wheel lip cleaning

[hakhawk]

ok, so im actually finally getting my wheels sorted, now i bought these "refurbished", but it seems the dumbass left them sit outside face up, and water/dirt/etc has collected around the lip/center edge and its gone funny.

the centres cleaned up fairly easily, just needing a good wash, but now im not sure what to do with the lips.

so im after some advice on what to do. i thought about dropping them off to get polished, but if its an easy fix, i can do it myself.

some pics

front left seems to be the worst of them









what do we think? i dont want to hit them with anything that will scratch them up, as they dont really have any scratches as is.

im not sure if theyre clearcoated or not.

[Jorge]

Just try a bit of Autosol or whatever metal polish you use over there and some elbow grease on a section, chances are they look unlacquered to me and they will polish right up again.

[hakhawk]

cheers, will hit em with some autosol on the weekend, should still have a tube floating around the shed somewhere.

[Zic]

Jorge, on your wheels. (when polished) did you only use autosol?
i tried it myself, but the lip just seems so dull.

[Jorge]

Autosol or Belgom Alu. They were 'professionally' -used in the lightest of senses- polished.

I've done old wheel lips in the last with just wet and dry down to 2000 grade and autosol though. I did find it go a little 'cloudy' though by hand sometimes, clean clothes and a final pass with the little dremel wheel did the job though.

[maverick]

They look like they need a repolish to me

[hakhawk]

so today i got busy with some autosol on one of the lips

came out pretty good, has some scratches and minor pitting in spots



but it seems the other lips all have some heavy pitting

i hit the worst one with some wet+dry to see how itd go, but its pretty deep

before



after




so im guessing itll be a lot of sanding to remove the pitting, then up the grades til theyre butt smooth and polish?

will i get them looking like the lip that polished up nice with minor pitting? or will the finish be slightly different?

[hakhawk]

so i gave up on the diy and dropped em off a a polisher, also got him to get the centers matched to my center caps

result:





if im lucky i might be able to get tyres fitted tomorrow

[Lukey]

very nice!

[180roman]

thats a nice color,

sanding and polishing wheels is a real PITA it takes 5-10hr per wheel to do it right

[Zic]

how much did you pay, if you dont mind me asking?

[hakhawk]

$500aus for centers matched and painted, and lips polished

[x10hz]

wow dude.. thats a fair good price, can u PM me the place you sent it off to, with their contact details?

[J.D]

me too please!

wouldn't mind seeing how much it'd be to get my lips properly polished..

[hakhawk]

Cn Metal Finishing

Factory 10 & 12/23 Union Road, Dandenong South, VIC 3175
South East VIC

p: (03) 9791 2356 f: (03) 9791 2667

speak to chris, tell him troy sent you down, was mega helpful and so easy to deal with!!

ps. theyre on: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...094#post439094