look a million times better.

Step 1:Grind off casting texture with die grinder and emery barrels.

Step 2:Sand with 320

Step 3: Sand with 400

Step 4: Sand with 600

Step 5: Use Eagle One aluminum polish and a felt wheel on a die grinder.

This is the only decent pic I have of it... it's the darker red one:


[This message has been edited by johnyIROC (edited November 25, 2001).]

 

How many times did you ploish the wheels? I did mine like 4 or 5 times and they aren't as shiny as yours.....

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Coming soon: 4th gen rearend and chrome 10 spoke SS wheels

88 TransAm GTA - WS6 - red with grey cloth - K&N Filters - TPIS Airfoil - Wonder Bar - Future Restoration

 

One time and it only took me 2 hours to do it.

 

I have a set of polished 15 x 7's and a set of Polished 85-88 iroc's. I switch back and forth between the two. It's like having two different cars.

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My 85 Iroc

 

DaveV85iroc305TPI Do you have a pic of your 15x7s?

 

You looked too fast, I just changed my picture to the 15 X 7's click on my link again

 

Heres what it looks like with IROC rims. Click this link.

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My 85 Iroc

 

What all is involved in polishing wheels? I have a set of 15X7 standard firebird wheels and I would love to polish them like that. What do I need to buy/do? How long does it take?

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this is the rim closeup


[This message has been edited by DaveV85iroc305TPI (edited November 26, 2001).]

 

What kind of compounds and polishes do are you guys useing there¿

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I'm using some kind of chemical compound,I dont know what its called but it costs 1$ a pound.I get it form work.My polishing wheels eat that polishing compound right up.Many other people use some wheel polish,and a dremel tool.Like Black_widdow said he polished his wheels 4 or 5 times and they arent as shinny as mine.I did it once and its shinny. I also did my plenum and progamed a special emblem for it. heres the pic of it

[This message has been edited by 85SportCoupeto89RS (edited November 26, 2001).]

 

I used some stuff I found arouond the house called Royal Blue(?). It says it's for polishing aluminum and mag wheels. I put on another 3 or 4 coats today and it still isn't extremely shiny, better than it was though. For now I'm just doing the silver parts and not the painted areas. I'm going to try using some Mother's wheel poilsh. What else can I do?

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91 Camaro RS - Black with red tweed - t-tops - 700 watt sound system - 14x3 open element - 80 Series Flowmaster - muffler turndowns - Poly transmission mount- BeCool radiator-
Coming soon: 4th gen rearend and chrome 10 spoke SS wheels

88 TransAm GTA - WS6 - red with grey cloth - K&N Filters - TPIS Airfoil - Wonder Bar - Future Restoration

 

I polished my wheels with one of those wire wheels you put on a drill to get the paint and casting finish off, and then I put a rag over the smallest wire wheel I have and polished away with mothers aluminum polish. They look about 100X better, kind of similar to johnnyIROC's wheels and it only took about 6 hours for all 4. They're not absolutely perfect, but they look really good for the amount of time I spent on it.

 

Since everything got deleted from fri and sat here the good pic of the rim again.

 

how long did it take you do that? Even with the chemicals and such.

 

About an hour and a half.

 

hey whats your email address or do you have AIM or anything?

 

Its deathknight4400@yahoo.com

 

85sportcoupe....

is there any way you could find out the type of polishing compound you used and the steps invloved. That rim looks amazing and i would love to have something like that to do while at school. That was a regular old z-28 aluminum rim before you started, correct?

Thanks

 

I'd like to be able to do that too

Wooooooo

 

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS, I LOVE THE BLACK