Hey All

 

On my blue rolla i have the csx 13 inch chrome wheels - the previous owner didn't do jack to clean / maintain them, so they are grubby and very in need of some serious T.L.C.

 

How do i get mine up to the standad of Xany's Mags? (Xany - how did u do it?!)

 

any info !!

 

Teddy

Go get em sand blasted. If youve got the money get them polished as well!

No, don't get them sandblasted, alloy does not like getting sandblasted at all and you'll have a very hard time trying to polish them afterwards. Get them glass bead blasted, MUCH MUCH better...

 

*edit* depending on how bad they are, if they are scratched get some sandpaper of different grades (say 400, 800, 1000, 1500) and go over the mags with them, and then over with polish again. That's what I did with my jellybeans and I wasn't even very through with them at all. If it's just dirt get some turpentine or something, gets most things off.

I clean all mine with the el cheapo steel wool pot scubbers, with the soap impregnated into it, and a bucket of water. Its amazing how good they come up!!

i tried a buffing bit on the end of my dril, but that didnt go 2 plan...ive tried the sand paper, and i think ill have to be a little more tuff - what are u talking about when u say:

 

"Get them glass bead blasted"

 

whats this process, where would i get it done and how much for 5 mags?

 

Cheers

Teddy

It's like sand blasting, except they use little glass beads. It's gentler on the alloy (as alloy is fairly soft).

 

Read this thread, it might be of interest to you:

3 piece rim respray

hmmm, intresting - thanks for that.

first of all......my mags took me about 3 days to do all 4.......and after that my hands were rooted....

 

some mags have a clear coating on them to keep their shine......this is what mine had on them, although the coating had gone all yellow with age......i finally worked out after trying sandpaper and steelwool that using paint stripper worked.....that stuff is excellent......:D.....then i cut and polished them with a drill buff......and then after that used a product called "bright shine", it comes in a yellow tin and you can get it from supercheap....i wouldnt go past a product called "autosol metal polish" as well.

 

:D :) :)

Hmm yes mine have that clear coating too, which is also starting to yellow and crack here and there. I also have bright shine, it's pretty good stuff. Have also heard that Autosol is very good :D

I love autosol - i use it for everything from my mags to my exhaust tip to almost every metal part on my motorbike (not sure I'd wanna do my brake discs tho) :D

hahah

"nice brakes man"

"they're just for show"

 

:D

Just be a slack mofo like me and pay some poor bastard to do all the hard work and get them painted :D

hmmm, this little question has turned out to be a desent topic - hmmm, ill take a pic of the worst mag and every 1 can see what it looks like.