Hand polished my wheels, with pic.

The photo really really really doesnt do these justice, theyre beautiful looking. I used a combo of 400 and 600 wet'n'dry paper to remove the paint and then 1200 to remove the scratches, I went on to some ultrafine 1500 to finish up then went absolutely mad with autosol and heaps of rags.
This took bloody ages and was very hard work but I feel pretty proud of the result and love spending time with my bike. This is very cheap to do and looks great, I recommend it.

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Nice Job Spect-r, care to do the same for mine... LoL

Nice Job Spect-r, care to do the same for mine... LoL

Oww mate my hands are shredded, it hurts just thinking about it.

Great job spekt-r must be time you done my wheels

Youll see em on the bike soon enough. Im gonna do my bar ends, pillion grab rails and top triple clamp too.

That reminds me when i done my old ZX6R i polished the .... frame ,swingarm ,forks ,wheels & levers

prick of a job i know sounds like she's coming along nice spekt-r

now you've just got to keep em clean
apparently there's some sort of coating you can put on polished rims to keep em shiny and make em easier to clean. Can't remember what it is, but I'm sure someone here will know.
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now you've just got to keep em clean

I did my footpeg brakcets and heel plates. They are such a pain in the arse to keep clean, that I just let them go all mouldy and clean them every now and then.

prob a clear laqure (Spelling). clear vanish.. kinda like the top coat on a car's paint work..

*lacquer*

Nice
but a bitch to keep clean.
A mate of mine had his Plated at electromould. And his frame and just about the whole bike


mario

Nickel plating at electromould looks awesome, a mate had his gixxer thou's wheels done.
Clear lacquer tends to make polished alloy look yellowing after a while and you can replish it. Its gonna get all filty as sson as I take it on the road, I can tell.

I would do that to mine but they get dirty enough painted black I would hate to imagine the dirt that would show up when they are polished!

i'm just about to start doing mine.........looks fanfarkintastic

I would do that to mine but they get dirty enough painted black I would hate to imagine the dirt that would show up when they are polished!

I'll second that...