How would you refinish your alloys?

[lilcraigford]

This is a poll/opinion thing. I'm going to refinish a set of our extra alloys, the OEM 94'-95' Sawtooh Alloys. I've got three results in mind:

1: Fully Polished (bead blasted and then a shitpot of wetsanding then polishing)
2: Restored (bead blasted and cleared either matte or gloss)
3: Painted (bead blasted, painted a shade of silver, and then probably cleared for the bling factor)

[Anonymous]

FULLY POLISHED BLING BLING WHEELZ!!! [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif[/img]

[rattle star galactica]

painted black or dark grey. i like dark colors for wheels.
what color is your car?

[scooter]

I had my '94-'95 Saw Tooths painted black.


I would go w/ a Flat Black! They would be HOT!

[Anonymous]

I'm keeping the face of mine polished and painting the inserts a graphite color. That right there looks hawt.

[lilcraigford]

Haha. No flat black on this car. Its Maroon. My choices are all subtle changes to a normal OEM wheel. Although I suppose flat black alloys could pass as steelies in the sleeper department [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif[/img]

[linefire]

just don't wask them for a year and tell everyone they are custom carbon finished

[lilcraigford]

As of now I am leaning toward going bead blasted with a gloss clearcoat, all for the sake of maitnence. A "raw" polished finish seems like a bitch to keep fresh.

[andy_wh2000]

if you take your time on the polishing to a near perfect finish it can last a fair amount of time between polishing. water will beed rather than stick and water spot the whole thing. I finished my polished rims about 2 weeks ago and they turned out amazing.

[scooter]

Looks Good Andy!!

[lilcraigford]

Wow... I think you may have changed my mind Andy! [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/shock.gif[/img] What to give a run-down on your process?

[dream36realms]

painted white, FTW