need help! noob here! polished lip scratch
07-23-14, 01:45 PM
#1
need help! noob here! polished lip scratch
EDIT: new problem!!! so i sanded everything down including the inside lip
this is how shiny the outside part is
but the inside part, i cant make it shiny why?
this is how shiny the outside part is
but the inside part, i cant make it shiny why?
Last edited by metaleckz; 07-27-14 at 01:36 AM.
07-27-14, 02:40 PM
#5
The Work VS-XX comes polished but has an "annodized clearcoat" on it that apparently no local wheel repair places in my area can replicate. You need to treat it as you treat your car paint. Can't sand it with anything rougher than 1000 grit or it'll be really tough to remove the scratches. I had to re-lip my front Work VS-XX to clear my calipers and the new lips didn't have the clearcoat on them. It's a PAIN keeping them clean and shiny while the original finish just requires regular cleaning to look new.
Here's how mine looks when I sand it. Got to do it once a month to keep it looking good. You can tell yours still has the clear from your sanding marks. Uncleared lips come out dull with almost no sanding marks.
After buffing it out.
Here's how mine looks when I sand it. Got to do it once a month to keep it looking good. You can tell yours still has the clear from your sanding marks. Uncleared lips come out dull with almost no sanding marks.
After buffing it out.
Last edited by chi123; 07-27-14 at 02:50 PM.
07-27-14, 08:04 PM
#6
The Work VS-XX comes polished but has an "annodized clearcoat" on it that apparently no local wheel repair places in my area can replicate. You need to treat it as you treat your car paint. Can't sand it with anything rougher than 1000 grit or it'll be really tough to remove the scratches. I had to re-lip my front Work VS-XX to clear my calipers and the new lips didn't have the clearcoat on them. It's a PAIN keeping them clean and shiny while the original finish just requires regular cleaning to look new.
Here's how mine looks when I sand it. Got to do it once a month to keep it looking good. You can tell yours still has the clear from your sanding marks. Uncleared lips come out dull with almost no sanding marks.
After buffing it out.
Here's how mine looks when I sand it. Got to do it once a month to keep it looking good. You can tell yours still has the clear from your sanding marks. Uncleared lips come out dull with almost no sanding marks.
After buffing it out.
07-27-14, 11:19 PM
#7
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/aut...and-after.html
If you're sanding, you really have to even them out.
the lip should look evenly hazed instead of seeing scratch marks (= deeper marks from sanding).
then after you polish them they'll look mirror finish.
If you want even more shine, you can use aircraft remover to literally peel off the clear coat, then polish.
Hard to maintain but better results.
make sure you cover the face of the wheel if using aircraft remover. Really strong stuff
If you're sanding, you really have to even them out.
the lip should look evenly hazed instead of seeing scratch marks (= deeper marks from sanding).
then after you polish them they'll look mirror finish.
If you want even more shine, you can use aircraft remover to literally peel off the clear coat, then polish.
Hard to maintain but better results.
make sure you cover the face of the wheel if using aircraft remover. Really strong stuff
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07-29-14, 10:46 PM
#15
Seeing how they look right now, I wouldn't even bother trying to fix them. Just have a wheel shop fix it since they have the right equipment to sand it, sand blast the faces, and powdercoat the faces. You'll be sanding for days just to get it to look like how it looked in the first picture with the light sanding marks.
But if you want to deal with it, you should really disassemble the wheels. Wetsand with 800, then 1000, then 1500, then 2000, and finally 3000 grit. You can skip 2000 or 3000 if you have a REALLY fast/good buffer but if you're using a drill or something, you need to go all the way to 3000 grit to get it looking good.
When you sand, wetsand and make sure dirt and stuff doesn't get caught in your sandpaper cause it'll scratch the lips. Keep sanding with each grit until you see little to no sanding marks. When you wipe it dry after wetsanding, it'll look like brushed aluminum. There's light sanding marks but it mainly looks very dull. I would guess you'll be sanding each wheel for about 3-5 hours lol.
But if you want to deal with it, you should really disassemble the wheels. Wetsand with 800, then 1000, then 1500, then 2000, and finally 3000 grit. You can skip 2000 or 3000 if you have a REALLY fast/good buffer but if you're using a drill or something, you need to go all the way to 3000 grit to get it looking good.
When you sand, wetsand and make sure dirt and stuff doesn't get caught in your sandpaper cause it'll scratch the lips. Keep sanding with each grit until you see little to no sanding marks. When you wipe it dry after wetsanding, it'll look like brushed aluminum. There's light sanding marks but it mainly looks very dull. I would guess you'll be sanding each wheel for about 3-5 hours lol.