gt67sy
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I bought this wheels off a vette guy that I guess had to much money and didnt really care about them. Must be nice to not care about a set of $2500 wheels but he did pull up with a Bentley GT when I meet him to purchase them. Anyway the wheels are CCW Classics in 18x10.5 in the front and 18x12 in the back. The wheels are 3 piece and 100% aluminum. When I looked at the wheels they were actually rusted on the inside of the rim and where the lugs bolt the wheels to the hubs. The wheels themselves are in great shape no curb marks or road rash just alot of oxidation, rust and baked on brake dust.
My goal to is to polish them to a chrome like luster. If I'm not happy with that the centers will get anodized black and the lips will be polished. The center caps are blank and I will ge either GMC or Syclone engraved onto them to give a little factory appeal. Then they get BFG KDW rubber 335/30/18 for the back and 295/35/18 for the front
Here is what I'm starting with to give you some idea of the before
I went online to the vette, viper, and supra forums to see what these guys where using on there ccw wheels, to restore and maintain there wheels. Many different answers, I did get alot of positives about Diamond truck box polish found at Lowes for a rough polish and the Adams metal polish for the final stage polish.
So I disassembled each wheel and started with 1200 wet sand paper and worked my way to 1500 followed by 2000.
Once done with the sanding I started with a drill and a cloth ball and the diamond polish
Waiting on the Adams Polish to be here tues or wed but here is what they look like rubbed out with the Diamond Polish there a little bit a hazing that the Adams Polish will completely clear up
I have about 8 hrs in this wheel. I'm hoping once they have been done one time it will much less work to maintain them. I've also looked into Zoop Seal which seals aluminum wheels
And these came in fri the BFG kdw 335/30/18
Next to some 315 toyo r888
Once I get each one finished and the tires mounted I'll post pics of each wheel and then once they are installed on the truck
My goal to is to polish them to a chrome like luster. If I'm not happy with that the centers will get anodized black and the lips will be polished. The center caps are blank and I will ge either GMC or Syclone engraved onto them to give a little factory appeal. Then they get BFG KDW rubber 335/30/18 for the back and 295/35/18 for the front
Here is what I'm starting with to give you some idea of the before
I went online to the vette, viper, and supra forums to see what these guys where using on there ccw wheels, to restore and maintain there wheels. Many different answers, I did get alot of positives about Diamond truck box polish found at Lowes for a rough polish and the Adams metal polish for the final stage polish.
So I disassembled each wheel and started with 1200 wet sand paper and worked my way to 1500 followed by 2000.
Once done with the sanding I started with a drill and a cloth ball and the diamond polish
Waiting on the Adams Polish to be here tues or wed but here is what they look like rubbed out with the Diamond Polish there a little bit a hazing that the Adams Polish will completely clear up
I have about 8 hrs in this wheel. I'm hoping once they have been done one time it will much less work to maintain them. I've also looked into Zoop Seal which seals aluminum wheels
And these came in fri the BFG kdw 335/30/18
Next to some 315 toyo r888
Once I get each one finished and the tires mounted I'll post pics of each wheel and then once they are installed on the truck
