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I'm not riding chrome in the winter so I started refinishing my stock wheels because they weren't holding air. They had too much corrosion around the seal. So I started to polish the face of the wheel and it is a pain in the ass. I know other people have painted their rims on here and I am considering that now to save a little time. If you guys think they look like shit though, I'll probably just suck it up and keep polishing. I numbered the photos so you can refer to them.

 

1:

silver.jpg

 

 

 

2:

goldlip.jpg

 

 

3:

allgold.jpg

 

 

 

4:

gunlip.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

5:

allgun.jpg

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you might want to turn your attention to the actual inner lip of the wheel to solve yor air problem, that said go with #1

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I like #4 (I'm thinking about getting gunmetal colored rims for my red car...its a good look).

 

#2 looks alright too.

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if you have a dual action sander, use that on the face to clean it up...just keep using finer grits...its really not that bad...and when you're done, just give it some clearcoat

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alright it looks like I'm sticking with #1 and just using a clearcoat. the rest do look retarded after looking at them for a while. Pictures will be up when I finish them.

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if it's not too late, ever consider painting them silver? Advanced auto has two different shades of silver wheel paint. - Ken

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if it's not too late, ever consider painting them silver? Advanced auto has two different shades of silver wheel paint. - Ken

 

 

man you are soo right. I have been polishing them and it is such a pain in the ass, paint would have been much easier.

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