Stripped WS6 Rims complete!

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Oct 12, 2008 | 08:11 PM

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Stripped WS6 Rims complete!

Took me about 3 hours to do all four rims... Came out super... Nice and shiny, now just have to keep the damn things polished.

Oct 12, 2008 | 08:15 PM

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Looks great man!! A local guy had the same thing done and they look wicked!

Oct 12, 2008 | 08:16 PM

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nice work! more people need to follow in your foot steps. eff that flaking clear coat

Oct 13, 2008 | 07:59 AM

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This is the next weekend project I have planned. Did you leave the tires on? Looks amazing BTW

Oct 13, 2008 | 11:09 AM

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Yep left the tires on... Just jacked the front up, pulled the front two, stripped em both at the same time, polished them, reinstalled, then the same for the back... All together probably 2.5-3 hours, just depends on how good of shape the clear coats in... It looks like, for whatever reason my front right wheel is newer than the others, well that one took a little longer. It took 3 coats of stripper, as opposed to the rest of the wheels taking 2.

Oct 13, 2008 | 03:41 PM

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They came out looking great.

Oct 13, 2008 | 03:45 PM

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Looks good. Have fun keeping up the shine. I hated having polished wheels...which is why i traded for chrome. They look awesome when fully polished, but the upkeep sucked - and i never really drove the car

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Oct 13, 2008 | 04:43 PM

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nice job those look good

Oct 13, 2008 | 05:09 PM

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looks good, i hate my polished wheels just a pita to polish.

Oct 13, 2008 | 05:14 PM

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looks great. any chance of a quick write up with materials used? id be interested in doing this to mine, that clearcoat sucks.

Oct 13, 2008 | 06:43 PM

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Here's what I followed... Props to RollTideTA

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=polishing+ws6

Oct 13, 2008 | 08:51 PM

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came out great man !

Oct 13, 2008 | 10:31 PM

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damn you, lol. i am doing the process this winter, now its going to be hard to wait that long, haha. looks awesome man

Oct 14, 2008 | 06:20 AM

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I was just thinking.... I thought your style wheels were chromed, not polished. And the newer style WS6 wheels were the polished w/ clear coat wheels...

Oct 14, 2008 | 07:30 AM

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I was just thinking.... I thought your style wheels were chromed, not polished. And the newer style WS6 wheels were the polished w/ clear coat wheels...

Nope polished... Really crappy factory clear coat...

Oct 14, 2008 | 10:04 AM

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They look amazing man, great work!!

Oct 14, 2008 | 11:43 AM

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Looks awesome! I did the same thing to a set I used to have. Upkeep isn't that bad really if you slap a coat of wax on and stay on top of them. And you can't beat it as a $15 upgrade!