polished wheels ?

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

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.


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



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



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

[dizzyblonde]

yep polish every thing...you know it makes sense!

+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.

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

hes a nice example of polished rims -

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

looks well nice though !!

cheers
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