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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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A little bit of a polished wheel

Me and my buddy got bored and right now i dont have a polishing bit for a drill, so we took to hand polishing some sections of a 18" SS/SC wheel. Took about half an hour per spoke by hand. Here are the pics, let me know if i should keep going




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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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Where did you get an extra wheel from? I personally don't like polish or chrome. To bling for me, I love the gunmetal. But I say continue just to see how it turns out.
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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Don't the malibu SS's have the same wheel only polished?
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:44 PM
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I scratched my left front wheel all to hell cause i sat on it with a studded belt installing the injen CAI. i got a slightly used but perfect wheel off of fljohnboy or something like that on here, this is the scrathed one after getting the paint stripped and a little polishing. Any one think that mothers powerball would have the same effect??



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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 01:11 AM
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well i bought a mothers powerball and tried it, not great. It makes it shiny, but not the reflective shine i get with hand polishing. time to go to auto body store tomorrow and buy some real polishing ****.


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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 06lasersss/c
well i bought a mothers powerball and tried it, not great. It makes it shiny, but not the reflective shine i get with hand polishing. time to go to auto body store tomorrow and buy some real polishing ****.


Rick

Dude you need a Sewn Cloth wheel & A Loose Cloth wheel with some Tipoli & White Rouqe Is the Only way You will get the shine your Looking for! This stuff can Be bought at Home Depot or Sears!


To get it to Shine Like this!


Polishing is My Game!!

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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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thats amazing haha. I plan on doing some polishing this winter
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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I dont like that really scratched look imo, but maybe after polishing it more...
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Spastic Chicken
Don't the malibu SS's have the same wheel only polished?
They are the same wheels as the ones that come on the '07 SS/SC, but they come with bigger tires.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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I'm glad to find this b/c I was wondering about polishing the 15's and the 16's!!
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