WHAT was I THINKING?!?!
rims Man never let you girl drive your whip....Damn look for some new one someones trying to get rid of. I bought some like that one time thinking i could polish and work the gauges out, but had no luck
Women drivers, no survivors. And my Mom wants to know why she can't drive the car after the new rear end and motor are in it lol. If she fucked up my Prostars, I would disown her.
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I'll hold your hand through this, I know taking some sand paper to your wheels is kind of scary. Grab yourself some assorted fine sand papers 220, 400, 800, 1200. I only used 400 and 800 on my wheel but it wasn't that bad and I have a machine to polish out stuff later.
is after some 400 wet, I just folded up a little strip of sand paper and used my thumb to apply the pressure on the lip. You also might want to try out a rubber sanding block, the sand paper will get chewed up pretty fast at first but it will work easier during the later stages. As you can see, I didn't get everything out but these wheels aren't perfect so those little chips are acceptable in my case.
After the 400 I bumped up to the final 800 wet, some 1200 would have been nice to use after but I just didn't have any.
After the 800 I just used some Mother's metal polish to bring it back. Some fine scratches show up with the flash, but that's because I stopped with 800 grit and only used the Mothers tub on a microfiber. I got the rash worked down the the same quality as the rest of the wheel, and that's all I wanted to do. For less than 15min it was a quick and easy fix. With a few more grits and another beer that scuff would have been completely erased. It is really simple repairing polished wheels. Don't be afraid
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is after some 400 wet, I just folded up a little strip of sand paper and used my thumb to apply the pressure on the lip. You also might want to try out a rubber sanding block, the sand paper will get chewed up pretty fast at first but it will work easier during the later stages. As you can see, I didn't get everything out but these wheels aren't perfect so those little chips are acceptable in my case.
After the 400 I bumped up to the final 800 wet, some 1200 would have been nice to use after but I just didn't have any.
After the 800 I just used some Mother's metal polish to bring it back. Some fine scratches show up with the flash, but that's because I stopped with 800 grit and only used the Mothers tub on a microfiber. I got the rash worked down the the same quality as the rest of the wheel, and that's all I wanted to do. For less than 15min it was a quick and easy fix. With a few more grits and another beer that scuff would have been completely erased. It is really simple repairing polished wheels. Don't be afraid
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i like being a passenger in my car - it scares the **** out of me. so i keep asking my wife if she wants to drive, but she doesn't like that she can't see the very front of the hood or something. she also doesn't feel comfortable being that low.
when i'm away, i tell her she can drive it.
if she breaks it, it would be a good opportunity to throw a new paint job or wheels in the budget.
its just a car.
when i'm away, i tell her she can drive it.
if she breaks it, it would be a good opportunity to throw a new paint job or wheels in the budget.
its just a car.
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I swear sometimes....
Anyway, I... for some reason... let my girlfriend drive my 2002 TA with the Aluminum TT2 rims. She went to the store to pick up a few things and was gone for about 2 hours... She returned and parked the car in the driveway,
I was on my way out and I look and see these two MASSIVE gouges in both the FRONT and REAR rims. I asked her what the hell happened... Turned out she was trying to parallel park and hit the curb with both the rims, chewing a good portion of them to ****.
Now, my question is... What can I do to make them less noticeable? Is there anything I can do to perhaps smooth them out or SOMETHING?! Please help
Anyway, I... for some reason... let my girlfriend drive my 2002 TA with the Aluminum TT2 rims. She went to the store to pick up a few things and was gone for about 2 hours... She returned and parked the car in the driveway,
I was on my way out and I look and see these two MASSIVE gouges in both the FRONT and REAR rims. I asked her what the hell happened... Turned out she was trying to parallel park and hit the curb with both the rims, chewing a good portion of them to ****.
Now, my question is... What can I do to make them less noticeable? Is there anything I can do to perhaps smooth them out or SOMETHING?! Please help
She gets made everytime I say it, but she doesn't understand how easy it is to nick a curb.
My TTMs have a little tiny bit of rash. I will need to follow that write up to fix them thanks!
My only questios is how to you make the edge of the lip of the rim round again?
My only questios is how to you make the edge of the lip of the rim round again?