This past weekend I decided to polish the lip from my 19inch Volk te37. It was a PITA doing it, but I did it. First I try masking the area I didn't want paint to be remove, but the chemical ate threw the tape and took off paint where I didn't want it to. After several hours of sanding, I finally got it all smooth and ready to polish. After buffing and polishing, I have to mask off the lip so I can paint the center. I painted the center a little darker then what it was before. over all I think it came out good. I'm going to redo everything all over again in the near future with the tire being off so I could get every little spot I miss. what you guys think.








Before

After

 

not bad for spraypaint.

 

WOW that came out nice. Are you going to post this in the "How To" section?

 

Not bad but without a clear coat on those polished lips, they are a pain to clean and keep swirl free.

 

Great job. I don't know if I'd have the ***** to do that kinda job on some 3000 dollar rims, but not a bad job at all. Kudos!

 

+1, came out great for a DIY and with spraypaint.

 

nice job!

 

great job! please post a how-to!

 

Thanks for everbody positive reply. I will try to add this in they DIY forum.

 

looks good

 

I cringed when I saw they were Volks, but when I scrolled down there was relief. Great job.

 

nice and 1 of kind from what i've seen!

 

you have some guts to do that, but looks good

 

i thought you were gonna sell those rims. i guess you found another way from getting bored of them. nice job.

 

I was trying to trade it for a another set of rims that have a polish lip. I just didnt have the patien to wait for and offer and decided to polish the lip of the rim that i already have. Once i start stripping the paint off my rim i had 3 offer for a trade and to buy. i guess its OK. i got what i wanted.

 

Looks really good.

 

pretty nice..

 

wow nice job and very ballsy

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very nice man! talk about TE to LE conversion lol... you should clear coat it!

 

Nice job! Definitely looks better!