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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 03:35 PM
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What various grits should i use to polish...

what various grits should i use to polish my rims. stock 90 RS rims.....im gonna scrub off all the black, smooth em out and polish em up....cuz they are all jacked up from doing donuts on the beach in cali.

any help appreciated.

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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 08:36 PM
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I used 80,120,320,500 grit followed up with polishing wheels.Those types of rims are he!! This one took 3 hours to polish.
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 10:16 PM
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all the way

i went all the way to 2000. but its up to you. just keep trying at different stages until you are happy with the results. you can get away with 600 but the hight you go the better
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