wheel resto advice

ok guys got 3 weeks till gti festival and i need to reburb my brock b2s

want to polish the rims deep dish and paint the spokes black

whats needed oh and i dont have a blaster  

If they have clear coat on you need some paint remover.
A lot of sandpaper, from 60 grit to 1200 grit, if you dont have a lot of pits in the aluminum you could start with a higher grit.
Some polishing wax and polishing wheel to mount on your drill.

After a lot of hours, it will look something like this:



Before:

:y:  Inspiring !

I have a set of VW option ATS Cups that need similar fettling.

8O … Stunning!..  8)

vw_tees

how many hours per wheel?

very nice BTW

foxymk1 said

how many hours per wheel?

very nice BTW

Thanks..


I don't remember, but I think I did them in two weeks.
An hour or two in the week days, took the weekend off
The sanding is pretty boring, but when you get to the polishing bit and you see the result it's all worth it….

Here you can see what it looked like when I was finished sanding:



After polishing, before wiping off the polishing compound:

did you sand them by hand?

foxymk1 said

did you sand them by hand?

I did most of the sanding by hand, but where it was deep pittings in the aluminum I used an air tool with a sanding wheel on.
Like the one at the right in the picture.