Polished GEN6 SE wheels? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Zonsolo · 05-05-2009, 01:25 PM

Has anyone had theirs polished? I'm not into chrome (pealing/bling/weight), and have had many polished wheels over the years.

I like the look of gen6 OEM SE wheel, and won't need to upgrade size anytime soon (I drive my car into compressor stations - not very nice on wheels, and don't want to shell out $$ for 18s/19s when I drive a lot for company use).

I was thinking on having a set of SE wheels polished and cleared, then throw some spacers on (widest we can put on without new studs), and when time comes for new rubber throwing some wider tread on there.

Anyone have any pics of some polished SE's?

CTMike · 08-26-2009, 10:15 AM

Has anyone done this? Im interested in this as well. im gunna buy rims as well but might as well have my snow tires lookin good as well right?

***Yazovets*** · 08-26-2009, 10:57 AM

Aren't stock wheels already painted and polished? What do you mean?

CTMike · 08-26-2009, 11:48 AM

you sand the wheels down from coarse grit all the way down to like 3000 and then use aluminum polish to really make the wheels look polished

CamrySExxx · 08-26-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Yazovets

Aren't stock wheels already painted and polished? What do you mean?

http://www.teknotik.com/jdmrides/for...ghlight=polish

There's an idea / DIY. As for the DIY maybe it could come in useful here.
Everyone has different methods but this could help you guys out as a base I guess

workerant · 08-26-2009, 12:13 PM

^ nice but too much work for little gain.

CTMike · 08-26-2009, 08:46 PM

^agreed its a lot of work but i think i will end up doing it on my wheels to get them lookin nice and clean for now and keep my snow tires lookin good

CamrySExxx · 08-26-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TTM77

^ nice but too much work for little gain.

For sure. It's A LOT of work.

If I was planning on doing this mod ... I would put aside about 1-2 weeks per wheel. The last thing you want to do is to be all careful on the first wheel and make it look good. Then realize how much work it is then half ass the rest

CTMike · 08-26-2009, 08:53 PM

i think my brother and i are gunna start on this this weekend he thinks we can knock out a wheel each saturday and sunday have them done... i will be sure to take some pics

CamrySExxx · 08-26-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CTMike

i think my brother and i are gunna start on this this weekend he thinks we can knock out a wheel each saturday and sunday have them done... i will be sure to take some pics

Yeah a helping hand is always good.
Take lots of pics of the work! better yet try to make a write up.

CTMike · 08-26-2009, 09:06 PM

yeah i will do my best for a write up... my brother seems to think that 8 hours a wheel is more than enough time per wheel but i will be sure to let you all know how long it really takes.

Pawel062 · 08-26-2009, 09:43 PM

for those who want a idea of how the finished product will look then it comes out pretty close to the finish on my tsws. it's not exact but i seen someone who did this on their integra and they looked real good. i think this is a good idea and if i ever feel like it then i'll do it to my winter 16s

GT-R · 08-26-2009, 10:23 PM

I'm gonna polish my HR5 too.

Pawel062 · 08-26-2009, 10:39 PM

idk if you need to cousin. aren't they already polished with black on inside of spokes. mine are polished aka mirror cut finish with gunmetal on inside. reminds me... i need to clean my car asap. it's extremely dirty from all the rain.

GT-R · 08-26-2009, 10:49 PM

I gotta wash mine too, I got 2-tone color already. lol