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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 12:39 AM
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Or not! This is the outcome of polished wheels being mounted on a broke down car for close to a year under a carport. I took one of the centers off and quickly polished it on the buffer to see what I would end up with. I think the the center came out pretty good for not really using the right buff and polish. Now I need to take them all a part and polish the centers and outer lips.

This is going to be the last time I polish these bad boys next time I'm powder coating the centers and getting the outer lips chromed.



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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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damn, looks way better!!! what polish?
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 09:08 AM
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Used to have polished wheels on my daily driver in Illinois, PITA to keep lookin good.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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Polished wheels do suck if you dont keep them clean constantly. You did a damn good job on them so far.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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damn, looks way better!!! what polish?
I can't remember the name. I'll check when I get home.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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Finally I'm done. All that is left is to assemble two of the wheels which I'm gonna go do right now. Gonna order some new tires for the rears tomorrow. I'm tired of working on these. I started around 1pm and finished buffing them around 7pm.






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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Nice work!
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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What size buffing wheel are you using?? Polishes?


Great work....

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I REALLY need to polish my TTII's....
Two tomorrow night after work, and two Friday night after work.
Cruise Saturday.


Yours looks great!!! Mine are in much better shape starting out, so hoping they come back nicely. Going to put some RejeX on them to see if that helps keep them clean.
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Originally Posted by 02 1LE HAWK
What size buffing wheel are you using?? Polishes?


Great work....

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I used the compound in the link below and a 6" buffing wheel I picked up from Sears on my bench grinder. I tried tripoli compound(sears brand) but I had better results with the stuff below. Next time I'm going to pick up some stuff from Eastwood>>>.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...9637_200329637
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[QUOTE=DopeFedZ;11921578]Or not! This is the outcome of polished wheels being mounted on a broke down car for close to a year under a carport. I took one of the centers off and quickly polished it on the buffer to see what I would end up with. I think the the center came out pretty good for not really using the right buff and polish. Now I need to take them all a part and polish the centers and outer lips.

This is going to be the last time I polish these bad boys next time I'm powder coating the centers and getting the outer lips chromed.


NNNNNNNNNooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
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yaaaaaaaaaaaa body rolling like a big shot
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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WOW....really nice , good work!
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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I have never used it, but I have heard very good things about Zoop seal. It is a little costly but 6 hrs of polishing can be too!
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What kind of wheels are those?
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CCW Classics.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Those wheel came out great!
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