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Whats the best way to polish a dished wheel? Ive got some Rays wheels that i want to paint the centres black and polish the lip, ive started using 1200 grit and brasso in a small section on the dish and its coming up smooth, but dull... how do i get the shine?

anyone recommend what sort of prep needs to be done for the wheel centres also?

cheers

i had my 4 stockies, sand blasted and powder coated for $180 the lot. about 45 per rim. in a pearl white. if u just getting centres done might work out cheaper.

with polishing, get a metal polish and use that. dont fuss to much with sand paper unless there are scratches all over the dish.

hey mate i just did the four of mine.they looked shit house and now there unreal.

1.clean rims.

2.wet&dry sandpaper 1000 until smooth

3.wet&dry sandpaper 2000 which takes away some of the lines that the 1000 left.

4.clean rims and use autosol and elbow grease your way to pretty good looking dish

i had my 4 stockies, sand blasted and powder coated for $180 the lot. about 45 per rim. in a pearl white. if u just getting centres done might work out cheaper.

with polishing, get a metal polish and use that. dont fuss to much with sand paper unless there are scratches all over the dish.

doing just centre would cost you more, since there is more work involved in masking up the lips, then blasting then remasking them for the application of powder

simon-r32 - looks good mate

is there a place i can take my rims to.. to do something like that?/ repaint the center and polish the dish again as mine looks really.. dirty

and i wouldn't have a clue of how to do it myself...

in vic as well..

just curious as to the difficulty of it, my Works use a bolt head that i havent seen as a bolt head before.

wasnt an Allen key or Hex head was it? Most are like this.

Its easy enough to pull them appart, most rims have a sealant (3 piece ones anyway) in the middle, and also when re assembling they need to go back the same as you pulled them apart to keep the balance of the rims the same.

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