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Old 01-13-2019, 07:57 AM
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Picked up a set of FIKSE Profil 13s (17/18) the other day from a local forum member. They were in excellent condition already, but 4 hours of polishing and love took them to the next level. Can’t wait to get them on my Pewter FRC....but you’ll all have to wait until April or so for pictures. It’s currently in pieces for a long laundry list of mods/upgrades....sorry to tease




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Very nice!!
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Beautiful wheels.
Nice polishing job. Would like to see some pictures of them on your car when you get them mounted.
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Sweet!
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Should look awesome on your car!!!
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Thank you everyone! I’ll definitely be posting pictures once they’re mounted on my car
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Great job making them really shine. Looking forward to seeing them on the car.
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They really sparkle!! They’ll look even better once mounted on your Vette.
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Those are nice for sure!!
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Great polishing job!
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Originally Posted by wscott62893
Picked up a set of FIKSE Profil 13s (17/18) the other day from a local forum member. They were in excellent condition already, but 4 hours of polishing and love took them to the next level. Can’t wait to get them on my Pewter FRC....but you’ll all have to wait until April or so for pictures. It’s currently in pieces for a long laundry list of mods/upgrades....sorry to tease



how did you polish them?
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those look great
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Looking good!

Now they just need your Vette to really bring them to life!!
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Originally Posted by Sean_emory
how did you polish them?
I can't answer for the OP, but this is an awesome way to polish aluminum wheels...
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Fikse, quality wheels for a quality car. Good job !
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God dam those are sweet wheels, I am big fan of polished wheels .
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Originally Posted by Sean_emory


how did you polish them?
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.

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Originally Posted by b_rad!
God dam those are sweet wheels, I am big fan of polished wheels .
thank you! I think they’ll really look classy with the Pewter
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Those are amazing looking wheels, even better since they don't have rivets on them. You did a great job polishing them.
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Very nice! Looking forward to seeing them on the car.

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