All I did was 2 wheels so far . What a damn difference . The clear on the wheels is as shiney as the clear on the car now . I used 1000 grit , then 1500 grit , then meguires show car glaze , then Eagle nanowax . When I wet sanded I used meguires NXT qwik detail for a lubricant . The finish looks much much better now .

 

WOW.. Looks really good, nice job, all you need to do now is do the other two

 

looks really good. great!!!

 

That looks friggen awesome dude. Though I imagine it looks goofy with just two done. Kinda like the time I used tire shine on only the drivers side of my moms car.

 

looks realy good.

 

woww nice!

 

So thats all you did is wet sand it w/ those grit sandpapers and w/ the lubricant and then used the wax and they turned out like that, hmmm I might have a new project for my next day off

 

That looks nice and clean bro. Awesome job

 

Jesus!

Looks like I got a new project as well

 

never thought of doing that. dont know to much about wet sanding. it didnt sand the gunmetal off?

 

can i have your tires...

 

The stock wheels are clear coated . Wet sanding just smooths out the clear . After you sand its very dull , so you need to be capable of polishing the shine back out . 1500 and 1000 grit paper isnt very abrasive though ....I polished the wheels back out by hand . If i woulda used a coarser grit , it woulda looked better , but I probably would have needed a rotary buffer to get it back to where I wanted . I did it at work too and didnt have all my detail stuff their . It could have looked better by using better polish too . Like say 3m perfect it 2 , followed by zaino polish . I will prolly go back over em with those 2 . As far as color , not it didnt effect the darkness of the gunmetal at all . All it did was bring out the vibrance in the stock wheel paint .

Key is to not sand to much , the clear is really thin ....especially on the edges .

Thanks for the compliments

 

much shiny'r than stock, well done

 

Wow, that looks pretty sweet! Can you show us a side by side comparison with the two that are not done yet?

 

thats amazing! I wanted to get my car wet sanded in some spots to get rid of the scratches i cant get out..

 

When I do the other 2 , I can take one off and compare . I wish I could find another SS in town though . The diff on my wheels wont be as dramatic because the other 2 have been polished and waxed numerous times and are already a quite a bit shinier than stock .

I will just do a "how to" when I do the other 2 wheels . Wet sanding takes alot of patience , if ya go to wild you can go thru the clear .

 

Very nice. Can't wait to see before after pics.

 

 

Those look real good

 

you're bringin sexy back, yeah!

 

sickness

 

looks awesome man.. get a closer pic and a side by side pic to show the difference... great job

 

No ....I sold these wheels a long time ago man .

 

A friend of mine wet sanded and then did a 2 coat polish/wax on his truck and OMG....you can't tell what damn color his truck is half the time because of the deep reflection it has....I wanna do it to mine but I am worried about messing my car up. Same goes for the rims....any tips??