Polishing up wheels..Oh what fun...

[slyone]

Wow, after cleaning and wanting more, I figured I'd try the sanding & polishing technique which works very good. just alot of work..well kinda Of course after completing 1 side..what a daunting task. I have some Mothers aluminum wheel wax from the car, think I should use it? Kinda protest it...

[Mr. Sinister]

Looking good!!
I have the same wheels. I "polished" mine up with red Scotch-Brite.
Mine were pretty neglected, so I plan to paint them.

[mrbill5491]

Once I get some extra funds and get a spare rear rim, already have a front, gonna get them powdered coated. Then take the set off the bike and get them powdered coated as well. One set will be black, the other set not sure yet....lime green? LMAO...who knows. Oh yeah I'm going to do all the taping this time.

[wally]

I don't have the patience for that. I sent mine away to get polished.





Good luck! You have more patience than I do!

[Octain]

Polishing parts suck!!! One of my least favorite things to do on these ole bikes.
But it sure is rewarding.

[slyone]

Yea the other side went quicker! glad I did it, received new tire from UPS just as I finished, had it mounted up, now just waitin on the bearings... I went and got a couple reg.rear turn signals from CL for $30. to replace the large saddlebags for now. They're off a 82', they're plastic chrome will try to clean them up and mount them

[SVSooke]

Wheels I got with my 78 1000C looked like this to begin with.After stripping ,polishing and new paint:


I love polishing so much I got myself a dedicated 8" buffing motor and my grinder is a grinder again.
Yeah the signals off my 78 1000 where chromed plastic,got some close to stock looking one from PartsNMore that are metal.

[gsgeezer]

I had my wheels powder coated on my current GS, but I have a couple grinders and a number of bobs, too.

[Spikus]

My GS425 has spoked wheels with chromed spokes and rims. It has low miles, but the rims and spokes have light rust and pitting. I like the old school look of the spokers, but I hate chrome, and was wondering how much of a pain it would be to powdercoat both the rims and spokes. Wouldn't the chrome have to be stripped off first? I'm thinking they would probably need to be powdercoated assembled, otherwise the powdercoat would plug the spoke holes and threads.

Anyone have any experience or guidance here?

[mrbill5491]

My GS425 has spoked wheels with chromed spokes and rims. It has low miles, but the rims and spokes have light rust and pitting. I like the old school look of the spokers, but I hate chrome, and was wondering how much of a pain it would be to powdercoat both the rims and spokes. Wouldn't the chrome have to be stripped off first? I'm thinking they would probably need to be powdercoated assembled, otherwise the powdercoat would plug the spoke holes and threads.

Anyone have any experience or guidance here?

Gotta tape off anything you don't want powder coated.

[londonboards]

Wheel Polishing

This is how you do it if you are 6kprunner:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/117331514509031347188/posts/2wWGmXi34gr#117331514509031347188/posts/2wWGmXi34gr
see his thread here:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=188394

Greetings

[mrbill5491]

Nicely done..

[Mad Mark]

I don't have the patience for that. I sent mine away to get polished.





Good luck! You have more patience than I do!

wowzers! did they even come this polished from the factory?

[sedelen]

Those sure look beautiful.
Wonder how much work it will take to keep them that way?
I'm pretty certain that my wheels will never be polished, I still got the clear coat on them I do believe, I'm happy if I can just keep them clean.