Anyone ever polished their ponies before?

[Nottoofast50]

Has anyone polished their aluminum pony rims before? The clearcoat is chipping off mine and i was thinking of doing this i have a lot of free time on my hands right now...

 

[jpctln]

I'm not sure what they'd do about the centercap, but I've seen several people who have painted them and polished just the lip.

 

[mattkimsey]

I did one wheel, it took a long time so I just quit.....looked pretty good though.

 

[mattkimsey]

Most people use the chrome center caps...it doesn't match though.

 

[Nottoofast50]

How long did it take you for one?

 

[Nottoofast50]

Also anyone have any sites that have detailed instructions on how to do it?

 

[mattkimsey]

I dont really remember, but I know I worked on it for 3 or 4 days probably 2 hours a day.

 

[ALMOST STOCK]

Also anyone have any sites that have detailed instructions on how to do it?

To polish aluminum you can go here http://www.leemotorsports.com/almoststock/
or here
http://darkside351.tr****.com/mustang50world/id19.html

But for wheels I wouldn't start with any courser grit sandpaper than 400.
Depending on how bay the wheels are you might just be able to use the Tripoli and White Rouge to bring them back. But Aircraft paint stripper will remove the clear coat.

 

[Paul Perreca]

he wants to remove the clear coat, he wants to go to bare aluminum - and polish that - so theyd hence be polished alum and the centercap is gonna be trouble lol good luck

 

[Greenfive-oh8]

i polished the lip on my ponies, took 5 days total to strip paint (just off lip)((boring part)), wetsand the lip to get those tiny machine'ing ridges out(hard part), polish the lip , wetsand the rest, and finally spray, it was fun, it was a big accomplishment since im only 16, although i cant help you with your center caps, i keep mine off,

heres a pic of my ponies, someone post it for me
My polished lip ponies
by the way my lip looks more "chromier" now than when i took that pic, idk why, o and some advice, the more time you spend polishing the better it will look

 

[seijirou]

Looks good. You should get some chrome center caps. And have the wheels re-balanced with stick-on weights instead of the lip weights for a cleaner look.

 

[Nottoofast50]

what do you spray with? paint?

 

[Greenfive-oh8]

what do you spray with? paint?

my dad used his gun to spray and i'm not sure what brand model it is,for paint i used dupont imron, its supposed to be the toughest ***** out there