(Black on black) GS400 w/20" iForged VIP Fabulous (9 pictures; 798KB)
03-08-09, 02:34 PM
#31
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03-08-09, 10:11 PM
#39
You guys might enjoy these pictures. This was the progress of one of the wheels.
Before air-sanding the curb mark:
Overall dullness of the lip:
Air sanding has begun on half of the curb mark:
Almost done with the sanding:
Sanding with sandpaper (probably at 2000grit stage; don't remember):
Hand application of polish on inner; machine on outer part of lip. I could not get the polishing pad to maintain a good contact with the inner part of the lip:
Lip polishing is almost complete. About to start on wheel face:
Result of machine-applied Menzerna Intensive Polish, Final Polish II, Poorboy's Blackhole Glaze, and hand-applied cheap Meg's Gold Class wax:
Close-up:
All the pictures are straight off the camera. I was thinking about taking the wheels apart to get them 100% flawless. But that would have taken way more time. I am happy with how they turned out; without having to take them apart.
Before air-sanding the curb mark:
Overall dullness of the lip:
Air sanding has begun on half of the curb mark:
Almost done with the sanding:
Sanding with sandpaper (probably at 2000grit stage; don't remember):
Hand application of polish on inner; machine on outer part of lip. I could not get the polishing pad to maintain a good contact with the inner part of the lip:
Lip polishing is almost complete. About to start on wheel face:
Result of machine-applied Menzerna Intensive Polish, Final Polish II, Poorboy's Blackhole Glaze, and hand-applied cheap Meg's Gold Class wax:
Close-up:
All the pictures are straight off the camera. I was thinking about taking the wheels apart to get them 100% flawless. But that would have taken way more time. I am happy with how they turned out; without having to take them apart.
03-09-09, 02:49 AM
#43
You are correct. IForged wheels do not have clearcoat on the lips. That is both a pro and con. The pro is: no worries on the clearcoat failing (which happens a lot). The con is: oxidation. However, if you polish them once in awhile, they should be good. Takes only a few minutes. On all of my previous wheel sets, I have always removed the clearcoat and repolished; mainly due to failure.
