j-16 1 Posted July 12, 2006 Hey guys, I've recently bought a set of diamond cut rims from Eddscruff (which contrary to popular belief are great and don't require too much maintenance) but what can I use to polish them to a high shine. The look of the diamond rims from the 205Parts site is the sort of thing I'm going for. Any ideas, some sort of brasso for alu? Cheers, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baz 421 Posted July 13, 2006 Yup, Autosol as said above. I have a set of Diamond cut wheels and the have been lacquered, but are starting to coorode lightly under the lacquer, are they not lacquered? I've started stripping the lacquer and polishing them back up and was considering re-lacquering but not sure!! I also have a set of rims in progress that are being done Goodwood style but with a polished metal lip instead of D.C. but gain not sure whether to lacquer them or not!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3Evo 0 Posted July 13, 2006 (edited) Personally think that it looks better if you can remove the machining marks left on diamond cut / machined surfaces before starting to polish. I've been using polishing compound intended for stainless steel to remove the machining marks followed by T-Cut (the original stuff) which brings it up to a high shine. Once you've got it as shiny as you can (you'll need a polishing mop by the way) you can maintain the sheen with toothpaste believe it or not! (do test on a small area first though!) Edited July 13, 2006 by M3Evo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j-16 1 Posted July 13, 2006 Cheers, for the advice I'll give that o.k. As for laquering - I would definately not from the problems it seems to cause, the wheels are fairly easy to look after without laquer - (all be it with a little more tlc than painetd wheels) and you don't have to worry about peeling. Thanks, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j-16 1 Posted July 13, 2006 By the way where can i get Autosol or metal polishes? I know where to get the tooth paste. James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baz 421 Posted July 13, 2006 Haha!! Halfrauds always used to do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3Evo 0 Posted July 15, 2006 Huzzah! Just to show off, here's some polished bits for Stu's car that I did last week: Pair of vastly over engineered fuel rails: And their shiny little brackets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Hey thats cheating ..That S/ST already comes like that... This on the other hand does not...S/ST 4mm Food hoppers all done by hand on a lathe , they took 4 hours each because every little pit mark had to come out and my boss had murdered them on the PNC.. I had 15 of the little bastards to do Talk about vibrating hand syndrome. Edited July 15, 2006 by sonofsam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pug_101 0 Posted July 15, 2006 You can get clear powder coat as a alternative to laquer and I have hear it is far better, but I have no personel experiance of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miamistu 1 Posted July 16, 2006 Hey thats cheating ..That S/ST already comes like that... Nay way man! Those are machined and polished alloy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted July 16, 2006 (edited) Well done that man I found 320 emery cloth very handy for bringin the bling up, looks like paper but hell what a shine it gives. Edited July 16, 2006 by sonofsam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j-16 1 Posted July 17, 2006 Had a go with the autosol over the weekend and the rims are looking pretty good. It's very difficult though to keep the same level of shine over the whole wheel and from wheel to wheel. What have people with polished rims done with their centre caps? Should I paint them sorrento or chrome? Any ideas? Thanks, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
