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Old 05-11-2010, 09:37 PM
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Sanding down Work lips... oh no...
It was time to polish up the lips. They had water stains and scratches, so I decided to sand them down and re-polish them. I bought these wheels without any clear finish on the lips only.

I started with wet sanding 800 grit, finished with 2000 grit.
Buffed out with mothers aluminum polished.
Then wax/sealed with colinite 845.

Results = beautiful.
Time = About 4 hours.

Water stains




Sanding




Polishing


Finished product with wax.




Front rim polished and waxed.
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Nice work bro, they look spectacular
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Originally Posted by Rafiton
Nice work bro, they look spectacular
Thank you! My hands are hurting so from the work. I never ever in my life took this long to polish something.. It's usually right away but these wheels gave me a run for my money.
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fantastic work man, well done!
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Superb work!! looks BRAND NEW man

I remember i saw a thread on on how to polish lips, the guy said he literally had the car on jack stands and had a friend run the car at 5-10mph while he held a sandpaper at the lip LOL sounds like a dangerously good idea...but good thing you didn't do that and it came out nice
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Dang, that's an awesome job!!! Well done
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Ouch, came out very nice, but I don't know if I would be able to do that to such expensive wheels lol. Nice work!
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very nice....send me a pm on pricing if you want to tackle mine. Thanks Gus
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nicely done. It great to see those will revived especially when they are dd. Looks great
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looks much better!
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Originally Posted by jeowen
fantastic work man, well done!
Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by ib18c1
Superb work!! looks BRAND NEW man

I remember i saw a thread on on how to polish lips, the guy said he literally had the car on jack stands and had a friend run the car at 5-10mph while he held a sandpaper at the lip LOL sounds like a dangerously good idea...but good thing you didn't do that and it came out nice
Thanks bro! Thanks f'n crazy! Just imagine if you slip and your hand flies into the rim.... yeah hahahha. Being safe is number one, not worth to lose a hand or fingers over a rim.

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Dang, that's an awesome job!!! Well done
Thanks man!

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Ouch, came out very nice, but I don't know if I would be able to do that to such expensive wheels lol. Nice work!
LOL, Thanks bro. Ahh it's really nothing trust me, just a lot of work. People walking by were saying "Oh, ouch... ahhhhhh... damn..." LOL

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wow! my favorite set of wheels great job man
Thanks bro! It's the biggest pain in the ass set of wheels ive owned.

Originally Posted by Blazing GT
very nice....send me a pm on pricing if you want to tackle mine. Thanks Gus
Thanks bro! But your crazy dude hahahaha, just send me some pictures of the lips, if I do this your doing it with me so it's at no cost

Originally Posted by wrxyboy
nicely done. It great to see those will revived especially when they are dd. Looks great
Thanks bro, your car is f'n amazing!!!!!

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looks much better!
Thank you! Now let's see how long they last intill the next round.
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I will post up some pictures later, it's raining now
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Damn they look much better than before! Great work!

I want your wheels and your black roof overlay. Send them to me now
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Wow...Looking Gorgeous ... Nicely Done!!
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looks great bro.....
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great job. 4 hrs for one wheels is a lot! do all your wheels need to be refinished?
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Originally Posted by ib18c1
Superb work!! looks BRAND NEW man

I remember i saw a thread on on how to polish lips, the guy said he literally had the car on jack stands and had a friend run the car at 5-10mph while he held a sandpaper at the lip LOL sounds like a dangerously good idea...but good thing you didn't do that and it came out nice

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Wheels look good
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great job. 4 hrs for one wheels is a lot! do all your wheels need to be refinished?
It took a little more than 4 hours to finish both rear wheels
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Lots of time and hard work, but the results are worth it. That looks beautiful!
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I did this also on a set of wheels. It is a PIA but well worth it. wheels look brand new. Great Job..
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i like the sanded down look

polished looks bad ass as well !!!
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Good job Gus came out nice
I know how much you love your TL
keep it up....
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Great work. Looks good. Now don't let them babies get water spots again!!!!!!!!!
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Puttin' in work on the Works!
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
Damn they look much better than before! Great work!

I want your wheels and your black roof overlay. Send them to me now
hahahaha bro! Thanks man! I'll cut my roof now and send it fedex, cool with you :P

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Wow...Looking Gorgeous ... Nicely Done!!
Thank you, Thank you! It was def a pita but worth it!

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looks great bro.....
Thanks bro!

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nice Gus...
Thank you Rodney, coming from the king himself is awesome!

Originally Posted by mglax13
Lots of time and hard work, but the results are worth it. That looks beautiful!
Indeed my friend!

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i like the sanded down look

polished looks bad ass as well !!!
Thanks!

Originally Posted by gatoferoz25
Good job Gus came out nice
I know how much you love your TL
keep it up....
Yo whats going on favio! LOL, yeah unfortunatly I do love my car... hahaha. See you at the meet!
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Originally Posted by jptl04
Great work. Looks good. Now don't let them babies get water spots again!!!!!!!!!
Thanks bro! You just as Rodney are kings here, coming from you guys mean a lot! my car can't touch what you guys have done. A lot of props!

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great job!
Thank you!

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Puttin' in work on the Works!

Thank you! and Indeed my friend, indeed.. Sorry about the crappy picture in the other thread lol.
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nice work Gus... props 2 u
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Man, you did outstanding work on the wheels-congrats.



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Man, that was alot of work, well worth it though, looking good.
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