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Old 05-31-20, 05:06 PM
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Default Polishing some classic volk racing wheels

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found a set of 19 inch volk that were pretty beat up. Lips rashes paint spots on them and just neglect of a iconic wheel. I picked them up and decided it’s time to polish some new life into them. I repaired the curb rash and have gotten 2 polished out the best I can do a rookie. Faces are getting powder coating this week. Here’s some pics










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good work! love these two piece forged wheels from rays!
these are so underrated; if only people knew they were forged and better made than what all the stance people are using/claiming to be more expensive.

what car will they be going?
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USB rc350. Faces are going to be evo gray
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All do e



verything
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looks great!

what kind of TPMS brackets/adapters did you use for these wheels?
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hard work pays off, looks great!
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Wet sand them with 600 to 2000, then hand polish with mother's metal polish

Will look like a mirror
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Thanx guys


the adapters for tpms I found on eBay look for 90degree tpms valve adapter


i started with 400 on 3 of the wheels and had to start at 80 on 1 that was real bad.

i would recommend The mothers power cone it did a better job than the Home Depot polishing disk.
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