Last July I found a set of Porsche Turbo replica wheels on
http://www.cleaned.be
since then they have been on my car ever since, I just love them!!!
But since they are second hand and the previous owner didn't have very good parking skills they were a bit damaged...
Before the car got it's yearly MOT/ TUV/APK, I had changed my car back to wintermode.
So then it started to itch, why not make those rims the finishing touch on my car....
I removed the tyres (dunlop sp9000 225/40/18) had the wheels checked if they were still straight and not damaged to much.
After that I was ready to do some tests if the Aluminium was good enough to polish, I found out the hard way that sanding down the rims would be a very long, boring and hard job.
The paint wouldn't just come off the rim... Tried a few professional paint removal chemicals, nothing worked.
Contacted Rim Pimp Sixpack aka Peter Polijst, and he told me I could try an acid bath.
Brought them to a shop where they could put my rims in an acidbath.
after 7 days they were finished, and the result was rather clean, the only problem was that the front of the rim had very little dents every mm.
Here are a few pics off my progress, I'll keep you guys updated in the next few weeks/months