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street legal go-kart
I got a great set of wheels from Richard Despit? in So Cal at the G&R. Thanks Richard.
I waited two years to find a set of wheels in this condition and now can't decide if I polish the spokes or not.
My brain tells me NOOOO.
The rice in me says polish.
What is the concensus?

JT
Aaron Cox
QUOTE(street legal go-kart @ May 17 2006, 06:52 PM) *

I got a great set of wheels from Richard Despit? in So Cal at the G&R. Thanks Richard.
I waited two years to find a set of wheels in this condition and now can't decide if I polish the spokes or not.
My brain tells me NOOOO.
The rice in me says polish.
What is the concensus?

JT


al reed mirror polish and clearcoat for zero maintenance....

400 bucks.
G e o r g e
I vote for shiny biggrin.gif























but the wheels you got from richard look pretty nice already....

one of the wheels i had polished was the spare from that set, it was the only nice one Al had to work with.
Type 4 Unleashed
QUOTE(street legal go-kart @ May 17 2006, 06:52 PM) *

I got a great set of wheels from Richard Daspit? in So Cal at the G&R. Thanks Richard.
I waited two years to find a set of wheels in this condition and now can't decide if I polish the spokes or not.
My brain tells me NOOOO.
The rice in me says polish.
What is the concensus?

JT


I, would go with your first thought, which is usually the correct one. NOOOO
rhodyguy
$400 plus shipping both ways. if the wheels are nice, there are better things to spend the better part of $500 on. jmwho.

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MoveQik
Polish em!! Mine are replicas but shiney is still better!
street legal go-kart
I can do the work myself so cost is not the issue.
My problem is these are unblemished ,original finish and I just can't bring myself to put one of them up to the polishing wheel.

My benchmark was my unmounted/never mounted original finish spare wheel that came with the car.

Plus this is for the black car , the main task is to be a driver about once or twice a week. A/X on the weekends.

JT
alremley
I vote polish.
Hand polish with Nevr Dull.
Hard work but no chance of damage
anthony
QUOTE(street legal go-kart @ May 18 2006, 07:38 AM) *

My problem is these are unblemished ,original finish and I just can't bring myself to put one of them up to the polishing wheel.


Ok, so you know the answer. Get some crappy Fuchs that need refinishing if you want a polished set.
GTeener
Polish thumb3d.gif
boston914
I just got mine back today from Al Reed.

They look incredible.

I will post a photo this weekend.

sjhowitson
Polish no question. They look great polished. Just the right amount of bling
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