Polishing vtr/vts wheels...

[Hugo]

Will this process take out those kind of bubbles that rust creat on the alloys?

[stevie_m]

they do look good polished

[Predator_R32p]

the bubbling is just the paint, alloys or well alloy metal, its a non ferrous metal so its just taking it back to bare metal

[geeza]

good job on them VTS rims they are well smart gave me a good idea now lol :Y:

[wicked-vtr]

im guessing you wouldnt need to use the paint stripper and wire wheels ect if your wheels wherent painted? e.g just the standard finish

[deanjay]

brilliant guide mate

[Mark1]

Good job there, nice guide

[Kev_Vtec]

nice guide

[Tsaxovtr]

will they rust if u get them wet tho ?

[AshC]

Originally Posted by Tsaxovtr

will they rust if u get them wet tho ?

there aluminium (alloy) therefore will not rust

[riggsy]

Mine didnt rust, but you have to keep them clean and polished.

Some laquer after to protect against dirt etc for longer, but I hear this takes some of the shine away.

[Slyboogie]

Originally Posted by AshC

there aluminium (alloy) therefore will not rust

But they can corrode and form Aluminium Oxide, which is the white powdery stuff that appears on Rocker Covers when left for ages

Originally Posted by riggsy

Mine didnt rust, but you have to keep them clean and polished.

Some laquer after to protect against dirt etc for longer, but I hear this takes some of the shine away.

The lacquer can be polished up using Autoglym. If you had the tires off, i'd polish them up as this guide says, have a bodyshop coat them in 3-4 layers of lacquer, then flat that and polish it up as normal car paint. Would look pure sex after!

[Predator_R32p]

thing is with a polished surface the laquer wont stick to it as it will need to be sanded for a key so that the laquer will adhere to it

there is a product called zoop sealent however and its for polished surfaces

also autosol is a metal polish and wont work over laquer, you wouldnt need to as the laquer would stop the dulling/tarnishing process, but still youd need it keyed like i said, ony thing out there is the sealents

I just used poorboys wheel sealent to protect mine, used to repolish every few week and they were fine

[yeahbuddy]

do you have to use t cut metal polish or standard t cut i dont know the difference you see

[yeahbuddy]

and wat do you do if there is a chip in the rim

[yeahbuddy]

once i get all the paint of can i mop it with water and g3 then lacour them do you know

[djgaz9]

they look ace mate

gaz

[Banks_VTR]

cheers for the guide mate, the outcome is awesome

[yeahbuddy]

im in the process of polishing mine up but the metal seems to be pitted, ive done one and the middle looks great it looks like a mirror but around the spokes and in the corners of the wholes seems to not got any better the more i sand it any help?

[Pyro-Adam]

This looks fantastic, If only I had the time...