Stripping and polishing Magnesium ........THE PICTURES!

ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE · 07-26-2002, 08:17 PM

They sure look good to me PRIMAL
Per Doug;
Well here they are. The polishing that was done was only by hand on my lunch hour . They came out much better than I expected. I know they will take a little effort to keep up but WOW what a shine. Much better than a clear coated polished aluminum wheel. When these get dull I simply polish them. enjoy! DJ

Good job Doug!

Wolf1171 · 07-26-2002, 08:55 PM

Very nice :cheers:

PRIMAL · 07-26-2002, 08:57 PM

Thanks Throttle for posting :cheers:
These were polished by Xtreme Motorsports.
The dull pictures you see are how they were sent to me after
someone used them for a while but didn't like the upkeep it took.
When I saw them I had my doubts but they repolished so quickly that I deffinately wont mind keeping them up. The backside of the wheels were kept painted to protect the magnesium.
:D
Now I just need to save some cash for some tires!!! :cry

Nitrous Bob · 07-26-2002, 09:10 PM

:eek: Nice Job! What did you use to polish them?

Bob

Doughan · 07-26-2002, 09:24 PM

Lookin' good! :cheers:

Truck Guy · 07-26-2002, 09:32 PM

:cool: :cheers:

shamam · 07-26-2002, 09:35 PM

:cool: :cheers:

PRIMAL · 07-26-2002, 10:02 PM

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:eek: Nice Job! What did you use to polish them?

Bob

Blue Magic Metal Polish Cream :D
Bought it at the local auto store :cheers:

6spdNavy99 · 07-26-2002, 11:06 PM

WOW! Those look great...gotta get a set of those! :cheers:

John Wiz · 07-26-2002, 11:08 PM

Wow :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: .
I can't believe how great they look. Of course as soon as I showed them to my wife she smacked me and told me I wasn't going to do that. But if the paint gets chipped......... :D

Wiz

ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE · 07-26-2002, 11:37 PM

:lol: :lol:
My better half said, hum.............looks nice..............we have a spare set of Mags..................... :D

M396 #00-011 · 07-27-2002, 10:06 AM

:eek: Wow, that looks good!

Mag Red Monster · 07-27-2002, 12:36 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek: OK...........heading to the garage! :D Damned.......those look SWEET! So how did you strip the paint? Hand polished or did you use a buffer/polisher? :cry Why did I sell the one spare I had :mad Would have been fun practicing on it :yesnod:

[Modified by Mag Red Monster, 10:36 AM 7/27/2002]

vetterdstr · 07-27-2002, 02:38 PM

Those came out very nice. :)

vetterdstr :cheers:

CSC5 · 07-27-2002, 03:16 PM

:eek: That looks great. I'd love to see some pics once they're on the car.

rbridges · 07-27-2002, 04:11 PM

I really like those; GM should have offered those as an option

hog · 07-27-2002, 05:27 PM

That's one bright wheel... Great Job.. :cool:

PRIMAL · 07-27-2002, 10:01 PM

Quote:

:eek: :eek: :eek: OK...........heading to the garage! :D Damned.......those look SWEET! So how did you strip the paint? Hand polished or did you use a buffer/polisher? :cry Why did I sell the one spare I had :mad Would have been fun practicing on it :yesnod:

[Modified by Mag Red Monster, 10:36 AM 7/27/2002]

Xtreme Motorsports had them polished. I've polished intake manifolds,wheels and other metals with a kit I got from Eastwood. It worked great. Im sure it would work on these wheels. You can get most of the wheel with a buffing wheel but then you will need a couple of felt cones to get the rest.It looks like they were stripped with a normal gel paint stripper. Anyone have some REALLY CHEAP :D tires out there?
I dont think I'll be able to afford tires by the Corvettes at Carlisle show :( :cry
Thanks all for the compliments :cheers: :cheers:

[Modified by PRIMAL, 2:04 AM 7/28/2002]

Bill Reid · 07-28-2002, 01:12 AM

Daymn PRIMAL! :eek:

Here I thought we were gonna get to have a Mag fire show in the back parking lot after work one night :D

That one wheel in the pic cleaned up real nice :cool:... sweet :yesnod:

:cheers:

Tom/99 · 07-28-2002, 09:08 AM

That polished wheel looks great!! :cool: