Re: making teardrops shine again???

["Corey Muscavitz" <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>]

the way i did my teardrops:
    sand blasted them with black beauty, and made sure to get ALL the old
clear coat off.
    sanded with a random orbit sander, started with 80 grit, went to 100,
180, then i think 240.
    wet sanded with 600, 720, 800, 1000, 1500, and then finally with 2000.
    then heavy compound, med. compound, and light compound, witht a spin
buffer.
    Finally teflon polish.
    it took me about 6-7 hours per wheel, but when you're 15 and have a
whole summer off with no job or g/f to do you get kinda bored.

well that's my wheel story.
~corey
o88 16v
----- Original Message -----
From: Feenix <feenix@javanet.com>
To: Josh(MAD16v)Able <kpa@wizvax.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: making teardrops shine again???


> Josh(MAD16v)Able wrote:
> >
> > Ok my po had problems with the teardrops,,the rims are scratched and
> > scraped up pretty good. Is there anyway to make them look "new" or
atleast
> > better than they do now??
> > thanks
> > Iam the meaning of life
> >
> > (MAD)Josh
> > 87 16v seidl
>
>
> What I did to mine many years ago was to buff them. Yes, buff the wheels
> with coarse grit, then fine. Most of your scratchs will be taken care of
> here. Then I masked off the wheel so I could repaint the inner teardrop.
> I painted them tornado red. Then I re-clearcoated the whole wheel. When
> I was done they looked better than new. If anyone is interested I think
> I have some pics I could email them.
>
> Feenix
> 80 1.8
>
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