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Old 02-27-2016, 10:01 PM   #7
BFoley
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Re: '66 GMC K25 - Project "Mabel"

Looked into having my slotted mags that came on the truck polished. Quote came back at $200. Per wheel. They aren't really that bad but they had some corrosion spots and ridges in the casting that don't look the best.



Turns out that you can do a pretty bang-up job with material from Harbor Freight tools, a DA sander and California Customs Purple Metal Polish.

All in all, I figure it will take me only a single day to do all 4 wheels at a cost of around $75. Not too shabby. For the finish, I 220 DA, 320DA, 400 wet sand by hand, use a buffing wheel with HF grey compound and then finish everything up with a second buffing wheel and the purple polish.

While I will go for a slightly better finish in the end, the right side of the wheel in the below pic is the result of the trial run I did today.

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'66 GMC K25 (305 V6, SM420) aka "Mabel"
Link to project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698082

All gone - '66 CJ5, '69 C25, '69 C25 Camper Special, '79 C10 Big Ten/Bonanza, '84 K10 Silverado

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