Fikse technipolish removal
Fikse technipolish removal Thinking about stripping the technipolish finish off my FM10's and polishing the wheels. Any success or horror stories out there? I've done two sets of stock ws6 wheels with no problems.
Thank you for posting this. I've got a set of Fikse Profil 5 wheels that have the techni-polish and I too want to strip and polish them. I had a can of aircraft stripper in my hand at Advanced Auto, but just couldn't bring myself to buy it for fear of screwing up such expensive wheels. How do you plan to strip yours? Please keep us updated if you do go through with it because if your successful, then I'm going to bite the bullet and do it as well.
I was planning on using aircraft remover and doing it just like the ws6 wheels I've done in the past. I'm on nights tonight and my boss said I could work on it at work so I might just take one and see what happens.
Yeah, I'm sure it will work the same. Make sure to take some pics if you can and let me know how it turns out. For my Fikse wheels, I think they will look so much better polished. The technipolish to me seems kind of cloudy looking. Are you doing this with the tires still on the wheels?
Clear = wash and maybe top with polish. (you can treat like car paint)
No clear = wash and polish often (depending how meticulous you are).
Polishing the lips on the FM5 gives me enough work even then I wish I did not have to. Least I don't have to tackle the centers because of the technipolish.
It sounds like from the posts above a that the wheels might have been sprayed with a wheel brightener or cleaner of some sort. They often cause the clear to fade or become milky. In this case there is most likely little help and removing the clear is perhaps the best move.
If I am wrong and there might be another solution. You might be able to treat clear one last time before you remove it. By this I mean use a polish like M105 and M205. This might reduce or fix the milky look and could prevent you from having to remove the clear entirely. As I have stated the clear on the wheels can be treated much like clear coat on a car.
No clear = wash and polish often (depending how meticulous you are).
Polishing the lips on the FM5 gives me enough work even then I wish I did not have to. Least I don't have to tackle the centers because of the technipolish.
It sounds like from the posts above a that the wheels might have been sprayed with a wheel brightener or cleaner of some sort. They often cause the clear to fade or become milky. In this case there is most likely little help and removing the clear is perhaps the best move.
If I am wrong and there might be another solution. You might be able to treat clear one last time before you remove it. By this I mean use a polish like M105 and M205. This might reduce or fix the milky look and could prevent you from having to remove the clear entirely. As I have stated the clear on the wheels can be treated much like clear coat on a car.
Last edited by pir7tr; Nov 7, 2011 at 06:32 PM.
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Verdad Gallardo I used to have FM10's and Profil 10's and as much as I loved them
was as much as I hated to have to maintain them.
the worst part is the space left in between the spokes where it meets the
polished lips. you can see the polished piece behind but it was too tight
to get in there to clean it up.
was as much as I hated to have to maintain them.
the worst part is the space left in between the spokes where it meets the
polished lips. you can see the polished piece behind but it was too tight
to get in there to clean it up.
Don't listen to them; remove it. Anyone with wheels that expensive and nice who is bitching and moaning about how long it takes to "maintain" them doesn't need to have those kind of wheels in the first place. Most of us don't mind the time it takes to keep our wheels and cars looking nice.
My "concern" would be what it would take to "smooth" all the machining once you got the clear off . . .
I can only assume the machine lines on a Techni Polished wheel are a bit deep.
I can only assume the machine lines on a Techni Polished wheel are a bit deep.
Well started a small spot on one. No stripper or anything just sand paper and elbow grease followed up with some polish. See if you can tell a difference.
Before:
After, almost like a mirror. Need to go to 3000 on the sand paper to get rid of any small scratches.
Look where the polished section stops and the technipolish begins. You can make out the green cloth with no problem on the polished section, but its just a greenish blur on the untouched part.
Before:
After, almost like a mirror. Need to go to 3000 on the sand paper to get rid of any small scratches.
Look where the polished section stops and the technipolish begins. You can make out the green cloth with no problem on the polished section, but its just a greenish blur on the untouched part.
Are you going to do the rest of the wheels that way, or are you going to use the aircraft stripper?
By the way, it looks 100% better. I'm for sure going to do mine now.
By the way, it looks 100% better. I'm for sure going to do mine now.
What grit/grits sandpaper did you use and did you wetsand it? I wet sanded the center caps with 2,000 grit and they look good, but there are still some scratches. You don't think the aircraft stripper will hurt the wheel, right? I know you said you used it on stock wheels before and they turned out good.