Fabian

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New tires will be mounted today and I can get some pics in the daylight! I used aircraft stripper, 88cent walmart brushes and a couple hours of my time. I love it, and since its the wifes car shes happy.

I like how you can see the red from my Camaro on them...

Greg Pippin

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nice, cant wait to see them in a better picture.

BigRobSS

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damn they look chrome now, sweet! How did you do it? I want mine to look like that...

Fabian

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Get Aircraft paint stripper from autozone (I bought a gallon and its WAY WAY WAY more than you need, for 25 bucks), some cheap paint brushes from wal mart and some good thick dishwashing gloves cause the stripper will burn your skin.

Paint the stripper generously on the wheels and within minutes, the clear starts to peel and bubble. I let each wheel sit for about 30 minutes and then I sprayed them down with a hose and nozzle. Dry them off real good and then re-apply the stripper until all the clearcoat comes off. Rinse and repeat. Then when all the clear is off, get some Meguires, Mothers, whatever mag and aluminum polish and polish em up.

I applied the polish by hand, do it and a black residue starts forming on your rag. Dont let the polish dry, just keep applying it and then after a couple coats, buff it with a clean microfiber towel or use a Mothers power ball. Came out real nice and it was NOT hard at all. In fact, since I have so much stripper left, Im going to do my dads WS6 wheels pretty quick here too, and when I do I will offer my own writeup with pictures and all. I know theres one floating around here somewhere, thats where I got the inspiration!

Seriously though, its very easy to do and the results are AMAZING. The wife doesnt even want new wheels now, so that saves me some coin too!

99FormulaM6

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only thing that us going to suck is the upkeep on them. especially if the car is a DD. but they turned out great

Z28/2002

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FYI:

Don't use foam brushes with this stuff

Fabian

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This car gets maybe 50 miles a month on it, tops

Yeah, foam brushes just melt

02gtp4now

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wow, nice job i wish my tt2's were that shiny

BigRobSS

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Thanks guys, I'm gonna do that to mine while they are off the car. Post some pics of your car in the sunlight so we can see the bling bling!

slow

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looks great, the stock clearcote on those wheels really remove the shine, even compared to the older style wheels, those look great, as shiney as my chrome wheels.

Ryan

BigRobSS

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Will this work the same for the 96-00 WS6 wheels? I have the 01-02 speedlines now but was thinking about getting a set of the older style.

Fabian

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Yeah, it'll work. My dads WS6 is an 01 with the thinner style spokes. I'm still waiting for my dang tires to come in so I can get them mounted on these wheels and I can take some better pics. Grr FedEx

kilrbecars1

were these chrome from the begining?

BigRobSS

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They are polished but lack the shine.

kilrbecars1

thanks! thats what I have.

Fabian

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Yeah, just polished, no chrome. And then GM puts a clearcoat on them and over time it really makes the wheels lose a lot of luster.

JC70SS

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looks great....could someone reapply clear on them or just run them as is?

BigRobSS

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Still waiting to see some pics of it in the daylight!

thunderstruck507

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polish them

with enough effort you can make them as shiny as you want...mine used to be gray

Silver98Formula79

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How long will they hold there shine? They do look great!