PIC's of my polished+painted 89 rims
#5
mad scientist
Originally posted by wozzoom
Very nice. Now do the 16" rims from my GTUs and you'd be a god in my book!
Very nice. Now do the 16" rims from my GTUs and you'd be a god in my book!
click here for the pic
The pic in my sig seems to capture the rims at tone one angle when you cant tell theyre polished...
edit: I cant win for losing. Copy and paste the link url into your brower.
Last edited by mazdaspeed7; 11-18-03 at 03:11 PM.
#6
Originally posted by bingoboy
can you give more detail about what you did
can you give more detail about what you did
1. 220 grit
2. 400
3. 600
4. 1500
this all takes a while by hand if I had a small electric hand sander it would have cut the time in half. the important thing is to make sure you removing the scratches from the last rougher grit paper.
then its onto the polishing, luckily i have a rotary car buffer. Three separate pads are needed for the three separate compounds I used.
1. No7 (brand name) rubbing compound
2. No7 polishing compound
3. Turtle Wax polishing compound
The No7 polishing compound has a bit more grit to it than the Turtle Wax
Make sure you use a dedicated pad for each one. I found the terry cloth ones worked best for me
#7
mad scientist
Theres one that looks pretty good(aside fromt he door dings), but again, youll have to copy and paste the url into your browser.
edit: fixed this pic
Last edited by mazdaspeed7; 11-18-03 at 03:19 PM.
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#12
mad scientist
Originally posted by seveninphilly
If i could get ahold of a set that would have been my first choice.
btw, mazdaspeed7 MMMMMMM
If i could get ahold of a set that would have been my first choice.
btw, mazdaspeed7 MMMMMMM
Thanks for the compliment. Im waiting for skirts and a front lip to repaint it. Those door dings drive me nuts.
#14
mad scientist
Originally posted by seveninphilly
All things said and done,breaks and what not about a wheel a day.
All things said and done,breaks and what not about a wheel a day.
#15
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Hey mazdaspeed7 -
Have you ever tried those paintless dent removal places (like Dent Wizard)? I've used them for both sides of my '90 GTU and they can make those aggravating door dings disappear for about $100 per door. Best part is that there is no paint matching.
Have you ever tried those paintless dent removal places (like Dent Wizard)? I've used them for both sides of my '90 GTU and they can make those aggravating door dings disappear for about $100 per door. Best part is that there is no paint matching.
#16
Originally posted by mazdaspeed7
Power tools, my friend. It took about 2 hours a wheel start to finish for me. I had a buffing pad on a 4" angle grinder for the polishing. It made real short work of the hard part.
Power tools, my friend. It took about 2 hours a wheel start to finish for me. I had a buffing pad on a 4" angle grinder for the polishing. It made real short work of the hard part.
#18
mad scientist
Originally posted by daviddeep
Hey mazdaspeed7 -
Have you ever tried those paintless dent removal places (like Dent Wizard)? I've used them for both sides of my '90 GTU and they can make those aggravating door dings disappear for about $100 per door. Best part is that there is no paint matching.
Hey mazdaspeed7 -
Have you ever tried those paintless dent removal places (like Dent Wizard)? I've used them for both sides of my '90 GTU and they can make those aggravating door dings disappear for about $100 per door. Best part is that there is no paint matching.
#19
Originally posted by mazdaspeed7
I did.
click here for the pic
The pic in my sig seems to capture the rims at tone one angle when you cant tell theyre polished...
edit: I cant win for losing. Copy and paste the link url into your brower.
I did.
click here for the pic
The pic in my sig seems to capture the rims at tone one angle when you cant tell theyre polished...
edit: I cant win for losing. Copy and paste the link url into your brower.
These look great!
#20
mad scientist
Originally posted by diablone
These look great!
These look great!
edit: i figured it out... he took the .orig.jpg off the end of the first url.
Last edited by mazdaspeed7; 11-18-03 at 05:42 PM.