So it has been about 15 years since I last did this. Back then we used aircraft stripper to remove the clear coat and then hit them with 3k wet sand paper, and finished by giving them a coat of mothers. Is there another, easier way of doing this? We are working on a set of LS Mesh's.

 

yea, use a courser grit sand paper, i start with like 1200, adn work up to 3000 or so, then use a high speed buffer/power ball and expensive aluminum polish. east wood also sells a kit that has like paste sandpaper and buffer wheels that i aluo use time to time.

 

Thanks....I checked out the eastwood website, it has good write ups as well.

 

Well I tackled them yesterday and they actually turned out really good. I removed all the old clear and paint with aircraft stripper and a pressure washer, sanded and painted then polished the lip. I was torn on leaving the meshs polished but the wife and I agreed we liked them better this way. LMK what you guys think.

 

looks nice, i hate polishing wheels though, espically intricate ones like that, good call on painting them

 

nice looks like brand new rims

 

Awesome work man. Look like they came from Honda that way.

What was the wrench time?

 

Thanks, total it took about 4 hours. Not too bad considering this was the first time painting a set. I learned some short cuts along the way as well.

 

looking good with the rims...repped!

 

WOW those look bad ass !! I have some blades I want to do that to.