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Old 04-09-2012, 05:21 PM
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Just polished wheels ***PIX***

Hey everyone, just came back from the shop. I had a little bit of time today so I started polishing the wheels. Took me about an hour to do the front two.

All the water spots, all the rust, brake dust.... EVERYTHING is gone now. The rims look brand new!




















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Old 04-09-2012, 05:29 PM
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Looks great, now spray those calipers a nice clean silver and your good to go.
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:10 PM
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Looks great, now spray those calipers a nice clean silver and your good to go.
Thanks man. Yea I have to spray the calipers really bad either silver or black
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:24 PM
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:51 PM
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good job, looking clean. Now paint those brakes either silver or black
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:56 PM
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Great job there.
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:57 PM
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good job, looking clean. Now paint those brakes either silver or black
Thanks bro. Yeah that's next. Would you recommend a specific paint or just pretty much anything for metal?
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:58 PM
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Old 04-09-2012, 07:18 PM
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Old 04-09-2012, 07:23 PM
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And a couple of other pix that I took today



i like your photos. What kind of camera are you using? Any photoshop or all settings on the camera? Because pix are looking sweet man
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Old 04-09-2012, 08:12 PM
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Old 04-09-2012, 08:14 PM
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i like your photos. What kind of camera are you using? Any photoshop or all settings on the camera? Because pix are looking sweet man
Those were taken with the iPhone 4S but I also use Sony NEX5 and all I did was fix the brightness/contrast etc on the iPhone with an app camera+ will do and you can also ad a filter if you want which will make it look much better.
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Old 04-09-2012, 09:35 PM
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Haha no I'm not for hire but if you are from around we can meet and do it together
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that looks great

those wheels just SHINE now!
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Looks great. Get some VHT Caliper Paint. It will hold up to the dust and heat.
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those wheels just SHINE now!
+1 looking good my friend
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:19 AM
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:20 AM
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those wheels just SHINE now!
Yea i didn't think it would make such a big difference.
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:21 AM
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Looks great. Get some VHT Caliper Paint. It will hold up to the dust and heat.
Thanks. Ok I'll go get some of that VHT tomorrow. I didn't know VHT made paint for calipers. Thanks for the tip
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Looking GREAT man! I'll have to do the same to my 128's now
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Looking GREAT man! I'll have to do the same to my 128's now
Yea man, it takes time but definitely worth it. And once you do that then use something to help you maintain it that way
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I have used the vht and also the duplicolor caliper paint, I personally liked the duplicolor better.
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I have used the vht and also the duplicolor caliper paint, I personally liked the duplicolor better.
thanks I will look into duplicolor. Is it a fairly easy thing to do? I'm just asking to be sure I can do it myself
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And a couple of other pix that I took today



Great looking 7 and the 128's just pop now. They look spectacular and give the car a sporty and clean look.
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