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polishing rims #283781 03/20/02 02:43 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 341 Charlotte, Mich Y Yankeyspeed OP Member
OP Yankeyspeed Member Y Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 341 Charlotte, Mich	Ok I am going to polish up my stock 95Se rims.(15 in) I have done 2 center caps and this is my question. What compound should I use to remove the little sand scratches that are still present? Yankeyspeed: American power and ingenuity 95 SE -Stock enough Yeah my car has a baby seat, its still fast.

Re: polishing rims #283782 03/20/02 04:13 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 365 Atlanta E Extreme LX Member
Extreme LX Member E Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 365 Atlanta	Go to Sears tool section. Ask for a metal polishing kit. Comes with three diffrent colors of bars. Red grey and white. The directions will tell you in what order to use. You must have a drill or preferbily an air die grinder. If you use this with an air tool you can even make an upper intake lok like chrome. just depends on how much elbow grease you wanna put into it. 98 LX, Eibach`s .... ICWrims / Potenza`s.... Svt kit w /duals... BASF Extreme Ocean paint( complete color change).... Bullit gas door.... Fuba DSM rear mount roof antenna.... Pre 98 trunk.... Blacked out headlamps, W/ Eyebrows.... A6 Side markers.... Shaved antenna and deck lid lock... 4 wheel disc brake conversion.... Magnaflow resinator.... SVT gauge cluster....(Yes the SVT gauge has a O/D light).... Complete mesh grill treatment, Not gutter guard.... Titinaum window tint.... Burgman custom Power window & lock conversion.... More to come as soon as i complete this one. Yeah its a LX but it has a 2.5 and it looks better then your ricer

Re: polishing rims #283783 03/20/02 11:27 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,934 Somewhere in Utah E ExDelayed Member
ExDelayed Member E Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,934 Somewhere in Utah	Ooh, thanks for the tip on the polishing kit. I need to head down there one of these days anyway to get an estimate on tires. :rolleyes: The wheels I am polishing have machine marks in them. I started with (IIRC) 200 grit paper and moved up. They now have a satin finish. I just need the polishing kit to make them shine. � Jon Miconi � 96 Contour Zetec ATX � 80 Ramcharger 360 ATX � 77 Ramcharger 440 ATX

Re: polishing rims #283784 03/21/02 02:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 341 Charlotte, Mich Y Yankeyspeed OP Member
OP Yankeyspeed Member Y Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 341 Charlotte, Mich	cool, my center caps are about done. Now its time to do the rims. Thanks. Yankeyspeed: American power and ingenuity 95 SE -Stock enough Yeah my car has a baby seat, its still fast.

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