custom factory ss 10 spokes
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custom factory ss 10 spokes
hey guys,
i have a question. the silver painted ss 10 spokes are painted aluminum right? what if i stripped all the paint and polished the aluminum, would they look chrome? cuz the ws6 rims are polished aluminum, just wondering
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kevin
i have a question. the silver painted ss 10 spokes are painted aluminum right? what if i stripped all the paint and polished the aluminum, would they look chrome? cuz the ws6 rims are polished aluminum, just wondering
thanks
kevin
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ALL OF WORK...you would probably wish you just would've bought chrome wheels before the first wheel was done. It would probably take at least 4 hours per wheel to get to the aluminum, not to mention trying to polish it. There is alot of surface area and alot of tight spots
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It took me a lot of time to try to get the face polished for a custom look. I would say it would take approximately 2 hours to just get the ridges off of the wheels. If you strip the paint from them, they still have a rough texture under the paint. The wheels have small ridges under the paint and it will take a lot of sanding to remove them and smooth it out. That doesn't include the time it takes to get them polished. I would say if you insist on them then go for it. It doesn't take a lot of money and material to get them there if you do them yourself, but it is time consuming.