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Old 04-02-2017, 06:55 PM
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Enough for tonight. All four sanded out.
Final sanding and polishing to come....
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WOW! They're looking Great!!
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Originally Posted by kingsandman
Enough for tonight. All four sanded out.
Final sanding and polishing to come....
Looking good!
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Looks good, i did mine last winter, one rim at a time, such a huge pain, came out looking better and half decent but not as good as the job you are doing.


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That's as good as they're going to get.
Cheers!!
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Well done!
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They look great !
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Old 04-25-2017, 10:43 PM
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They look great. What were your final steps? Finer grit sandpaper? Polish? Clearcoat?
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Originally Posted by Glenn54
They look great. What were your final steps? Finer grit sandpaper? Polish? Clearcoat?
Sanded to 800, 1200, 1600 then 2000 grit. Then polished.
No clear coat, takes the shine away. Key is to keep them clean afterward.
The set that's on the truck now is in better shape than these were.
I'll probably do them when I have time.
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I did a set and they looked like chrome when done. Steps:

Strip coating with aircraft stripper
Sand out any curbing
Use fine steel wool to clean up surface
Use polishing compound and powerball or elbow grease
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