bassplayer5504

These wheels are in decent shape. The previous owner thought it was OK to drive them in the winter. So that lips are in sad shape right now. I was planning on polishing them myself but thought I would give me buyer the chance to save some money if they want to give it a shot. I'm willing to take a partial trade on some other 18's for these. The scratches will polish out.
As-is:$750
Polished:$900

bassplayer5504

bump.........

bassplayer5504

bump....$800 shipped as-is if you buy them this weekend.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

You should post pics of how they look installed on the car.

important question: are these really 2 piece or are those "rivets" just for decoration?

bassplayer5504

Never ran the on my car. I can post pics of the wheels from the previous wheels. PIAA lists them as 2-piece but they look welded to me.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

Eh, sure, why not. Post away

well, if you are bored maybe you should put a hex bit on a power drill and see if you can take out all those rivets and seperate them. Actually, this is pretty much mandatory if you are serious about reconditioning them.

can you post a picture of a part of a wheel that you have already repolished?

bassplayer5504

Sorry wasn't able to find his cardomain page again. I think it may be down. I tried takeing them out, didn't work. It's welded together. You can refinish a wheel without taking them apart. I haven't polished any of the lips yet. No one has said they wanted to buy them polished.

bassplayer5504

Give me some offers, I want to move these.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

Sorry to double post, not sure how to edit previous post.

but after a little more research, turns out PIAA offers this wheel in 2 piece and monoblock. so yours must be the 1 piece. its not exactly correct that the parts appear to be welded....it was all low pressure cast (not forged) to have the appearance of its more expensive 2 piece brother. hence it still has 2 piece rivets. i hate rivets on monoblock rims! but still, these would look good if refinished. is that something you are doing yourself? as in, you have access to shop tools for it and will be performing the labor yourself? or you have a shop you would be sending it out to for professional refinishing?

bassplayer5504

I was going to polish myself without an tools. You can get the same results with wet sanding using small grit sandpaper. You have to reduce the grip after you have cover the lip with the previous grit. I was told it would take about 2-3 hours per wheel. I was looking online and it looks like it would cost $75-$100 per wheel for a shop to do it.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

ouch, for 12 hours of work you might want to buy yourself a power tool to help with that. aside from scratches, is there any curbing?

bassplayer5504

Yeah, there is some. If you want better pics I can get them this weekend.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

That sucks. are you sure these are not structurally comprised too? they might not even have visible bends but could be out of round after so much abuse.

bassplayer5504

I had all the bends fixed. You can run the wheels how they are, they balance out.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

You never installed them on your car but went through the trouble of getting the bends repaired?

bassplayer5504

Yeah, it raises the resale value if things are fixed. They aren't worth much bent. If you are seriously interested you can PM me.

artistotle

iTrader: (3)

I'm interested, but don't have enough posts yet to PM. what is your email address that I can reach you at?

Ron A

You should post your email address.

bassplayer5504

Any reason why his post count is still reading zero?

My email: bass_player_55_4jl@hotmail.com

Ron A

Posts made in any of the Black Market forums do not add to your post count since May 8th 2009.