Has anyone polished their own forged aluminum wheels?

[ArrogantBaSStard]

I have a set of Budnik wheels and scuffed up one of them. I want to try and polish them myself - has anyone done this? What did you use? There's no clear coat

[Y2KSierra]

I used mothers billet polish on my forged aluminum wheels today. They came out great. By far the best metal polish i have EVER used.

How bad are they scuffed up? If its anything major you will likely have to send them to a wheel polishing shop that will put them on a machine for you. I want to say this typically runs around 50-75 a wheel? But it should look new when done :)

[SlowPurpleGTP]

yeah mothers billet is good stuff as long as its not a bad scuff. if u curbed em then ur lookin at a polishing shop

[shuck]

When I got my Torque Thruster II's they needed a good polish. When I started to polish them I noticed scratches in them. So I got some 250,300,400, and 600 grit sandpaper and sanded them until the scratches were gone. Then I grabbed my drill and buffing wheel and buffing compound and polished the hell out of them. It takes some time...about an hour a wheel to get it to the chrome shine, but it looks just like crome. BUT if you have not ever sanded and polished aluminum before, I would recommend getting a scrap piece and practicing. It takes some patience but when you are done, you would swear they are crome:)

[NBMWSsix]

Originally posted by shuck
When I got my Torque Thruster II's they needed a good polish. When I started to polish them I noticed scratches in them. So I got some 250,300,400, and 600 grit sandpaper and sanded them until the scratches were gone. Then I grabbed my drill and buffing wheel and buffing compound and polished the hell out of them. It takes some time...about an hour a wheel to get it to the chrome shine, but it looks just like crome. BUT if you have not ever sanded and polished aluminum before, I would recommend getting a scrap piece and practicing. It takes some patience but when you are done, you would swear they are crome:)


What buffing compound did you use?:confused:

[ArrogantBaSStard]

Originally posted by Y2KSierra
I used mothers billet polish on my forged aluminum wheels today. They came out great. By far the best metal polish i have EVER used.

How bad are they scuffed up? If its anything major you will likely have to send them to a wheel polishing shop that will put them on a machine for you. I want to say this typically runs around 50-75 a wheel? But it should look new when done :)

One wheel is majorly scuffed - chunk taken out almost. Idid contact a polishing shop and they said it would be about $40 per wheel. I am going to go at it myself and if it doesn't come out great then I'll take it there

[Chameleon TA]

I have done a lot of wheel polishing. What I do is start with 400 then work my way up to 2000. After that I get the buffing wheels and the regular mother polish. I do the entire wheel, then switch the wheel and use mother billet, for a chrome like shine. They look awsome after its done. I did the process above to my old ZR1's and they looked great.

[ArrogantBaSStard]

Originally posted by 95CamaroBret
I have done a lot of wheel polishing. What I do is start with 400 then work my way up to 2000. After that I get the buffing wheels and the regular mother polish. I do the entire wheel, then switch the wheel and use mother billet, for a chrome like shine. They look awsome after its done. I did the process above to my old ZR1's and they looked great.

what is 400 to 2000 :dunno:

[Chameleon TA]

Originally posted by ArrogantBaSStard
what is 400 to 2000 :dunno:

The grit of the sand paper. I started with 400 then 600,800,1000,1500,2000. So like I said I started with 400 and worked all the way up to 2000.