fully polished zq8's

dimeboy · 08-21-2006, 06:51 AM

Has anyone removed the clear coat and completely polished their zq8's? the newer ones.. I'm thinking about doing it when I get mine, but I may just see if I can't do it to some swirls just to see how it turns out. hate to ruin some nice new zq8's for testing..

lodime · 08-21-2006, 08:00 AM

yeah somebodys already done it, and they looked really good, search for it I'm sure it'll come up

EvenFlow · 08-21-2006, 11:56 AM

Those are StaticDime02's wheels. It took him/us about 20 hours per wheel.

twelvam · 08-21-2006, 04:20 PM

damn, those things look nice...........

dimeboy · 08-21-2006, 05:22 PM

what did you use to get the clear off Evenflow? I was thinking about using aircraft paint remover to take off the silver and the clear, and then just polishing from there... also thinking of a possible chrome dip...

DfntPntbll · 08-22-2006, 11:33 AM

you could use the paint stripper from walmart,....

BlkS10Kid2002 · 08-22-2006, 01:37 PM

holy god those look good... makes me want to do them to mine... what kinda materials do u need to polish them?

GreatWhite00 · 08-22-2006, 01:43 PM

I want to do mine, but I'm too lazy.

EvenFlow · 08-22-2006, 03:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BlkS10Kid2002

holy god those look good... makes me want to do them to mine... what kinda materials do u need to polish them?

Sandpaper in varying grits and lots of forearm strength lol. Dimeboy and I have been talking in PM but for any others who wish to do this:

We used Aircraft Stripper that we found at wallyworld to take the clear and paint off. Use alot and this part is pretty easy. The area in between the spokes has alot of texture once the paint is gone, you have to sand and sand forever. Start with like 180 or something and just work your way into finer sandpaper. Wetsanding and all that fun goodness and the use polishing or buffing compound at the end. 20 hours per wheel by hand - fun stuff

dimeboy · 08-25-2006, 04:58 AM

wow.. I was looking around for different wheels that would look good polished, and check out what I found... If I can't buy these right from the guy selling them, I'm probably gonna buy the same ones and do the same to them... god they look nice..

PhatBoy · 08-26-2006, 12:03 PM

www.eastwood.com

These guys carry all kinds of polishing kits for everything. You can use a dremel or a high speed drill with some sanding bits, and what not.

Im going to do mine, but Im only polishing the spokes, the grey part will be satin black.

yell02sonoma · 08-26-2006, 01:43 PM

Screw that polishing by hand crap, I got a machine!

***SweetS10V8*** · 09-09-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by yell02sonoma

Screw that polishing by hand crap, I got a machine!

And you arent jumping at all the people wanting polished wheels, why??

StaticDime02 · 09-09-2006, 01:38 PM

Ah, I just saw this thread. DONT DO IT!!! It's a MISERABLE process.

Evenflow is correct on the process. But it sounds a helluva lot easier than it actually is. I gotta thank him for helping me through most of it.

96SSS10 · 09-21-2006, 11:11 AM

Wow...... this is very interesting.. So I have the older ZQ8 wheel's and I'm very interestested in doing this over the winter. Am I going to just end up destroying my wheels? I understand that its going to take hours and hours to do each one perfect but I feel it'd be worth it. I'd be doing it all by hand.. Should I do it?

DfntPntbll · 09-21-2006, 02:04 PM

I had looked at doing this with my swirlies,.. I opted out of it since it would be WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much work,..... that and I am lazy.

bmxbang · 09-21-2006, 02:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DfntPntbll

I had looked at doing this with my swirlies,.. I opted out of it since it would be WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much work,..... that and I am lazy.

ha swirlies would looks sweet like that !

jwl41085 · 09-21-2006, 04:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dimeboy

wow.. I was looking around for different wheels that would look good polished, and check out what I found... If I can't buy these right from the guy selling them, I'm probably gonna buy the same ones and do the same to them... god they look nice..

what are those off of, the zq8s like that have center caps not solid centers

mrshaft696 · 09-21-2006, 05:06 PM

ive done it on the old ZQ8's just took off all the clear coat with aircraft stripper, between the spokes on the new and old ones are painted grey, i would leave that unless you want hours of extra work. Just polish the face

nimbyfaygo · 09-21-2006, 09:44 PM

I did it to three of mine. I ended up deploying to Iraq before I got started on the last one. I had to be ghetto and take one off at the time and use the spare tire in its place.
Trust me its a lot of work, and takes a lot of time and patience.

08-21-2006, 06:51 AM	#1
dimeboy BMX JUNKIE Age: 22 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 707 Location: Angleton, TX User is: OffLine	fully polished zq8's Has anyone removed the clear coat and completely polished their zq8's? the newer ones.. I'm thinking about doing it when I get mine, but I may just see if I can't do it to some swirls just to see how it turns out. hate to ruin some nice new zq8's for testing..
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08-21-2006, 08:00 AM	#2
lodime ENLISTED Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 483 Location: Hubert, NC User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's yeah somebodys already done it, and they looked really good, search for it I'm sure it'll come up
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08-21-2006, 11:56 AM	#3
EvenFlow Fuckhead Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,849 Location: Staticville (East TN) User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Those are StaticDime02's wheels. It took him/us about 20 hours per wheel.
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08-21-2006, 04:20 PM	#4
twelvam under construction Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,871 Location: amarillo texas User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's damn, those things look nice...........
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08-21-2006, 05:22 PM	#5
dimeboy BMX JUNKIE Age: 22 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 707 Location: Angleton, TX User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's what did you use to get the clear off Evenflow? I was thinking about using aircraft paint remover to take off the silver and the clear, and then just polishing from there... also thinking of a possible chrome dip... Last edited by dimeboy : 08-21-2006 at 05:24 PM.
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08-22-2006, 11:33 AM	#6
DfntPntbll Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,062 Location: St. Auggie Dog, Florida User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's you could use the paint stripper from walmart,....
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08-22-2006, 01:37 PM	#7
BlkS10Kid2002 www.Barstoolsports.com Age: 25 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,790 Location: Central MA User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's holy god those look good... makes me want to do them to mine... what kinda materials do u need to polish them?
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08-22-2006, 01:43 PM	#8
GreatWhite00 I just cummed. Age: 25 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 17,473 Location: Mantua,OH User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's I want to do mine, but I'm too lazy.
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08-22-2006, 03:03 PM	#9
EvenFlow Fuckhead Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,849 Location: Staticville (East TN) User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Quote: Originally Posted by BlkS10Kid2002 holy god those look good... makes me want to do them to mine... what kinda materials do u need to polish them? Sandpaper in varying grits and lots of forearm strength lol. Dimeboy and I have been talking in PM but for any others who wish to do this: We used Aircraft Stripper that we found at wallyworld to take the clear and paint off. Use alot and this part is pretty easy. The area in between the spokes has alot of texture once the paint is gone, you have to sand and sand forever. Start with like 180 or something and just work your way into finer sandpaper. Wetsanding and all that fun goodness and the use polishing or buffing compound at the end. 20 hours per wheel by hand - fun stuff
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08-25-2006, 04:58 AM	#10
dimeboy BMX JUNKIE Age: 22 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 707 Location: Angleton, TX User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's wow.. I was looking around for different wheels that would look good polished, and check out what I found... If I can't buy these right from the guy selling them, I'm probably gonna buy the same ones and do the same to them... god they look nice..
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08-26-2006, 12:03 PM	#11
PhatBoy I cant win for loosing. Age: 26 Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,214 Location: Bogalusa, LA User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's www.eastwood.com These guys carry all kinds of polishing kits for everything. You can use a dremel or a high speed drill with some sanding bits, and what not. Im going to do mine, but Im only polishing the spokes, the grey part will be satin black.
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08-26-2006, 01:43 PM	#12
yell02sonoma Low & Yellow Age: 28 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,204 Location: Missouri User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Screw that polishing by hand crap, I got a machine!
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09-09-2006, 01:38 PM	#14
StaticDime02 Chyeah Age: 24 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,680 Location: Maryville / Cookeville, TN User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Ah, I just saw this thread. DONT DO IT!!! It's a MISERABLE process. Evenflow is correct on the process. But it sounds a helluva lot easier than it actually is. I gotta thank him for helping me through most of it. Last edited by StaticDime02 : 09-09-2006 at 01:39 PM.
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09-21-2006, 11:11 AM	#15
96SSS10 Winter Projects.... Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 139 Location: Youngstown, Oh User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Wow...... this is very interesting.. So I have the older ZQ8 wheel's and I'm very interestested in doing this over the winter. Am I going to just end up destroying my wheels? I understand that its going to take hours and hours to do each one perfect but I feel it'd be worth it. I'd be doing it all by hand.. Should I do it?
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DfntPntbll Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,062 Location: St. Auggie Dog, Florida User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's I had looked at doing this with my swirlies,.. I opted out of it since it would be WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much work,..... that and I am lazy.
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09-21-2006, 02:57 PM	#17
bmxbang Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,021 Location: Bluesprings, MO User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Quote: Originally Posted by DfntPntbll I had looked at doing this with my swirlies,.. I opted out of it since it would be WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much work,..... that and I am lazy. ha swirlies would looks sweet like that !
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09-21-2006, 04:51 PM	#18
jwl41085 that dude with the truck Age: 24 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 713 Location: walkersville maryland User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's Quote: Originally Posted by dimeboy wow.. I was looking around for different wheels that would look good polished, and check out what I found... If I can't buy these right from the guy selling them, I'm probably gonna buy the same ones and do the same to them... god they look nice.. what are those off of, the zq8s like that have center caps not solid centers
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09-21-2006, 05:06 PM	#19
mrshaft696 Primer Spots Age: 29 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,700 Location: Philadelphia, Pa User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's ive done it on the old ZQ8's just took off all the clear coat with aircraft stripper, between the spokes on the new and old ones are painted grey, i would leave that unless you want hours of extra work. Just polish the face
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09-21-2006, 09:44 PM	#20
nimbyfaygo Wanna Race? To the ground Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,404 Location: Columbia, TN User is: OffLine	Re: fully polished zq8's I did it to three of mine. I ended up deploying to Iraq before I got started on the last one. I had to be ghetto and take one off at the time and use the spare tire in its place. Trust me its a lot of work, and takes a lot of time and patience.
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