Polishing rims?

**hurricane_r** · 24th January 2007, 23:11

iv seen sevral bikes for sale stating there rims are polished* and there like a silver shiny kind of look,

is it posible to take standard goldish colored rims *cbr250r* and get them polished?

if yes, does anyone know where to get this done...

anyhelp appreciated.

**festus** · 24th January 2007, 23:23

Your'e local electroplaters should do it. About $100-150 a wheel. Brother had his polished, hard work to keep them nice and shiny.
I got mine chromed

. Just clean with warm soapy water and you're done.

**COP_B8** · 25th January 2007, 07:46

Or Autosol and a hell of a lot of elbow grease, however every time you leave the bike outside overnight or ride in the wet youl be repolishing them

**DEATH_INC.** · 25th January 2007, 07:56

We can polish 'em, but yep it's expensive, I'd say more like $200 a wheel.
Chroming is the shit if you want shiny, but it adds weight and is even more expensive......but worth it when it come to cleaning time

**RC1** · 25th January 2007, 08:05

try auckland electroplaters out west down hepburn rd, off waikemete hill

**S&S** · 25th January 2007, 08:08

I was told by two companies that my rims can't be electroplated, the only option is polishing.... If that's the case I'm going to look around more for a company that will chrome them

**S&S** · 25th January 2007, 08:09

[QUOTE=RCTL;910528]try auckland electroplaters out west down hepburn rd, off waikemete hill[/QUOTES]

Sweet....Will phone them today

**toymachine** · 25th January 2007, 08:11

If you're willing to wait you can get rims powder coated really cheap (say $20ish), though you have to wait till a company has sorted everthing for that colour, they just chuck yours in too.

**Roj** · 25th January 2007, 08:13

Originally Posted by S&S

I was told by two companies that my rims can't be electroplated, the only option is polishing.... If that's the case I'm going to look around more for a company that will chrome them

Unfortunately it is unlikely that you will be able to get them chromed because this is normally done by electroplating, it is likley that you have alloy rims which could only be polished

**S&S** · 25th January 2007, 08:15

Originally Posted by Roj

Unfortunately it is unlikely that you will be able to get them chromed because this is normally done by electroplating, it is likley that you have alloy rims which could only be polished

Your right, I just phoned Auckland Electroplaters & another company in New Lynn, they both said they can't be done, only the old style wheel with spokes can be chromed. The only option is polishing

**V Twin Raver** · 25th January 2007, 11:27

Use paint stripper, then Autosol. I did my own on my old VTR. Looked a treat but was a bit of work as I only wanted to do the outer rim so masking was required and was hard to keep paint stripper off paint I wanted to retain on rim.

**hurricane_r** · 25th January 2007, 20:23

ok thanks guys, il look into it

**Clivoris** · 25th January 2007, 20:27

Originally Posted by toymachine

If you're willing to wait you can get rims powder coated really cheap (say $20ish), though you have to wait till a company has sorted everthing for that colour, they just chuck yours in too.

Can any alloy rims be powdercoated?

**rufusdion** · 25th January 2007, 20:51

Got my Gold wheels polished at "Cambridge Wheel and Frame" here in the Waikato. $150 a wheel and they came up awesome!! Cleaned them with "autosol" once in like 6 months - they dont discolour or anything like that easily.And i done a few km in that time and a few washes. These were standard GSX 250 gold wheels before-hand!