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10-26-2010, 12:14 PM
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Assuming it's the wheels in your sig we are talking about you could probably just do it yourself. On polished lip wheels you just file or sand it down smooth and polish it back. I did these ttII's and they were ate up BAD with actual chunks missing.
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Give it a shot, just takes a little work, unless of course the wheels are chrome, then your only choice is a pro shop like Wheels America or this wheel repair place on Dixie Farm just west of Hwy 3, I don't know the name.
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Give it a shot, just takes a little work, unless of course the wheels are chrome, then your only choice is a pro shop like Wheels America or this wheel repair place on Dixie Farm just west of Hwy 3, I don't know the name.
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10-26-2010, 09:24 PM
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the trick to this is to knock down the heavy rash with a 10 flat bastard cut file. and once you knock it down you start out with some 1500 grit paper to clean up file marks and work your way up to 2000-3000 grit paper. once you have it at that level of clean up finish up the wheel polishing with whatever polish you like using. feel free to ask any questions you may have.
10-27-2010, 08:17 AM
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Pretty much what he said. I started with a big file on most of mine, either a file or a sanding wheel on my Dremel, whatever it takes to get the rough spot out and smooth the edges. Just regain the shape with the file or Dremel and then switch to the papers (all wet) starting rough with like a 200 them move up in small increments remembering that the purpose of each next grit is only to remove scratches left behind by the previous grit. Alternate your sanding angles between grits so you can see when you have removed the marks from the previous grit. I probably had 1-2 hours in each wheel, it ain't easy work but it's not too bad and it's free.
If you want me to do it for you I'm in League City and depending on the damage I'd probably charge you $50, that's my hourly rate for any custom work I do so I'd count it under that. If on the other hand you want to do it and me just tell you how then we need to schedule a time for you to bring it by and knock it out. I wouldn't charge for that unless you just wanted to make a donation to cover paper or you give up halfway through and I have to finish it. Post a pic of the damage and PM me with what you want to do, if anybody else wants to see it done you are more than welcome to come by too.
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If you want me to do it for you I'm in League City and depending on the damage I'd probably charge you $50, that's my hourly rate for any custom work I do so I'd count it under that. If on the other hand you want to do it and me just tell you how then we need to schedule a time for you to bring it by and knock it out. I wouldn't charge for that unless you just wanted to make a donation to cover paper or you give up halfway through and I have to finish it. Post a pic of the damage and PM me with what you want to do, if anybody else wants to see it done you are more than welcome to come by too.
-justin
10-27-2010, 10:38 AM
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If on the other hand you want to do it and me just tell you how then we need to schedule a time for you to bring it by and knock it out. I wouldn't charge for that unless you just wanted to make a donation to cover paper or you give up halfway through and I have to finish it. Post a pic of the damage and PM me with what you want to do, if anybody else wants to see it done you are more than welcome to come by too.
