well I've only got 2 done... but my car looks awesome from the passenger side.

Specs on wheels: 19x8, 19x10 DTM Kreuz 7 (same as J lines). They are 2 piece forged wheels. I bought them used and was told they were recently refinished (black centers with a polished lip) but shortly after I got them the paint started to flake off in places. So I took advantage of my parent's garage yesterday and refinished 2 of the wheels. Used paint stripper to remove the black paint and primer, then sanded the wheels to create a brushed finish. I bought a polishing kit for the lips for use with a power drill. I think they came out great.

shot showing before and after

 

wow... how long did that take?

 

took about 2 hours per wheel... they still need some light work. I think I'm going to go over them with a higher grit sandpaper. However, about a half hour was spent watching TV waiting for the paint stripper.

 

Damn J, I think it looks alot better.

 

well that looks great. all your hard work paid off!

 

They look better w/o the black! Nice Job!

 

wow, nice work!

 

WOW! Look 10x better. Good job dude.

 

Thanks everyone. I am very happy with how they turned out... just not looking forward to re-doing the other two in my apt. I'm definitely digging the new look... they almost look similar (and I use that term very loosely) to the HRE 546's that I wish I could afford.

 

that ishh is tight man... good job on the polishing...

 

The look much better in silver.....you might want to invest in a dremel, they work wonders on everything!

 

wow they turned out really nice. props on the good work.

 

looks 100x better!

 

hey j what kind of polish kid did u use ?, i have some volks gt-7 and they r pretty scrach, i was wondering if theres a way of getting those scrathces out.

 

i bought a polishing kit off ebay for around $50. It consists of 3 different bars of rouge and assorted polishing attatchments for the drill. Works pretty well.

 

Wow wheels look much better. Nice rims I dont see those often....

 

Looks good! Not exactly a DYI I would try on a nice set of wheels though.

 

They needed to be refinished anyhow so I didn't have anything to lose. I did one at first figuring that if I severely messed it up I would just cough up the money to get them all refinished professionally and not have to waste my time refinishing the rest

 

looks VERY good!

 

is it just me or does the rotors look REALLY rusted...?