Here the deal, purchased a set of R98 webspokes. I liked them thought they need a little something extra thou.

Sent them to a buddy,

- Split the wheel (took it apart)
- Stripped the factory paint
- Polished the centers and the barrels
- Clear coated both
- Put the wheels back together.

Here is a preview picture:

 

Wow! they look alot better polished. great job.

 

Nice!
Just make sure that those wheels are properly reassembled... (you don't want to lose a bolt at speed on the highway... seriously bad vibrations)

 

The wheels that they are laying behind them are 3 pc wheels. I had them done professionally by a wheel manufacture.

 

Looking Good Now lets see them on the car......

 

+1.

 

Dang dog...Those look great!!

 

that is shiny.

 

I love polished wheels......

 

WOW looks sweet .. hurry and put them on

 

I need to get them back from the factory still and then they will have to wait there turn

 

factory?

 

The Bling Factory.

 

Would look cooler with centers black and the lips polished on a black car.

 

Once polished you have to be careful to keep them clean and no use any wheel cleaners that ruin polished finishes.

Also don't allow much brake dust to sit on the polished surface for very long, it can corrode the finish.

Hey, how much does it cost to do? Anyone want R90 two piece rims done polished?

The satin clear finish that comes stock is fairly durable as is, not too bad to keep clean and resists most road junk.

 

the factory that polished them, you know a place where wheels are made

 

so you sent them to China?

mine are all made in Japan except for the ASA's in Korea.

 

A factory here in the United States of America that makes 3 piece wheels

 

alright, enough with this crap.

let's see some picts when you get 'em.

 

What factory exactly? That of HRE, iForged, DPE, Fikse, Kinesis, COR, etc???

You could just put the assembly back together yourself. Just make sure you torque the bolts down correctly and seal the gap with silicone before you mount the tire...

EDIT: It's actually none of those. What wheel manufacturer is it? lol

 

where are the pictures??

 

Question about the r98s- when you took them apart- are the lugs/sockets around the rim actually functional on these wheels? Or, did you have to torch them apart, then torch them back together?

Either way, I can't wait to see them on your MINI!

 

im thinking American Racing. oh wait, those are made in china or
thailand or watever.

 

It was one of those you listed, it was done as a favor and it was costly. To my knowledge none of these companies offer this as a service.

Wheels should be here early next week, I just got the tracking information

They took them apart and did all the work even put them back together for me too !

 

Oh nice, I went based off your location and figured you got it done local so thats why I though it wasn't one of those. My guess would be BBS USA as they are closest to you. Nice of them to help you out.

Post pics!