Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished?
10-05-2003, 02:48 PM
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Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished? I've always loved the way a car looks with a polished lip on the wheels. I was wondering what my silver 10 spoke SS wheels would look like if they had a ploished lip like the Grand Sports have? Any coments? 
10-05-2003, 09:36 PM
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Re: Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished? I think it would look pretty good. I really like the silver ZR1's with the polished, so the 10 spokes would look really nice too, IMO. I say go for it. I started polishing my calipers, so I can help if you need it since I got a little polishing experience.
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10-06-2003, 08:39 PM
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Re: Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished? I've heard that any wheel shop can do this for you. Something like 10 or so bucks per wheel. Theres a shop here in Houston called Wheel America or something like that which I plan to deal with.
10-06-2003, 09:18 PM
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Re: Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished? Here is a picture of kinda what you are looking for, although it is not polished all the way down to the face of the rim. I got this set of wheels in a trade and 2 of then had slight gouges from de-mounting the tires. So, I intended to have them powdercoated charcoal grey and then have the beads polished similar to the Grand Sport wheels. I could not find anyone with a machine to polish them, so I got the sandpaper out and started experimenting. Here is the end result.
The wheels sanded and polished pretty easily. My concern with the way I did them is that when they are rolling you will see variances. The beads have a lip you can sand along, and it looks pretty good where the sanding ends and the paint begins, but I haven't used the rims since I did this so I really don't know how they look mounted and rolling. A machine that can grind and polish is the way to go, but I asked the question of what kind of machine could be used for this and did get any real leads. If you find out anything more please let us know.
The wheels sanded and polished pretty easily. My concern with the way I did them is that when they are rolling you will see variances. The beads have a lip you can sand along, and it looks pretty good where the sanding ends and the paint begins, but I haven't used the rims since I did this so I really don't know how they look mounted and rolling. A machine that can grind and polish is the way to go, but I asked the question of what kind of machine could be used for this and did get any real leads. If you find out anything more please let us know.
10-07-2003, 12:12 AM
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Re: Should I get the lip on my 10 spokes machined/ polished? If it's that cheap, just get them to do it. I was expecting closer to $50.00 a wheel.
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