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04-20-2014, 03:57 PM
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Think they are salvageable?
Well i have been messing with my front rims off and on and found out a little 2000 grit wetsanding and some flitz polish and buffer work pretty good for the outside but when I pulled the wheel off and actually looked inside this is what i found. Anyone ever salvaged some this bad? Not sure its possible.
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04-20-2014, 04:32 PM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
 
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
Absolutely.
On mine, I started out with 80 grit paper on a D/A sander and worked my way down to 2000 grit hand sanding and then a final hand polish.      I literally wet sanded until my fingers bled.  Then my wife made me new decals (she's got a machine)    I bought new center caps.  There's 30-40 hours of hard work invested here. My mind tries to block it out. 
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04-20-2014, 04:51 PM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
How did you get into the inner lip? Mine has some pretty deep pits but i figure ill give it a shot.
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04-20-2014, 05:21 PM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
I did the areas by hand.
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04-20-2014, 07:35 PM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
Where did you get the lug nuts? Gotta be cheaper than the chrome rusted ones I got that keep stripping out.
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04-20-2014, 08:41 PM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
They're the old lugnuts that came with the wheels when I bought them off Craigslist. I sent them down to my local plating shop and had them re-zinc plated. 25 bucks for the big pile of stuff.
 
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04-20-2014, 09:54 PM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
HOLY SHINYNESS! I love it! I am waiting for a set of tires to put my black rims on and then the shinys get some loving
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04-21-2014, 07:23 AM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
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04-24-2014, 05:14 PM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
Wow, those are looking great. That was worth a little blood, sweat, and sand paper.
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05-16-2014, 01:14 AM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
Wow hand shining by hand is miserable wear good gloves boys !
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05-16-2014, 10:27 AM
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Re: Think they are salvageable?
I got the outside of the two front ones shiny. Still have some gouges to get out but they at least look better. Still have the insides to work on and the back. Here are a couple pics though. Got some new Lug Nuts cause the crappy chromes ones stripped everytime i touched them.
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together. Last edited by monte0185; 05-16-2014 at 10:39 AM. |
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