Riding in the rain

[He Man]

i guess this is an excuse to get POLISHED RIMS!!!! WOOO. now how the hell do i polish this without breaking an arm or an leg.

acctually, what color do you guys think this rim is of thise MH
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/attachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D9654%26d%3D1125354690&imgrefurl=http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D17887&h=669&w=750&sz=293&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=PV4ilRsePl87iM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dducati%2Brims%26start%3D21%26ndsp%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DgHO%26sa%3DN

[duc996]

Looks like silver to me,not glossy though.

[He Man]

you think it would look nice if i had a polished rim? or should i go for a color? No point in going black again.

[carlosbarrios]

And I though my white rims sucked.  At least when mine get dirty, everything ALWAYS comes right off...   sorry to hear, although polished rims will look awesome!  Good luck

[He Man]

MUAHHAAH, washed that shit off. GUNK orange engine cleaner.  but there are several large cracks of paint on my rim. :/
I did it by accient. was spraying my engine, and got bored so i tried to use it on my swingarm to get rido of the goo (and damn did it do a good job) and got over spray on my rim. Ended up working beautifully!

[Smiling End]

I just saw a TV commercial for Black Magic Titanium.  It's supposed to be wheel cleaner safe for all types/materials of wheels and supposed to clean off other gunk.  Anyone have any experience with it?

http://www.blackmagicshine.com/products.aspx/14/titanium

[prudolph]

clean it off some how , then wax the rim to make cleaning easier in the future.

[55Spy]

is the spotting raised or does it have any texture to it?

I don't really have any advice others haven't put out there, try the s100 tho I have had luck with it on gunk that was stubborn.

[c_rex]

If it were me I'd replace em with BSTs.  Oh wait... I did that.  Okay then if it were me I'd send them to Nate to have magic performed (a.k.a. paint).  Oh wait... I did that with my BSTs.  Well- I certainly wouldn't expect some snake oil sold on tv to fix it.  If new wheels or a Frosty Finish isn't in your future then try to strip and polish them yourself before having someone else do the same for big money.

[He Man]

If it were me I'd replace em with BSTs.  Oh wait... I did that.  Okay then if it were me I'd send them to Nate to have magic performed (a.k.a. paint).  Oh wait... I did that with my BSTs.  Well- I certainly wouldn't expect some snake oil sold on tv to fix it.  If new wheels or a Frosty Finish isn't in your future then try to strip and polish them yourself before having someone else do the same for big money.

Would a chemical strip remove all the paint? theres already several large cracks in the paint on the rear wheel. The only thing i have a problem with is, how would it look? I dont want shiny bling bling wheels.

[corey]

small note on simple green: extremely harmful to aluminum. be careful with that stuff.

[He Man]

small note on simple green: extremely harmful to aluminum. be careful with that stuff.

how?  I washed my seat cowl (bare alluminum, oxides in 2 hours after polishing) nothing happeend.

[MotoPsycho]

What about if you were to scotch brite the hell out of them to get that sweet satin finish and then powdercoat them clear to preserve the finish and protect it ? Seen it done with hot-rod wheels, liked it.

[He Man]

What about if you were to scotch brite the hell out of them to get that sweet satin finish and then powdercoat them clear to preserve the finish and protect it ? Seen it done with hot-rod wheels, liked it.

got a pic?

[MotoPsycho]

centerline autodrag wheels are made like that, I don't have pic