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If you want your rims like almost chrome looking and have about 20-25 hours to kill, then wet sand your rims. I just did this to my 91 stock rims and they turned out quite nice. It take about $20 in supplies and alot of water. Start out with around 40 grit wet (make sure it is made for wet sanding) sandpaper to take out all the machining grooves. If you have any curb scars, this grit will take them all out. Then do about a 150 grit. This is the most important step. This is when you want to get all of the 40 grit scratches out. Once you finish this, it will be fairly smooth with a lot of really tiny scratches every where. Then go to 200, 400, 600 and finish off with about 800 grit. Now your rim will be super smoooth but dull looking. Now break out your polish. I used Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish (but you can use Braso or NevrDull). Spend around an hour applying several coats of polish and buffing it after every coat. This will probably take you around 4-6 to do this on each rim. You can use power tools to do the sanding, but it will turn out much better if you do it by hand.
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06-20-2003, 10:12 PM
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