winter project (maybe), i must be crazy Options

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i've got a few months to kill until i need to get the bodywork and paint done on the car, so i got to thinking... what do 4-lug mahles look like all polished up? i've got an unshod spare, why not find out?

now i know why i haven't seen many polished mahles.

here's what a stock wheel looks like with 30 years of crud, curb rash and two or three coats of paint:

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mahles are beset with the most wonderful array of pits and casting flaws. sanding the thing down to the point where i could think about polishing took 10 hours or so. still don't know if i'll do the other four wheels, what a job. my fingers are numb, and bleeding.

1. strip paint and grime from wheel
2. 60 grit to get pits and other casting flaws removed
3. dremel 120 grit sanding drum for eight holes, lots of work
4. 100 grit
5. 220 grit
6. 400 grit
7. 800 grit
8. 1000 grit, wet sand x2
9. dremel buffing attachments of various sizes
10. mothers aluminum polish x3

those ribs make it difficult to get all the crud out, so the thing isn't perfect by any means. it looks good from 5 feet, best i can do with what i've got. i think i'd be crazy to do the other four though, it's a lot of work for a cheapo wheel (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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