thought i would post this here too. i finally polished the spare set of gtas that i bought..well...the 2 that werent bent and im gonna polish the 2 not bent ones that are on the car tomarrow. whatcha think

 

before polishin

 

and what their gonna replace. the front right and left rear were bent pretty bad when i bought the car. oh, and now all 4 of my wheels will be black lol

 

Looks great!
I'm in the middle of a set in white!

George

 

does anyone know if someone ever polished the whole gta rims including the spokes?

 

Cool looks good. So when are you doing mine?

 

I have seen a set with the polished spokes. They look decent but the polished spokes and outer lip didn't shine the same way.

If they were dipped, they would much better.

IMO, the painted spokes look the best.

 

:hail: wish I could get my rims to look that good

 

Those look great. I have a set "like" those for my Grand Prix. 16x8 but the lip doesn't go as deep.

Anyway, what did you use to make them shine like that....or should I ask how much would you charge to polish mine?

 

Well i dont know what GM used for that clear coat but damn is it a pain to get off! Mine still isnt all off. I did like 7 separate coats of the brush on stripper (BIX I think) and it only got rid of the oxidization in the clear but it took off the old paint on the spokes after the first coat! I dunno. I was outside for 5 hours and decided that they looked good enough for me so maybe later down the road i"ll completely remove the clear so I can actually use aluminum polish. I used very fine steel wool after taking off the last of the stripper than polished them with Mother's wax. They look alright, I still gotta do the other 2 tho, working too dang much this weekend. Maybe on tuesday..