Those look pretty sweet, how long did that take you? Would those need to be
sealed with something, or just polished every now and again?
-- Dave Bensalem, PA '02 R/T RC Flame Red""Tim Althoff"" <talthoff@yllwdkta.com> wrote in message news:000a01c23d74$39a96a60$6400a8c0@computer... > > ok, I got this crazy idea a little while ago and decided to do something > about it. I am sick of how the back of the wheels have those ridges in them > and they just collect the brake dust and ultimately get baked on. Then I > also got this idea that I like polished aluminum wheels but don't want to > pay that much... So I took one of my crappy wheels and took some sand paper > to the back of them till I got it polished up. I then used a polishing > compound to get it even better looking. so look at these pictures... > > http://www.yllwdkta.com/images/temp/DSC01111.JPG (good shot of the > polished side) > http://www.yllwdkta.com/images/temp/DSC01112.JPG (another good shot of the > polished side) > http://www.yllwdkta.com/images/temp/DSC01113.JPG (shows the difference of > polished and not) > > I am thinking of getting a set of R/T wheels and polish the entire thing > (front and back). Now obviously when I complete a wheel I would need to get > it balanced but is there anything else (positive/negative) that you guys can > suggest about doing this... > > ...all I can say is I was really bored since I lost my job last week... > > Tim Althoff > http://www.yllwkdta.com >
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