[blkpitbull]

This is the rear finished. These pics DO NOT do it justice. Im gonna try for a better outside sunny pic soon!

[KRAZYKAT]

THATS HOT!!
GOOD JOB TO ALL OF YOU!

[River]

Thanks KKat. It was hard work, but as you can see WELL worth the effort and sweat.

[NIL8]

I just did this the other day. It took me more on the order of six hours, and I still would like to do some more wet sanding polishing on the rear wheel. That one is giving me more of a hard time than the front one. Either way, great write up and what a difference it makes on the bike! I'm getting compliments on the street like I never did before. My Kat is graphite, and it looks sick. I'll post pics up as soon as my schedule allows.

[blkpitbull]

Sweet. Glad we all could help/inspire you. Lets see some pics brotha!

[Astro4x4]

I was trying to get some pics of mine, but it's darn hard to get a pic that shows the true beauty of the polished aluminum, those look pretty darn good though. Do have a couple of pics of my automatic wheel sander I made though.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Astro4x4/Katana/DSCN1713.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Astro4x4/Katana/DSCN1714.jpg

[reconstyle]

I also washed and waxed him and added a nice coat of Tire Wet. Don't worry, It's nowhere on the tread - that stuff is SLICKER than snot and dangerous for cycle wheels, a friend told me AFTER I applied it.

careful with that stuff man, Just the SLIGHTEST little spot on the wheel can cause an unexpected lowside, not fun!!

[River]

Yea, so I figured that out AFTER I did it. (Not on the tread), but the bottle states near the bottom of the label ** NOT FOR USE ON CYCLE TIRES

Geezzz... you would think they should put that on the TOP of the label.

[SL1D3R]

Hmm. I like that chrome on the rim. Is it possible to chrome a rim like that or do I have to buy new rims? How much does it cost?

[River]

Hmm. I like that chrome on the rim. Is it possible to chrome a rim like that or do I have to buy new rims? How much does it cost?

Uhhhhhhhhh... start at Page One, of this thread.

[pimp-kat]

i can only see two pictures and i cant get to the write up... i want it i want it i want it!!!!!

[IndyGunner]

did u paint the center black then polish?

[River]

No - the center paint is powercoat, so it won't come off as readily as the rest of it. BUT - you might want get some general black color touch up paint. The stripper does remove some off of the area close to the lip.

@ Everyone PMing me about the video. I'm working on it. As I stated before, I just got my Mac - still have to remember it's NOT a Windows machine and things are a lot different on it.

I promise, it's coming...

[mwysienski]

thats nice river. looks like you did some sanding too, huh? i think pitbull was quoting a time of just stripping. i had a friend that did all this without any stripper, just sanding. it took him a while, but they looked like they were chrome dipped like parkze's thread, polished rims..., in the Paint & Graphics section.

[River]

Actually - ZERO sanding. Just cheated and buffed it with my Dremmel and polish.