Fancy New Wheels For My FRC
01-13-2019, 01:08 PM
#21
Burning Brakes
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Thanks! They do have bolts since they’re two-piece rims, but the bolts are on the inside of the face only visible when the wheels are off. I agree, much better/cleaner looking without them
01-13-2019, 01:43 PM
#23
Le Mans Master
Looking forward to seeing them installed! I lovvvvve Fikses! 
01-13-2019, 01:51 PM
#24
Fikse Technipolish is actually an anodize. It cannot be polished nor stripped off conventionally.
I had a muffed up set of FM5s I decided to recondition once. Aircraft stripper may remove any clear top coat but it will ZERO to technipolish. Hit it with a wheel and compound all you want afterwards. Nothing. It must be chemically stripped or sanded off.
I had a muffed up set of FM5s I decided to recondition once. Aircraft stripper may remove any clear top coat but it will ZERO to technipolish. Hit it with a wheel and compound all you want afterwards. Nothing. It must be chemically stripped or sanded off.
01-13-2019, 02:25 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
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Fikse Technipolish is actually an anodize. It cannot be polished nor stripped off conventionally.
I had a muffed up set of FM5s I decided to recondition once. Aircraft stripper may remove any clear top coat but it will ZERO to technipolish. Hit it with a wheel and compound all you want afterwards. Nothing. It must be chemically stripped or sanded off.
I had a muffed up set of FM5s I decided to recondition once. Aircraft stripper may remove any clear top coat but it will ZERO to technipolish. Hit it with a wheel and compound all you want afterwards. Nothing. It must be chemically stripped or sanded off.
01-13-2019, 03:36 PM
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Those look awesome, love them.
01-14-2019, 01:30 AM
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Thank you everyone! I polished the lips with Mother’s aluminum polish and a lot of elbow grease. The faces are Technipolished so they’re essentially polished aluminum with clear coat. Those I treated as a painted component and used polishing compound with a small orbital buffer.
