Aussie wheel tech/discussions

[sturgey]

what polish do you boys recommend for lips? mine have a few fine scratches and water marks.
Have purple polish at home that i was going to use

[dylan8]

Yeah opticoat is rad, when my paint is fixed it'll be going on. Just don't know about using it on raw lips. Keen to see how it goes

[dylan8]

My polisher has told me to seal my lips with regular car polish or a furniture wax (mr sheen) told me specifically not to use any metal polishing compounds on it as I'll dull the finish. Will probably follow his instructions and seal them with a few layers of car polish.

Car polish isn't a sealant though... it hardly protects that's why you put wax or sealant over the top of a polished car.
Metal polish is for exactly that, polishing metal. Unless you have clearest or anodising on them.

[skytup]

Woah. They Whitehorse?

nah, "genuine" ROH replacement barrel, made in "i think he said" phillipines factory or something was also curious if was local made

opticoat acts like a clear coat of paint highly recommend! got my whole car done takes no time to clean and the water beads straight off

[anthony--t]

My polisher has told me to seal my lips with regular car polish or a furniture wax (mr sheen) told me specifically not to use any metal polishing compounds on it as I'll dull the finish. Will probably follow his instructions and seal them with a few layers of car polish.

[dylan8]

Sealant. Don't like the idea of putting it on raw lips, rather then exposed for continuous polishing

[anthony--t]

Whats opticoat?

A wax / sealant.

[Beware]

Whats opticoat?

[anthony--t]

Woah. They Whitehorse?

[skytup]

got the lips opticoated today for some extra protection, having a test fit thursday to see if they actually going to fit the wrx and finalize my centre colour just a little excited
Untitled by skytup, on Flickr

[dylan8]

Yeah cool. I'll suss it today. Should be driving past in 2 weeks or so also

[hakhawk]

ooh, reckon you could measure the center hole and pcd of the bolt holes for me as a start? they 15 or 16"?(would only matter for buying, otherwise test fitting either works)

my PLS are 270mm center hole, and what info i could find online are that bbs 16 hole are same diameter, but the bolt holes will be slightly off, which im sure i could drill out.

i know i could get whitehorse to make lips and barrels for me, but if can save some $$ i will

might have to get you to bring a lip or something when you're down this way next, wont take long to drop it on the lip and see where it all lands

[SebastienPeek]

I got stuff back home that will hopefully be coming over shortly...

[dylan8]

anyone got any bbs 16 hole lips or barrels i could test fit a center on?

I got both.
Got .5" lips and 6" barrels for sale,
Otherwise got some 7" barrels and 1.5" lips you could borrow (or can borrow the sizes above)

[SebastienPeek]

So keen Matt.