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As we all know,the E1 rims are aluminum,but painted silver. I've been thinking about stripping the paint and ploshing the wheels so they come out as nice bare polished aluminum,which will look pretty nice imo. Has anyone done this?
A guy I know has a Mazda RX7 Turbo,and it had the stock rims when he bought it,and the stock aluminum rims are just fugly,but they were polished down to bare aluminum and they looked absolutely beautiful. Hopefully I can do that with my E1's and add a little bling and make them look a little more unique.
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Sounds like it be cool! You should try it.
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you could try some wheel acid (which we use to clean rims at Mazda).we only leave them on for a minute then we hose it off.....im sure that stuff will strip the paint....then you could polish them.
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if you do it, put up some results. if they turn out that would look great I bet.
I'd probably do it myself if it works
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Originally posted by Marky:
I doubt it.
I agree, it will probably just damage the paint. A soft media blast (not sand) would provide a lot less work, and it would be cleaner.
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Wow,so nobody has actually done it before? I'm thinking they would look really nice and shiny if they came out well.
I'm not worried about damaging the paint or anything if I screw up,because I can always repaint them,or have them powdercoated,plus they already have some nicks and stuff on them,so no worries. When I've got some spare time,maybe I'll look deeper into this and see what I can do with 'em.
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Someone's done it. I've seen it.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Someone's done it. I've seen it.
prove it! 
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I'd like to see how this looks too...
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