JSwan Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hey all, just got my wheels done and visited the shop to take a look before they mounted them and found they didn't follow my direction to polish the lips and the face. instead, he machined the face (tiny grooves). if my car was black or red, i would have left them there to redo the faces to a polished look because i think they pop better on those two colors. however, since my car is white, i thought i might be able to pull the machined face and polished lips off fairly well so i took one wheel home to get an idea on which way to go. should be some photos here below to take a look. let me know how you all are polishing your wheels out and what are your likes/dislikes? opinions welcome thanks, jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexNYC Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 they do look like they did a good job. but yeah maybe not good on white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlrichWolf Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I rather like it. I have a feeling it will look quite good with your white car. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 i say mount your tires and roll the only thing about polished wheels that i guess would be a dislike is to keep them nice you have to stay on them, if it's not a DD then it's easy to do. how ya been mang? you going to branson in 7 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turborusty Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I think it'll look great! But if I were you, I'd insist on a good discount, considering you did not get the service you requested. Turborusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Venable Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I like them, because they're different. They do look good as well, I'd say mount the tires, and roll'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer030201 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 SWANNNNYYYYYYYYYYYY where have you been ?!?!?!?!?!?! and yea not on white imo...im surprised you guys didn't try it yourselves first... Muzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Looks good to me!I agree, throw them on and roll A shiny lip is the most important part anyways. Hit the lip with some quality wax and it won't need maintained nearly as often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 HEYYY SWANNY haha Looks good dude, run 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jszucs Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I like them but would want a higher quality polish on the faces and lips (but I guess that depends on how they were starting out and what your paying) Might be the pic to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patra_is_here Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 how did a shop confuse "polish" with "machine" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 The machine marks were there from Mitsubishi. They need to be sanded out to get rid of them, to me, it looks like they just polished them as is without taking out the machine lines. Anyway, the rims suck to polish, and yours don't look too bad, so I'd probably roll them, but if you decide you want more, here's a chapter from my online body repair and paint manual that tells start to finish how to repair and piolish your wheels.... chapter 16 Wheel Polishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I like the machined/ polished lip look. I'd keep them, but then again I'm lazy and wouldn't/ never have polished spokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I like the machined/ polished lip look. I'd keep them, but then again I'm lazy and wouldn't/ never have polished spokes. Haha, that's why I like black centers/polished lip. The lips polish up WAY easier than the centers, and the black paint kinda hides the machining marks. To fully polish a set of wheels can take me a couple of days, but I can strip a set of wheels, polish the lips, spray the centers black, and have the wheels back on the car in a saturday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig87 Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I hope you didnt yell at them for you not knowing what your talking about. I'm suprised to see others jump on the bandwagon. They did polish the face mitsubish machined the face. two toned looks better in my opinion and is much easier on the sander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 wow, amazing how many of my buds responded to this and most of you have actually seen the car and what the wheels looked like b/f. i feel like we are all in Branson again. UlrichWolf, i figured you'd be one of the first to respond so i didn't call your right out of the gate, i will give you a buzz later this week. Intercooled Flatty, i'm doin fine..its been a bit busy for me with the new baby and i had't checked the meet planner so this is the first time i heard of the second comming...its a bit early in the year but don't rule me out, i will talk to the co-pilot K.Swan. D. Venable, Muzz and Bmeyers, whats a good post without you fellas chiming in, thanks? You guys going back to Branson this year? swan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I think it'll look great! But if I were you, I'd insist on a good discount, considering you did not get the service you requested. Turborusty we should shop together.. discount comming if i keep'em this way, which is likely. thanks for your take T. jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Looks good to me!I agree, throw them on and roll A shiny lip is the most important part anyways. Hit the lip with some quality wax and it won't need maintained nearly as often cool idea on the wax... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I'd still paint the inset portions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I like them but would want a higher quality polish on the faces and lips (but I guess that depends on how they were starting out and what your paying) Might be the pic to. its the pics that don't do the lips justice, the polishing is outstanding i feel. i'm afraid to brush the dust off them for fear of leaving the first scratches. as for the history, the wheels started off with curb rash, dings and corrosion but they were were not bent so had promise. They are SHP rims. The shop acutally cut the lips down and made repairs on the wheels as the first step. he then polished the lips out i believe, which actually polished the faces about 35-50% during the process he said. after that is where he stumbled with the directions because he was almost finished if he had just finished polishing out the faces as we discussed in the begining. instead, he put the wheels back on the lath and machined the faces to match the factory finish that he recalled from mine and others he did in the past many years ago. his machined grooves are a little deeper than the factory finish i will add but they reflect light well. last thing he did i think was paint the centers with a slightly darker metalic silver coating than stock. but i think i like them because there are now 3 tones in the wheel that give it depth on this white car where all chrome might seem bleached out. $135/each was the quote but that is now off the table if i don't request redoing the faces, which he will need to basically start over. Jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlrichWolf Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 UlrichWolf, i figured you'd be one of the first to respond so i didn't call your right out of the gate, i will give you a buzz later this week. Do that. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 The machine marks were there from Mitsubishi. They need to be sanded out to get rid of them, to me, it looks like they just polished them as is without taking out the machine lines. Anyway, the rims suck to polish, and yours don't look too bad, so I'd probably roll them, but if you decide you want more, here's a chapter from my online body repair and paint manual that tells start to finish how to repair and piolish your wheels.... chapter 16 Wheel Polishing thanks for chiming in Burton, appreciate it. i know the machined marks were there as original, the clear coat on the wheel can hide it fairly well though. as for my wheel, he sanded out the faces and then recut them so they are slightly deep than the factory now. they zip when you take your finger nail down accross the cuts now. jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I hope you didnt yell at them for you not knowing what your talking about. I'm suprised to see others jump on the bandwagon. They did polish the face mitsubish machined the face. two toned looks better in my opinion and is much easier on the sander. i know the faces are machined from factory, i wanted them polished out. i actually felt sorry for him because he runs his business from 9-5 every day and spent the last two months doing my wheels himself after hours since his regular guy was in a bad car accident and can't return to work... we talked about my wheels and i dropped them off before x-mas. when i went to pick them up, we disagreed about how the faces were to be finished and he knew i wasn't too jazzed. meanwhile, he had a full house of customers up front and him and i were in the back looking at the wheels and he went to get one of my tires to mount it and wouldn't you know my wife calls to discuss god knows what. i spent probably 10 minutes listening to the woman bable about nothing and then looked out of the corner of my eyes and saw him still waiting for me to get off the phone instead of jumping back up front to deal with the mob while i was on the phone. i hung up on the wife and let the man speak. he pulls out his quote notes and hangs his head down and said "you were right, its here on the notes to polish the faces...i just did it like i remember doing some in the past and forgot how you requsted them...i actually did more work than i needed the way i did it here..." in my mind, this is all pretty good customer service on the back end of things. he offered to let me take one wheel home to decide what i wanted to do and we discussed discounting from the quote if i decide to keep them... anyway, thanks for chiming in. jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSwan Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I'd still paint the inset portions. painted inset portion for sure either way. color: silver/gray/metalic as they sit now. Mike, i would have had you do these wheels but they were bent up pretty bad remember? you would have hated me after it i just know it.....lol jswan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I won't be making Branson this year, hopefully next year though. My car should be a very solid runner by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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