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#1 ·
polished my wheel lips this past weekend. used a paint stripper to remove the factory clear coat...it wiped off after sitting for only a couple minutes. then sanded with 400 grit...600 800 1000 1500 2000. set up a cheap camp shower bag to keep them wet while i sanded. after final sand I compounded then used mothers. I only had one stage of compounding, wish I had gone to lowes and got the other 2 stages, but it still came out pretty good. took almost 8 hrs including set up, tar down and washing bike...what a long day!!!

I have better pics of the apparatus i used to spin the wheels and better pictures of the results, but cant get them to load...
 

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#6 ·
Just post this http://s999.photobucket.com/albums/af115/tnc110/warrior/

Then you need to link it like this http://s999.photobucket.com/albums/af115/tnc110/warrior/

Are you using a pc? or mac ? Paste your link in the message box then high lite it. When you high light your link the link icon will light up. It's the chain looking icon, click on that then in the link box paste your link again then press insert.
 
#13 ·
The polished wheels lasted long enough for some old Fuk to pull out in front of me...bike is totaled now...sitting in an auction lot rotting away :mad:

I hit them with mothers once a month, but only had it for one season before it was wrecked...seemed to be holding up fine....
 
#16 ·
I may have copied some of you injury photos for my personal collection....What? Atleast it's not donkey porn...Just kidding. I saw the crash spread on your photobucket. Sorry for the loss and the PAIN! I was excited to see this post though. I just finished polishing my switch housings and lever brackets including the master cylinder. I also removed both mirror brackets. All in all, this process was a major PITA because I have OCD. Took me so long I forgot how to put them back together. Anywhooo, Going to do the tach and speedo housing this weekend. I want to do the lips of my rims like you did also. So why did you spin the wheels exactly? That is one way to keep multiple sanding scratches down fo-sho!
 
#24 ·
my version of polished rims.

I decided to move slightly from the "full midnight" look.
So this season I have added a few chrome and polished parts.
I wanted to "brighten up" my wheels, so decided to polish the rims.
I wanted to keep the "midnight" style red stripes too.
Here's a few pics of my new look 5 spokes.

First job....I made a stand to allow me to work on and paint the wheels without damaging the rim edges.
I wanted it to be easily dismantled for storage.





The crossmember can be modified to hold other parts for painting if needed.



When it came to the wet and dry polishing, the stand proved to be really usefull.



I drilled the tubes 20mm from the ends and used "R" clips to retain the wheels. (not shown here).



Wheels stripped, cleaned, polished and masked... time taken around 15 hours!



Painted with 3 coats of etch primer, then 3 coats of 2k black with 10% blue added.



Finished wheels.








A lot of work - not one of my most "enjoyed" mods... but I'm pleased with the outcome.
 
#25 ·
I was going to do this but decided I've had enought polishing for one winter :( There is always next year :D Nice set up Jarv. I just painted my wheels black too. Same kind of set up, but our setup hung from the ceiling. I doo love your wheels though homie! Cheers!
 
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