recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

[mike_c70]

Hi everyone!

Not sure where to ask this so I thought I'd ask here.

A friend of mine would like to get this stock OEM BMW wheels polished (not cleaning but getting that polished look) . Can any of you recommend someone that can do this? I would assume sandblasting is required. Do you know of a wheel repair shop that might do this or can anyone do this? The wheel in question is below:

http://crass.on.ru/bmw/wheels/TMP_wheel/bmw_wheel_149.jpg

I really appreciate your input. Thank you.

Regards,
Mike

P.S. Somewhere in the SouthBay (LA) area is preferred thanks.

[roushstage2]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

Best bet is to go to some wheel/tire and even performance shops that sell wheels/tires and ask around for someone who can strip a wheel and polish it. Up here in the Sac Area, there is a store that can send them out to a shop and have all sorts of things done.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

Sent out a few e-mails about this kind of service and got two recommendations for this company...

Mag Masters


Page 2 of their website has some pictures of their work but it's very apparent they don't know how to resize photos... too bad to as they look like they do some nice work, especially like the fire hydrant.

http://www.magmasters.com/Page_2.html

There's also a distorted picture of the old Meguiar's Tuner Race Car.

[jpitt1987]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

I was looking my houston240sx forums and guy wanted to the same thing, but instead of sending it off he did himself: he used different grit sandpaper and a mother's wheel polisher.

Are they two different ways of doing the same thing? Or is sending it off better?

[jpitt1987]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

Here is the link to what I was talking about:

http://www.houston240sx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23114

[mike_c70]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

Here is the link to what I was talking about:

http://www.houston240sx.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=23114

Wow! He did a nice job.

[mike_c70]

Re: recommendations regarding wheel polishing painted wheel

Sent out a few e-mails about this kind of service and got two recommendations for this company...

Mag Masters


Page 2 of their website has some pictures of their work but it's very apparent they don't know how to resize photos... too bad to as they look like they do some nice work, especially like the fire hydrant.

http://www.magmasters.com/Page_2.html

There's also a distorted picture of the old Meguiar's Tuner Race Car.

Thanks Mike! I'll give them a call.