# Wheel Restoration
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [August 19, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321 "2009-08-19T08:14:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/1 "2009-08-19T08:14:24Z")
I finally found and purchased a set of wheels I’ve been looking for, for quite some time.
The only problem is that they are a little oxidized and a little pitted. Now I know I’m going to have to take many steps in sanding them down to get them back smooth, but I was just curious if you guys have any tips.
I’m not sure on what type of products to use or where to even buy them.
I also will be needing new nuts and bolts to hold the wheels together, and was wondering if anyone sell anodized sets.
Any tips or suggestions? Here is the worse areas on the set of wheels. The rear are deffinity the worse.
Rears
Fronts
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/2 "2009-08-19T09:20:32Z")
i did my bros wheels awhile back when his ccw’s got quite a few pits in them. the only success i had was wetsanding them first then proceed to buff your ass off after. but i have to admit they looked better than they did before brand new.
edit: i started out with wetsanding from 1000 all the way up to 2000. then buffed my arse off with mothers mag aluminum polish. that powerball they make really works wonders too, i was impressed
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### Author:  [@yunvme666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yunvme666)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/3 "2009-08-19T09:23:48Z")
rubbing compound will get alot of that off, then buff it to get any scratchs out…
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### Author:  [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/4 "2009-08-19T14:03:59Z")
wet sanding intill you have no finger prints left.
I went 320 ( BAD spots )
600
1000
1500
and mothers power ball mini with mag polish
I don’t have any before pictures
After
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/5 "2009-08-19T17:06:30Z")
jesus those CCW’s are beat
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### Author:  [@Superium](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Superium)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/6 "2009-08-19T18:25:38Z")
They look clearcoated to me which sucks if they are. If thats the case your better off getting them soda/sandblasted so you can start fresh or just fork out the cash to have them professionally restored. Took me 10-15hrs. each wheel to restore my 2 sets.
For the bolts, either order them from ccw or online. From the pics they just like cheap ass generic hardware tho so you could probably get something identical from hectors.
Heres a few before/after of the one set I did.
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/7 "2009-08-19T18:42:42Z")
Are those Classics? If so just call John, he offers refinishing at an extremely reasonable price. Or, honestly, last time I redid a set of mine I just spent many hours drinking beer with brent\_strong and some mothers compound polishing them out.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/8 "2009-08-20T07:08:47Z")
They are actually a set of Kodiaks
18x10.5 fronts 18x12.5 rears. 🙂
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### Author:  [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/9 "2009-08-20T13:18:00Z")
wow nice buy on wheels…i havent seen a set of those around at all
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/10 "2009-08-20T13:41:16Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Are those Classics? If so just call John, he offers refinishing at an extremely reasonable price. Or, honestly, last time I redid a set of mine I just spent many hours drinking beer with brent\_strong and some mothers compound polishing them out.
Nice job. I need to do this to my Magnum 500’s, they’re pitted and actually have some rust spots in the crevices. :meh: Any tips for chrome?
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/11 "2009-08-20T14:10:11Z")
> [@baseball24](#):
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> wow nice buy on wheels…i havent seen a set of those around at all
They are pretty rare, especially rare to find in a size and offset that I want.
> [@TrueBlue](#):
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> Nice job. I need to do this to my Magnum 500’s, they’re pitted and actually have some rust spots in the crevices. :meh: Any tips for chrome?
I’ve used steel wool lightly to clean up rust on chrome rims before. My uncle had some acid based wash that really cleaned up chrome but I’m not sure what it was.
I’m thinking about sanding these and having them anodized black. What do you guys think about that? Should I just keep them polished? Humm
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### Author:  [@Mr.Twinkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr.Twinkie)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/12 "2009-08-20T14:46:58Z")
Good thread! I got some chrome wheels that are slightly pitted and oxidized as well and have been trying to decide what to do about it :feck:
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/13 "2009-08-21T08:19:08Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> I’ve used steel wool lightly to clean up rust on chrome rims before. My uncle had some acid based wash that really cleaned up chrome but I’m not sure what it was.
I’ll have to look into that. The rust is in deep on some of the crevices and you can’t get wool in there effectively.
I think the wheels look great minus black anodizing.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/14 "2009-08-21T08:22:35Z")
What are you gonna do to the centers?
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/15 "2009-08-21T08:33:07Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> What are you gonna do to the centers?
Haven’t figured it out yet exactly what I want to do.
I though about anodizing the centers black and the lip & barrel red. Also thought about doing the centers in olive, with polished lip & barrel.
I’m going to start wet sanding them this weekend and then polishing them to see how they come out first. Then I’ll go from there.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/16 "2009-08-21T08:34:18Z")
Yeah, def do the shit work first, then when you decide what you wanna do with the centers, you can just slap em together.
I can prob get a sweet price on anodizing for you…
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/17 "2009-08-21T08:50:34Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> Yeah, def do the shit work first, then when you decide what you wanna do with the centers, you can just slap em together.
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> I can prob get a sweet price on anodizing for you…
Humm very interested, maybe I’ll just have them shipped to you to get done…
What color combos do you think would be cool?
Black centers olive barrels? Ugh so many choices haha
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/18 "2009-08-21T08:51:49Z")
Black w/ olive would be hot, but IDK if i could get OLIVE done.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/19 "2009-08-21T08:54:13Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> Black w/ olive would be hot, but IDK if i could get OLIVE done.
Yah that might just need to be paint.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wheel-restoration/72321/20 "2009-08-21T08:56:45Z")
IDK how olive would look with red though.
That’s on the borderline of being Chris Cringle’s weekend sleigh.
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