[urq] Re: DIY aluminum wheels refinishing

[Kevin D. Caldwell]

I've got full polished Kinesis K28's on my Audi and they look like crap now. 
I am considering having them anodized.
Kevin D. Caldwell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike LaRosa" <mrmotoguzzi00 at yahoo.com>
To: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>; 
<Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: 04 May, 2005 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: DIY aluminum wheels refinishing


> i've had good luck with those using a scothbrite pad
> and mothers metal polish and a buffer...  major manual
> labor, but the more you put in the more shine ya
> get....
>
> mike,
>
> --- Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
>>
>> On May 4, 2005, at 3:37 PM,
>> Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
>> wrote:
>> > 3b- How, why and where can I have the wheels
>> "anodized" ?
>> >
>>
>> This says it better than I ever could:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing
>>
>> Stock rims such as the BBS's on V8's and 200q20vs
>> have a machined
>> lip, which gives them a classy silver look, without
>> the chrome bling-
>> bling look.  If you look very closely, you'll see
>> the surface is a
>> ridged.  It is clearcoated to prevent oxidation, and
>> the clearcoat is
>> what breaks down on many of them, and then the
>> aluminum corrodes or
>> reacts with road salt, brake pad dust, etc.
>>
>> If you want to see how pretty some machined surfaces
>> can be, look at
>> HRE or Kinesis wheels.  Mmm, tasty (they'd better
>> be, given the price!)
>>
>> Brett
>> -- 
>> "They that give up essential liberty to obtain
>> temporary
>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben
>> Franklin
>> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
>>
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