polished wheels ?

[lee650s]

would like to get my wheels polished, just wanted to know if any body has had them done, how much to get them done with the colour coded inserts and where is a good place to get it done. live in london. or my mate is a painter so if u know what is the best way to do it ect. any help would be great

[dizzyblonde]

Do em yourself. some strategically placed masking tape, and some thick paint stripper painted on and your well away. Get some elbow grease in with some wet n dry and then autosol and hey presto............


And yes I have done it myself too. got some pics somewhere but its a tad late...I'll post tomorrow if I remember...or even today;-)

[lee650s]

ok thanks. so i take it get rid of all the paint then get the polished finish and then paint the middle or do i paint the whole wheel and then take the paint off the rims.

[mister c]

Thought I had some pics. Here we go.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/DSC00460.jpg

Then tape up the parts you dont want stripping (or be very careful with the Nitromors) & like Dizzy says strip the paint off the wheel, buy some Autosol & very fine wet & dry & polish to your hearts content
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/DSC00462.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/DSC00463.jpg

Then paint the wheel & also laquer the polished bit because it goes to look like cr@p at the slightest hint of damp. & jobs done. easy really :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/DSC00466.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/DSC00467.jpg

And with the left over Autosol, you can polish your exhaust downpipe to make that look sweet as well ;)

[dizzyblonde]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/2008_06100014.jpg

yep polish every thing...you know it makes sense!
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/2008_06100017.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/loubi650/2008_06100011.jpg

[riktherider]

+1 to doing it yourself. but i wouldnt recommend laquering the whole wheel. with the back wheel i laquered the painted inner section, and left the rim as is, and the front i laqured the whole wheel. now the problem i have now is that the laquer has started to pit like the front forks do, after a year of doing the wheels. the rear, all i have to do is quickly go over with the autosol when i clean the bike and hey presto, job done. now ive got to go over the front wheel with wet and dry and take off the laquer on the polished section!

[dizzyblonde]

I have polished rims and forks on the black SV, which is why I did the yellow one. They didn't have laquer on them, and TBH its not much more hassle keeping them that way. So I didn't see the point laquering the yellow ones. I thought they may go like the original forks if I laquered em.

[vardypeeps]

Be prepared for sore fingers and thumbs if your doing it yourself!!!

[kwak zzr]

hes a nice example of polished rims -
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/kwak-zzr/andystl.jpg

[gaz-sv650s]

looks to be a winter project that one !!!!

looks well nice though !!

cheers
gaz-sv650s

[dyzio]

hes a nice example of polished rims -
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/kwak-zzr/andystl.jpg
First of all... HOW?!?
Second:
Dizzy, can you think of a certain someone that would "love" to have wheels this clean...:smt096

[SV-net]

I found that after masking and applying the stripper that a coarse wire wool worked better and easier than the wet and dry. First just let the stripper bubble up then use the coarse wire wool. Wash over, then any paint left re-apply the stripper and wire it again. Wash and then use the finer wire wool, then soon you will be able to use some Autosolpolishing rag and and wow they will look really good.
Its a bit daunting at first but this can easily be done in an evening, in fact I did mine in about 2 hours for both wheels once they were off. No lacquer, so I needed to polish up after each wash, no big deal as long as you keep on top of it.

[jimmy-james]

Just purchace a SV with polished rims already like i did.;) Going to have a go a the frame soon me thinks!

[sv-robo]

Get em chromed......bling,bling!!!:D