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02-23-2015, 01:57 AM
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Rim refurbing?
i have a set of rims i bought from a guy and they have a lot of oxidization
(i guess that is what it is) crap on the rims itself, was wondering if there was any way to refurbish them to improve the look. i dont really want to paint them black and i have rims like this...
if there is anyway i could please help me out! THANKS
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02-23-2015, 03:21 AM
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I can't see the oxidation on the wheel from the photo, but I think distilled white vinegar will clean it up alot.
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02-23-2015, 03:35 AM
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Re: Rim refurbing?
i dont have a photo of my actual rims on my phone or photo bucket and was just using that pic as a reference, my rims look a lot worse lol... and thanks i will try that!
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02-23-2015, 04:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zrxsix3rz
i have a set of rims i bought from a guy and they have a lot of oxidization (i guess that is what it is) crap on the rims itself, was wondering if there was any way to refurbish them to improve the look. i dont really want to paint them black and i have rims like this... if there is anyway i could please help me out! THANKS
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wet sand and use mothers aluminum and mag polish. Takes that stuff right on out. Your gonna have to use a lot of coats and it will take it out. I've done it to my 18 year old wheels. looks brand new.
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02-23-2015, 04:31 AM
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Get ready to pay out the nose for anything with the Mother's name on it.
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02-23-2015, 03:09 PM
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Get ready to pay out the nose for anything with the Mother's name on it.
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it's worth it. I was amazed by the price and it works.
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02-23-2015, 03:48 PM
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Does it work on stock alloys ? I'm afraid to use vinegar on my alloys. I've only ever used it on aluminum.
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02-23-2015, 04:19 PM
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Idk if those rims are concidered aluminum or alloys, i thought about wet sanding and i dont mind spending some money on so polish, mothers is a good product
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02-23-2015, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by zrxsix3rz
Idk if those rims are concidered aluminum or alloys, i thought about wet sanding and i dont mind spending some money on so polish, mothers is a good product
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your wheels look aluminum. But there are different grades of aluminum. This is what mine looked like. Before and after wet sanding and mothers
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02-23-2015, 07:10 PM
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Damn thats night and day! Ill try that when it warms up a bit
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02-23-2015, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by zrxsix3rz
Damn thats night and day! Ill try that when it warms up a bit
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yeah. One day for the front. Mine were in ruff shape. Took down every little nick, and scratch, on the side you can see, the used mothers. You can see in this pic where I used the mother's. That stuff works!!
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02-24-2015, 05:42 PM
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Re: Rim refurbing?
that looks good, what grit sand paper did you use? did you just use one grit or did multiple passes with different grits
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97 Xploder RIP ...currently parts truck for ranger...
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02-24-2015, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by zrxsix3rz
that looks good, what grit sand paper did you use? did you just use one grit or did multiple passes with different grits
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okay. Front went 150 grit where they had the damn weights sunk in. Sanded that all off. Went to 400 grit, then 600, 800, 1000, and I think 2,000grit. And back side I used sand from driveway because of how bad it was.
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02-24-2015, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas29992999
okay. Front went 150 grit where they had the damn weights sunk in. Sanded that all off. Went to 400 grit, then 600, 800, 1000, and I think 2,000grit. And back side I used sand from driveway because of how bad it was.
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started at 250 grit I ment to say.
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02-25-2015, 11:00 AM
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Then for the caps on wheels that go on a circle I popped them out and put them on drill gun and held and paper to them. Got them nice and clean! Then plenty of mothers
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