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Refurbished my Wald D23 Wheels.

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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:26 PM
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Default Refurbished my Wald D23 Wheels. (new pics on pag2)

So what do you guys think??







Tomorrow i'll be putting them on the car.

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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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Great work! Looks fantastic.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Looks good to me....
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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Enlighten us on your refurbishing process
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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Damn those look NICE!! I personally would have painted the centers silver and machine cut the surface but thats just me. But man those came out fantastic!
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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what's are the old specs and new specs
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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^ New specs are Shiney old specs was dirty? I think dude only refinished them. That's what it looks like to me.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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good job man. any details on how you did it?
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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^ New specs are Shiney old specs was dirty? I think dude only refinished them. That's what it looks like to me.
can't be old don't have lips the new ones do
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by handoverfi
can't be old don't have lips the new ones do

The wheel specs are the same. The first photo is just the face pulled out of the barrel so it looks like theres no lip
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 06:00 PM
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looks awsome..i got the same wheels but without shiney faces
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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Looks very nice. Clean and simple
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 09:23 PM
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Did you sand and polish or dipped in chrome?
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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Thanks for the compliments. The wheels have the same specs as before but the centers have been sandblasted and been in a machine that sealed the surface in different steps with plastic cones and they very in size.

Here is a picture of the process.




I don't know how it's called but it's not chromed or polished.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 03:32 PM
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NICEEE, new shoes fo the summa!
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