Polishing rims - the lip or the whole thing

[Marshall]

Polishing rims, what should I polish the whole thing or just the lip. What have other people done in the past. PICS PLEASE

As for the polishing is a pain debate, My misses is on the other side of the country, my TLR is now in the Family room.

And I have to do some thing, with my hand.

Also the swing arm, I was thinking of polishing up to the weld lines (closest to the engine) then painting the hard to reach parts black.


cheers

[BrUiRcNeR]

Lip polishing is MUCH easier, and I think better looking than the whole thing, IMO. Plus you can change the spoke color until you find one you really like.

[Marshall]

at the moment my rims are white, so I'd pobably paint the spokes black if I was to just do the lips

[eurotrash]

black with polished lips looks nice. did this to my R6 and will do it to the TL soon

[waspo]

Yeah, I really like the polished lips. I'm going to do it to a spare set of rims I've got with red centres like BrUiRcNeR and Tornado waves.

[stickboy]

Had polished wheels and swinger on my B12, pain in the ass to keep clean, esp if you ride. My advice would be just the edges...

[Screwloose]

i was considering black spokes and polished outers...my cousin did this on his R1 ...looked pretty nice

[SDTLR]

definately lip only. Black spokes

[DaRKoN_]

Im not a fan of polished lips... sorta looks like you just couldn't be bothered doing the whole rim

[stickboy]

Originally posted by DaRKoN_
Im not a fan of polished lips... sorta looks like you just couldn't be bothered doing the whole rim

I disagree... looks if done right

[Marshall]

Originally posted by DaRKoN_
Im not a fan of polished lips... sorta looks like you just couldn't be bothered doing the whole rim

Do you have any photos

[Stabber]

I did my back and will do the front probably this weekend. All I did is mask off the spokes and the tire and paint on the aircraft stripper and it melted right off. I then used a rag and fine steel wool to just wipe them down. The pics here are right after I did them and I didnt clean them real good yet. You can also polish them even further to make them look like chrome if you want

[Stabber]

Nutterin

[Stabber]

One more what the hell. These pics where taken inside at night with low light and no flash. If you want I can take a good pic in the sun so can see how shiny they are

[Hammerit]

Do the lips only and paint the spokes a bright color if you wanna show off your rotors etc. Polished spokes are difficult to do and looks kinda ricy IMHO. What color is your bike Marshall?