now I won't get bored for a while. Here's the first rim with a heavy coat of paint stripper.

Has anyone else polished the base Firebird rims? Could you post pics to motivate me?

 

Someone polished those rims REALLY well, I don't have the pic saved, but it sure will motivate you. Good luck

 

a few hours and sheets of sandpaper later. to be continued

 

Looks like you got yourself a project!!

 

I feel sorry for you guys that have to hand polish But your off to a good start so far I saw a firebird rim in the j/y today while I was messin with my project targa camaro, I just might pick it up on my next visit.

 

i'll look for an electric sander tomorrow. otherwise this set of rims will kill me. lol

 

it's getting better

 

try the mothers billet alumin polish, its better then the eagle 1 or the mother mag alumin polish. i figured id try it on my consule plate i made out of alumin and i couldnt believe how better of a shine it gave me then the other products.

 

I'll buy some aluminium polish tomorrow. In the photo it's only sanded (180, 320, 600, 1000, 1500) and and cleaned with nevr dull

 

lookin good! Can't wait to see the final result.

 

*dies*

 

Freeze ... looks great :hail:


Are you going to Dasing this weekend ?

 

great job.

 

looks awesome, i'm planning on doing the same thing. what are you doing with all the inbetween spots?

 

how long is it taking to do it all?

 

Thanks, guys. I'm not sure yet what to do with the inbetween spots. I could paint them black but it doesn't look bad as it is.

 

when i do mine, i'm painting the inbetween parts charcoal grey

 

That looks great! I really should do mine.

 

heres my version of those polished and painted, not as good as I would like but Ok

 

Ok, I worked on the second rim for 6,5 hours today and got an even better shine.



It's dark now, but I'll try to get some pics of the rims on the car tomorrow.

 

Thats one helluva reflection on that last picture!!:hail:

I would paint the inserts black to really set off the polished part

 

i like the original grey in the inbetween sections of the rim. when i polish mine im just gonna leave that and just do the surface.

 

What kind of paint stripper did you use? What type of sander as well! I'm intrested in doing my IROC rims... Thanks!

Matt

 

BLING BLING!

That's the stripper I used. It's really old, probably five years or more but it worked great. One thick coat took all the paint off.


I used an el cheapo sander from the local hardware store to do some rough parts, mostly the oxidations, but most of the sanding was done by hand.


And another cheapo tool from the local hardware store, a car buffer. Most of the polishing was done with it and it worked pretty good. First I used "Paste Grün" buffing compound (again very old, 10 years+), then some generic car polish and then Armor All wax.


Two more to do. Damn it.

 

Freeze looks like you did a very nice job




i did a set as well if you want to see the pics.

 

I went w/ just a glossy black for my inserts.
That shine puts my wheels to shame! Nice job!