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Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 8:07:08 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline I just started the project, I have my left rear wheel finished... I'll be snapping a picture right now and posting it after dinner!!! For anyone interested I'll list my steps.. Post #: 1

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 8:14:13 PM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline Lemme seeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 2

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:23:36 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Sorry that got delayed. Had to go out for some supplies for the night heh. (in reply to mdvaldosta) Post #: 3

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:26:19 PM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline <Dan at 12:00 tonight> "hey man, far out - tem thur wheels are spinnin, and teh car ain't even movin... whoaaa far out..." bwaahahahhaahhaaaaaaaa Hey u done yet? (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 4

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:51:44 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Yep, sorry takes forever to upload them to my comp. My camera doesn't do it much justice, it's only a 1 megapixel. I'll get my dads 4 megapixel cam tomorrow and get some better pics. 1 sec!!! (in reply to mdvaldosta) Post #: 5

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:53:04 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Left rear wheel...compare it to the left front!! Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 6

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:55:18 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Couldn't angle nothing right to get a picture of a reflection, but it's a perfect mirror reflection now...no more crappy looking paint!! Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 7

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/18/2004 11:57:17 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Ahhh....so much better hahah Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 8

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/19/2004 12:39:38 AM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline its hard to tell a diff with the pics, not doin it justice (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 9

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/24/2004 4:01:46 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Looks better right.... Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) < Message edited by Dan02GT -- 6/24/2004 4:03:07 PM > (in reply to mdvaldosta) Post #: 10

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/24/2004 4:07:22 PM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline damn looks good, why not polish everything! cmon its not like its hard work!!!! :P (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 11

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/29/2004 6:02:09 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Wooohooo, I decided to try a few more steps and holy CRAP. The finish is absolutely amazing... I'm going to post some before and after pics now... (in reply to mdvaldosta) Post #: 12

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/29/2004 6:05:41 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Stock finish Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 13

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/29/2004 6:07:27 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline I missed a spot with my mothers polish, if you can see it...good for you, shut up!! Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 14

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/29/2004 6:09:15 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline Here's the 2000 grit finish.... Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 15

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/29/2004 7:29:46 PM    YinYangStang Posts: 346 Joined: 3/24/2004 Status: offline if you wouldn't mind, could you lemme know what you did? _____________________________ On order: Lowering springs, flowmaster, some badges. (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 16

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/30/2004 10:03:52 AM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline It's a lot of work by hand, if you're really interested I'll type out a how-to when I get home from work.. (in reply to YinYangStang) Post #: 17

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/30/2004 5:28:02 PM    YinYangStang Posts: 346 Joined: 3/24/2004 Status: offline I'd appreciate it _____________________________ On order: Lowering springs, flowmaster, some badges. (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 18

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/30/2004 8:04:38 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: offline If you have a dremel...then this will be cake. But by hand I used 80 or 60 grit (can't remember) to get the paint off. It takes quite a bit of sanding, but this is the most difficult and time consuming part of the job, once you finish getting the paint off it goes pretty quick. I then used 180 grit. Sanded it until I saw all the deep scratches were gone. Spent a while with 220, then 400, 800....1000, 1500, 2000. You can use 800-2000 wet or dry. I prefered the finish I got dry sanding, although with other aluminum wheels I've polished I got my best results wet sanding, odd, but whatever works best for you. The trick is to spend the most time possibly sanding with 220, this will work out the rest of your nasty scratches, it will be rather easy with 400 grit to make it start to look smooth, the higher you go the smoother and more 'blurry' the finish will look. Slap on some aluminum polish (mothers works best for me). If you aren't satisfied with the finish, remember..you can always go back to 220 and start over until your happy!! (in reply to YinYangStang) Post #: 19

RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels - 6/30/2004 8:15:04 PM    YinYangStang Posts: 346 Joined: 3/24/2004 Status: offline cool, thanks...i do have a dremel, sweet _____________________________ On order: Lowering springs, flowmaster, some badges. (in reply to Dan04COBRA) Post #: 20

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