looking for some rim polishing insight
 

Hey all!

I just picked up a new set of forged rims for the Z but they have a couple of lip boo boo's that I'm not too keen on. I'm pretty familiar with the aluminum polishing process as I personally polished all of my turbo kit piping and relateds; but the problem is these rims have a gunmetal clear coat on the barrels and im afraid jewlers/buffing compounds etc will either not hide the imperfections and/or pull the clear coat off the rim which would really get me hot headed especially at the cost for new polished barrels for these things.

if anyone is rim cleanliness anal or polishing savvy any info would help!

Thanks in advance,

Ben

You really went with "...rim cleanliness anal.." in a thread that beckons for "rim job" replies? How can I resist offering my typically juvenile humor? This is just too easy.

haha I could have brought in some low key way to start Uranus jokes again!

For any area that's clear coated, a normal paint polish should be your weapon of choice.

Is there enough room to get a machine in there, or does it all have to be done by hand?

Like Nick mentioned, if they are truly cleared, they'll be fine. Start with the least aggressive polish in an inconspicuous spot (as inconspicuous as possible anyway) and work up from there. A smaller 4'' pad should be able to get in the lip pretty well if you're dealing with typical 370z offsets.

yeah I think I could fit a machine in them. they're 20" rims so they have plenty of work room and about a 4.5-5" lip so ill look into some of the junkmans stuff to see what would work the best with A++ "technique" thanks for the insight guys!