I have a new project and am not sure if any1 has tried this. I am going to polish the stock rims to apear chrome. I will be posting pics soon! I want to know how many people would be interested in me doing this for them also. Thanks for any replies, good or bad

Nah man, if I wanted to polish my rims I would do it myself.


And not to whore your thread, but just to let people know, I am doing port and polish work now. If you've got something you wanna bling up or port out, shoot me a PM and I can shoot ya a price. All work is very high quality and turnaround time is pretty good as well.

I believe Turbo Tension and 2Fast4Radar have both seen our work recently and can attest for its quality.

midwest, you have a PM

thanks for your replies. midwest, what all do u use to polish? I am still tryin to perfect the shine like i'll ever be satisfied.

Right now we use a variety of different setups, we are still trying to figure out a way to get the perfect shine with the least amount of time! Everything has turned out great so far though and we are cutting down times everyday, while the products are looking better and better!

Our actual process involves taking off the pores and dimples on the pieces surface first to get a smooth look. This can be done using many different tools, and right now airtools with a buffing wheel coated with a gritted paste seem to work the best. So do sandpaper wheels, but it leaves the surface a little scratched and the scratches have to be buffed off. There are a couple other steps in the middle, but I will skip to the actual polishing.

Actually polishing the material is pretty easy. Just get polishing and buffing wheels and a polishing compound (you can find them at sears) and polish away! Coat the wheels with the compound and just hit it a few times with a stationary wheels (or if you wanna do it the DSM way and be ghetto about it you can just use an electric screwdriver or something and attatch a small wheel to it and polish away). Like I said, its pretty easy once you actually get the process down, but if you don't have the right tools for the job, or the right technique it can be VERY time consuming.

Best of luck of getting the wheels done!

I had a friend in college that polished his 91 Talon wheels about 9 years ago. They looked great! I'll have to see if I can find a picture and scan it in for you.