Matty's first 1st Gen

Hey guys heres the deal, i have a old 83, real nice car, the rims however, look like trash, oxidized, dirty s.o.b.'s, So i tried sanding them down, and all i got out of it was some really sore hands, and a quarter of one rim completed, so i got to thinking, there has got to be an easier way. So heres my idea, i'm gonna really polish the lip of the rim to almost chrome like brightness, and then just paint the 4 spokes black. I will probably do this tommorrow, and i'll post some after pics, but i was just wondering it anyone has done this, or thought about it, i'm not sure how it will look sine the spokes are pretty thick, but i guess we'll have to wait and see, any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys

Cheers, Matt

Winnipeg85GSL

I think that would be pretty cool, I love the llok of black/ polished lip on a 1st gen. Keep us updated..... with pics.

subgraphic

yeah! thought about doing the same thing. Please post those pics when your done-

scot

fatboy7

Polishing wheels is my favorite pastime

Actually, I've done three of my 4 wheels about half way (220 -320 grit or so up from 60, one up to 600 just to see how it's going to turn out) I plan on getting all the way to 2000, but like I'm sure you are (or are going to) expiriencing.... its a painfully slow process. Oh well, I started it, might as well finish

rustbucketrx7

iam thinkin about sandblasting mine then just clear coat them with out the black i did my bike rims like that and they look good

MyRxBad

I had an 84 with the +style wheels in which I took a wire brush (on a drill) to it instead of sanding it. once you've completed every wheel, go get a polishing wheel and some polishing compound (perferable start with a rougher polishing compound and then go to a finer compound). Then finish it up with a mirror glaze compound and you'll have a mirror finish when you are done. Took me about 2hrs per wheel.
When I get home I'll post some finished pics, and I might have some before pics somewhere.

85RX7GS

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I'm counting on you to post some pics

drippa

i got the same + rims i want do do somethin to them cause they are kinda "bleh" can't wait for the pics sounds like a great idea

onepointone

i was thinking about this, but in all black. im not to big on this, but this is idea, forgot whos car it came off of (sorry)

Winnipeg85GSL

I think that looks pretty good, I wonder if black would look better though.

coldy13

I'm doing that with a very dark gunmetal gray center and polished aluminum lip, except my wheels arent the stock ones I'm using dupli-color engine enamel for the paint, and mothers mag aluminum polish. I'm almost done with em now.
Here they are before I started. They really didn't look this good to start with though, lip was very dirty and were caked with brake dust from auto-x.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...postid=1144023

MyRxBad

I found the pics and scaled them down....


Here is a pic of the rims before they were touched....


Here are pics of the finished product...


Closer Shot...


Another...



There ya go...

Winnipeg85GSL

Wow, you did a very good job on those rims!

coldy13

Here's a pic of one, just finished. I might polish the lip a little more, but I don't know. I don't want it to be too shiney.

Rotor13B

^ Arn't those le rims?

rustbucketrx7

helll ya nice job on those stock rims

MyRxBad

coldy13: I like those rims the way they are (always wanted those for my non-SE 1st gen(s). Looks good as is. The only thing I might do is polish the outter lip on those.

rustbucketrx7 and Winnipeg85GSL: Thanks for the compliments. It made the car look a heck of lot nicer when I shined them up. Plus I felt like a had new rims on the 7 after that.

coldy13

I think mine might be '83 LE wheels. When I posted a pic of them on wheelspecs.com people thought they were Riken wheels. But when I was over at Denny's, he told me that BBS made them for the '83 LE. I think I trust Denny more than the people at Wheelspecs.com, since most of them only like new style wheels.

I have a problem with painting them. But I don't wanna hijack this thread at all with it, so I'll go make a new thread.

rotor vs. piston

Hey those rims are mine. I've been trying to post a full car shot of them, but the server says I've already have. ??? If anyone wants a full car shot PM me, or can someone post it for me?

RotorMotorDriver

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Use a program and "save as" a copy named as something else, then post that one .

~T.J.

coldy13

If it says you already have but it's too damn hard to find it works just to rename the pic then upload it.

82transam

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Not sure what those are, but they aren't 83 LE wheels. This is a LE wheel...

nimrodTT

They both look like 15" Enkeis.

rotor vs. piston

I had already tried to rename the pic.

Maguire

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Would you mind telling me what compound you used? Those look soo good, and i want to polish the lips on my wheels like that.