Polishing is like child birth......

[TurboFox]

You forget how painful it is and until you want to do it again.

It just took me 6.5 hours to strip and polish one wheel and get halfway through stripping the second.

The GM clear coat is garbage and needed to come off. There was some oxidizing so I did 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 and then when at it with a DA polisher. Still want to run another coat on top but I don't have any more polishing pads kicking around so that will have to wait. The castings are no where near as nice at the CCWs which polish up like a mirror.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/IMG_20150627_090540_zpsso71ozgv.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/IMG_20150627_090544_zps7ogf01ex.jpg

after stripped and 2000 grit
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/IMG_20150627_131638_zpsqzmlo2kq.jpg

after da
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/IMG_20150627_143741_zpsgzb7jijh.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/IMG_20150627_143747_zps44p1cy7y.jpg


back out to hell I go to finish the next one

[Stephen06GT]

That's quite the transformation. Niiiiice!

[Blackmare]

Work is definitely paying off. Finished product looks great.

[hsousa88]

Very nice, have been thinking about doing the same to my trucks wheels but I have no balls/patience

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[Ponyryd]

Stop polishing/modding your "tow rig" and worry about the fox, lol. Get over to the body shop and help them.

[03svt]

Wow...well done.

[TurboFox]

I cant believe i have another two to go...i just got inside.

Mustang will get attention once its back dont worry. I can swap a motor faster than it took me to polish these two wheels today

[Ponyryd]

Lol. Well that one looks really good, were you able to strip and polish the cap too, and whaddya do now, polish them every month or your plan to re-clear?

[TurboFox]

Yes i polished the plastic center cap and it turned out good lol.

This thing stays in the garage and I onky randomly drive it so they shouldnt be too bad to maintain

[AKAFISH]

Awesome work! Turned out great!

[Tailites]

yup...polishing...insidious...

nice work...

when your hands are all black...

you have reached nervana

[Screw]

Just wow , can't beleive how good it came , looks like a shop polished it !

[TurboFox]

Back out i go for the other 2. Hopefully im back inside by 5. This is what happens when it rains all weekend and I task avoid (house renos lol)

[Scott]

Fabulous job! What did you use ti strip the clear coat?

[Dutch]

i dunno child birth was pretty painless...looks good

[twister]

ive had 2 kids and id rather polish something ..

[WTF]

impressive

[Intmdtr]

ive had 2 kids and id rather polish something ..
....knobs?

[TurboFox]

Just finished. That was e WORST car related project I have ever done. Took 17 hours and I still need to polish again on the car because tere are some bright spots.

Fucking never again. I will just spend the $1500 on a new set of wheels next time

[Canadianii]

That's alot of work and sweat for something with a bowtie on it.

[Scrape]

Wow quite the transformation and yes it is a royal pain in the ass to polish anything.

[svo1990mustang]

They turned out great man, wonderful job!
I yeah have to give it to the people that have the drive and patience to polish metal parts like that. I tried it with a few small things on my car and i ended up passing them over to Jumpy to finish them for me.

[ZR]

Kudo's for staying the course and getting them done, no way I'd have lasted.

[TurboFox]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/C9C9FAE5-D2BB-4923-B4BD-C82BF1CAB1D6_zpsooc5w1iu.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/iamdean17/media/C9C9FAE5-D2BB-4923-B4BD-C82BF1CAB1D6_zpsooc5w1iu.jpg.html)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/iamdean17/F8791B22-7A94-4717-94AF-E11530F558C6_zpswocjgp46.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/iamdean17/media/F8791B22-7A94-4717-94AF-E11530F558C6_zpswocjgp46.jpg.html)

[NickD]

that looks great, major improvement!

[ZR]

Fawk that looks good.

[RedSN]

Very nice on the silver SS.

[Scrape]

Looks great. Always love these trucks.

[TurboFox]

Fabulous job! What did you use ti strip the clear coat?
Aircraft stripper

[86 Mustang GT]

Aircraft stripper

Where did you find that ?

[Nsty04SVT]

The SS looks great Dean nice job!

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