Brushed wheel

[spdtrip]

I have Boyd coddington smoothie II's, there polished and I think there the cast wheel. Here's my ?, is it possible to get the wheels brushed or even do it myself ?

[214Chevy]

Yes. I have chrome wheels from HRE and I'm about to send them back to have the chrome stripped off and have them brushed and cleared. So, yours will be a less involved process.

[hifi875]

Get a red scotchbrite pad and get busy. Brush in one direction only to keep brush lines straight as possible. Lot of work,but when it's done it's a lot less maintenance. I did it to my budniks,best thing I did to the looks of my car

[rwhite692]

Originally Posted by 509Chevelle

Yes. I have chrome wheels from HRE and I'm about to send them back to have the chrome stripped off and have them brushed. So, your will be a less involved process.

Slightly off-topic but, for three piece HRE wheels, wouldn't it be a whole lot easier for HRE to just supply you with a new set of shells? I can't believe anyone would go through the effort and expense to strip chrome/Ni/Cu off of a set of shells in order to get back to bare aluminum, when new aluminum shells are readily available...?

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by rwhite692

Slightly off-topic but, for three piece HRE wheels, wouldn't it be a whole lot easier for HRE to just supply you with a new set of shells? I can't believe anyone would go through the effort and expense to strip chrome/Ni/Cu off of a set of shells in order to get back to bare aluminum, when new aluminum shells are readily available...?

I guess I should have clarified it. It's the centers that I will be getting brushed. So, to strip of the chrome and to buy wider rim halves, as I will be widening the rear wheels from an 11" to a 12.5", is still way cheaper than buying new centers. They are only charging me $100 per center to strip off the chrome. Not too bad IMO. Now, I am incurring some other costs by having the centers cleared and buying wider rim halves. I knew I should have bought brushed wheels at first! My wheels are full chrome now, so I will be keeping the chrome hoops with brushed and cleared centers. All in all, it will cost me $1400, which would have been $1000 if it wasn't for that dang ole chrome.

[spdtrip]

Thanks for the reply's, and hifi875 thanks for the info on the do it yourself.
im all for saving money and it's cool when you dig into it on your own.

[Richio1]

Make sure to share the before and after pics... I'm thinking of doing the same with my outers and am anxious to see how yours turn out.

[spdtrip]

Well you might get to yours first. I really dont plan on doing this untll winter, im to busy driving the hell out of it in the summer lol

[ssick chevelle]

i too am wondering the process? i found a nice set of used forged wheels id like all matte black, how easy would this be?