Paying to have wheels polished?

AlpineFX · 05-05-2005, 03:22 PM

I'm looking to have my billet wheels professionally cleaned and polished. Has anyone ever had this done? If so, were they able to get some of the small pits and deeper scratches out? And what is a good price for them to ask which isn't too high. I was quoted 50 a wheel at the cheapest place, where all the others were 125 - 225 a wheel.

Tom.

2kS10 · 05-05-2005, 03:35 PM

if i still had my boyds i would of payed anything for someone else to polish them.

05-05-2005, 04:08 PM

cleaning rims is a bitch & I dont even have billet

dcblaze · 05-05-2005, 05:25 PM

only thing that sucks is that after you pay him to clean your wheels they'll be dirty agian in a week

cleaning and polishing billets sucks. i have only had mine for two weeks and i'm already hating cleaning them

96blazer · 05-06-2005, 12:31 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dcblaze

only thing that sucks is that after you pay him to clean your wheels they'll be dirty agian in a week cleaning and polishing billets sucks. i have only had mine for two weeks and i'm already hating cleaning them

They'l get dirty again just like every rim gets dirty. If you polish them out, the shine will last for a decnt amount of time, just clean off the dirt.

96blazer · 05-06-2005, 12:35 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by AlpineFX

I'm looking to have my billet wheels professionally cleaned and polished. Has anyone ever had this done? If so, were they able to get some of the small pits and deeper scratches out? And what is a good price for them to ask which isn't too high. I was quoted 50 a wheel at the cheapest place, where all the others were 125 - 225 a wheel.

Tom.

I've had bent rims repaired. They repolish them in the proccess. Small pits and scratches will get removed.

As for prices, I know www.performanceplustire.com out here in Long Beach charges $170 to fully do a set of four. If your bring them in without tires, it's $30 a rim. I was just there last Saturday.

I've heard other other places charging $100+ a rim too. Fock them.

AlpineFX · 05-06-2005, 05:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 96blazer

I've had bent rims repaired. They repolish them in the proccess. Small pits and scratches will get removed.

As for prices, I know www.performanceplustire.com out here in Long Beach charges $170 to fully do a set of four. If your bring them in without tires, it's $30 a rim. I was just there last Saturday.

I've heard other other places charging $100+ a rim too. Fock them.

damn 170 for a set, that's not bad at all. Do you remember around what they charge to repair a bent one? The place wanted 125 to straighten and repolish it. My wheels are nice right now, it's just the small things that bug me about them, if I could get them worked out, I'd be happy. (Dirt where the hoop meets the spokes) I'd deff. run a sealer on them now that I know more about keeping them clean.

96blazer · 05-06-2005, 07:43 PM

A repair was about $75

lowriderbowtie · 05-06-2005, 10:00 PM

i love polishing my wheels! ever since i got the powerball it takes me 15 mins to do them all, and they look smokin!! not a scratch, just like mirrors

AlpineFX · 05-07-2005, 03:22 AM

I've used the powerball. To me, it soils too quickly and I feel the money could be better spent using polishing bits.

scott750 · 05-07-2005, 06:05 AM

Whats the power ball you guys are talking about? Is that a bit you can attach to a drill? I was going to have my rims sent back to Intro. They were charging $85-100/wheel but I'd have to pay for shipping both ways. Another product that seemed to delay when I had to repolish my wheels was the Zoops selaer. Took almost a year of normal driving before the wheels started to dull. I'm just about to get down and dirty and repolish the wheels and rea pply another coat of the zoops. Its supposed to last for 3 years. My billet bowtie is nice and shiny still. Must not do good with all the heat cycles from the brakes.

zY · 05-07-2005, 06:40 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by scott750

Whats the power ball you guys are talking about?

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f74/mothers-powerball-166450/

lowriderbowtie · 05-07-2005, 11:29 AM

i polish my wheels once a week weather they need them or not....and i only paid $20 for the powerball, and 20 bucks if **** all IMO

KCJester07 · 05-07-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by scott750

Whats the power ball you guys are talking about?

...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ...

lowriderbowtie · 05-07-2005, 11:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by KCJester07

...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ...

idiot

mrshaft696 · 05-08-2005, 12:05 AM

Haha anyway, I polished my wheels by hand, so I will probably pay in the future to have them repolished just because it was so time consuming and difficult. I can do a wheel in like 6hrs now, from stripping the clear coat, sanding the machined grooves, and polishing it up. But I can sand them down anytime if there is a scratch and buff it out, but they are very difficuly to care for, alot of buffing, still worth it

scott750 · 05-11-2005, 11:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by KCJester07

...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ...

No...really?

05-05-2005, 03:22 PM	#1
AlpineFX Laid. Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 454 Location: Cali User is: OffLine	Paying to have wheels polished? I'm looking to have my billet wheels professionally cleaned and polished. Has anyone ever had this done? If so, were they able to get some of the small pits and deeper scratches out? And what is a good price for them to ask which isn't too high. I was quoted 50 a wheel at the cheapest place, where all the others were 125 - 225 a wheel. Tom.
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05-05-2005, 03:35 PM	#2
2kS10 i <3 my truck Age: 27 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,455 Location: JN,dleifnialP htuoS User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? if i still had my boyds i would of payed anything for someone else to polish them.
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05-05-2005, 04:08 PM	#3
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05-05-2005, 05:25 PM	#4
dcblaze Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 308 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? only thing that sucks is that after you pay him to clean your wheels they'll be dirty agian in a week cleaning and polishing billets sucks. i have only had mine for two weeks and i'm already hating cleaning them
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05-06-2005, 12:31 AM	#5
96blazer """"""""""""""""""""""""" Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 28,374 Location: ? User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by dcblaze only thing that sucks is that after you pay him to clean your wheels they'll be dirty agian in a week cleaning and polishing billets sucks. i have only had mine for two weeks and i'm already hating cleaning them They'l get dirty again just like every rim gets dirty. If you polish them out, the shine will last for a decnt amount of time, just clean off the dirt.
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05-06-2005, 12:35 AM	#6
96blazer """"""""""""""""""""""""" Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 28,374 Location: ? User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by AlpineFX I'm looking to have my billet wheels professionally cleaned and polished. Has anyone ever had this done? If so, were they able to get some of the small pits and deeper scratches out? And what is a good price for them to ask which isn't too high. I was quoted 50 a wheel at the cheapest place, where all the others were 125 - 225 a wheel. Tom. I've had bent rims repaired. They repolish them in the proccess. Small pits and scratches will get removed. As for prices, I know www.performanceplustire.com out here in Long Beach charges $170 to fully do a set of four. If your bring them in without tires, it's $30 a rim. I was just there last Saturday. I've heard other other places charging $100+ a rim too. Fock them.
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05-06-2005, 05:41 AM	#7
AlpineFX Laid. Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 454 Location: Cali User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by 96blazer I've had bent rims repaired. They repolish them in the proccess. Small pits and scratches will get removed. As for prices, I know www.performanceplustire.com out here in Long Beach charges $170 to fully do a set of four. If your bring them in without tires, it's $30 a rim. I was just there last Saturday. I've heard other other places charging $100+ a rim too. Fock them. damn 170 for a set, that's not bad at all. Do you remember around what they charge to repair a bent one? The place wanted 125 to straighten and repolish it. My wheels are nice right now, it's just the small things that bug me about them, if I could get them worked out, I'd be happy. (Dirt where the hoop meets the spokes) I'd deff. run a sealer on them now that I know more about keeping them clean.
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05-06-2005, 07:43 PM	#8
96blazer """"""""""""""""""""""""" Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 28,374 Location: ? User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? A repair was about $75
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05-06-2005, 10:00 PM	#9
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? i love polishing my wheels! ever since i got the powerball it takes me 15 mins to do them all, and they look smokin!! not a scratch, just like mirrors
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05-07-2005, 03:22 AM	#10
AlpineFX Laid. Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 454 Location: Cali User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? I've used the powerball. To me, it soils too quickly and I feel the money could be better spent using polishing bits.
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05-07-2005, 06:05 AM	#11
scott750 Registered User Age: 31 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,917 Location: Austin, TX User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Whats the power ball you guys are talking about? Is that a bit you can attach to a drill? I was going to have my rims sent back to Intro. They were charging $85-100/wheel but I'd have to pay for shipping both ways. Another product that seemed to delay when I had to repolish my wheels was the Zoops selaer. Took almost a year of normal driving before the wheels started to dull. I'm just about to get down and dirty and repolish the wheels and rea pply another coat of the zoops. Its supposed to last for 3 years. My billet bowtie is nice and shiny still. Must not do good with all the heat cycles from the brakes.
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05-07-2005, 06:40 AM	#12
zY Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 13,623 Location: MS User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by scott750 Whats the power ball you guys are talking about? http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f74/mothers-powerball-166450/
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05-07-2005, 11:29 AM	#13
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? i polish my wheels once a week weather they need them or not....and i only paid $20 for the powerball, and 20 bucks if **** all IMO
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05-07-2005, 04:35 PM	#14
KCJester07 Big Daddy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Kansas City, MO User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by scott750 Whats the power ball you guys are talking about? ...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ...
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05-07-2005, 11:39 PM	#15
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by KCJester07 ...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ... idiot
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05-08-2005, 12:05 AM	#16
mrshaft696 Primer Spots Age: 29 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,700 Location: Philadelphia, Pa User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Haha anyway, I polished my wheels by hand, so I will probably pay in the future to have them repolished just because it was so time consuming and difficult. I can do a wheel in like 6hrs now, from stripping the clear coat, sanding the machined grooves, and polishing it up. But I can sand them down anytime if there is a scratch and buff it out, but they are very difficuly to care for, alot of buffing, still worth it
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05-11-2005, 11:46 PM	#17
scott750 Registered User Age: 31 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,917 Location: Austin, TX User is: OffLine	Re: Paying to have wheels polished? Quote: Originally Posted by KCJester07 ...Every wednesday and saturday they have a drawing of 5 numbers and a 'bonus' number. If you match all five numbers you get $100,000 if you get all the numbers right, you get the jackpot which is usually over 25 million. With that kind of money, you can hire people to polish your wheels. I think that's what we are talking about ... No...really?
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