PakShak Vs Adam's Vs Cobra for Polishing

BlueBeast14GT- Glad you figured out an approach you can work with!


 


I do wonder if you're making this more of a major project than it needs to be, but at least this way the car won't be out of sevice.
 
Actually, I would like to know where you think I'm complicating things. I tend to do that, so it would help me better myself to know what I'm doing.


Thanks  :)
 
BlueBeast14GT- Eh, you're probably just going about this in a *sensible* way, making sure you don't put yourself in a bind.  I just think you could probably do it quickly/easily enough that you wouldn't necessarily *need* to do the "mount the spare" approach.  But far be it from me to dissuade you from erring on the side of caution!
 
I just figured it was best to keep the wheel off in between opti-coat ...coats.


 
Accumulator said:
I'd go over them with a mild (and user-friendly!) polish like the HD Polish, maybe use something more aggressive on the back sides (something like HD Cut). Wipe off with IPA or wash with APC (IIRC I did both), and then apply the OptiCoat.  Wait a few days and do another coat.  I'm about to redo that first set (after a few years!) and that's what I'm gonna do.  Don't use the Meguiar's stuff as it leaves too much stuff (oils, etc.) behind.
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If I drive with the wheel then go to do another coat, will I have to polish it and everything again?


 


Also, I think (from the weight talk) we may be saying different things when referring to the "back of the wheel." 


Are you talking about the back side of the spokes (opposite of the front face) and possibly the rear lip of the rim? Or the back as in the round surface that is visible but sits farther back than the spokes?


Red or Green?


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BlueBeast14GT- Ah, good visual aid!  The Green portion.  I've had dozens and dozens of wheels balanced that way and I've never had the weights end up on the Red areas.


 


Oh, and yeah, good point about having the wheels off for a while to do the layering, that completely slipped my mind as I did my wheel-coating with the older version that didn't layer.
 
Haha thanks I did that in Gimp (poor man's photoshop). 


 


So you also meant I should use the HD Cut in the green area? Should I do anything at all with the red?
 
Accumulator said:
I've had dozens and dozens of wheels balanced that way and I've never had the weights end up on the Red areas.
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There was something else I wanted to say in response to your last post, but the coloring just wasn't sufficient. Good news! I improved the picture :D


 


So oddly enough, at least one of the wheels has a clip on weight in the blue area. I've never seen one clipped on the back of the wheel like that, although I guess I've rarely looked at the back of the wheel.


 


I wonder if it's possible to put the weights under the tire, opposite the green area... ok added another pic. I'm referring to the orange area in the second image. I'm guessing it's not possible, but it would be cool.


 


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BlueBeast14GT- The blue area is typical for back-side mounting of clip/crimp-on weights.   BTW- the "Mercedes"-type clip-on weights, which are ceramic or somesuch and use stainless steel clips (they *clip* on, not *crimp* on, so usually no damage) are a pretty decent alternative to adhesive weights.


 


Shoddy work to leave the weights on when rebalancing though!  All old weights oughta come off each time.


 


No, can't put weights on the orange area under the tire because you don't know where to position them until the tire is mounted.  The tire's position on the rim contributes a *LOT* to how the whole thing balances; one guy remounted my tires whenever a given position required more weights than he liked...moving the tire around made things better/worse each time.
 
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That's pretty sweet. So I guess we'll see em on other cars in about 5 years haha.


 


Pretty much what I expected. I was thinking maybe they could peel the tire back to place the weights, and put it back on in the same position, but that's probably difficult.


 


 It would be nice to have none visible, but if it can't be done, it can't be done, so adhesive will be fine. I bought rims for my 03 Mustang a few years ago, took em in to get them mounted and balanced, and when I came out I saw they had weights crimped onto the silver lip of the wheels. I was pissed lol.
 
I'm tempted to make these new ones my summer wheels and get snow tires on the old ones, but man are they expensive
 
BlueBeast14GT- Noting that my winter vehicles have AWD/4WD and limited-slip differentials, I *always* run winter wheels/tires.  Snow tires are non-negotiable for me.  Expensive?  Eh, cheaper than an insurance deductible or a lawsuit or medical bills.  I'm not gonna have my vehicular control compromised by black ice or anything else, period. 


 


Yeah, yeah...I'm absolutely fanatical about such stuff but I'm not gonna put a tire 1" away from where it oughta be, no excuses, ever.  As one of my instructors said, "if a meteorite falls out of the sky and hits my car it's *my fault* because I'm the driver and the driver's job is to deal with it"; and dealing with winter weather isn't all that hard, it starts with buying snowtires.


 


Heh heh, OK..end of lecture ^_^
 
Haha I definitely understand your thinking. And in a Mustang, snow tires would definitely help. Luckily I haven't had to drive it in anything too bad yet.


 


What do you mean "<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">1" away from where it oughta be"? Like tread depth? Alignment?
 
BlueBeast14GT- Sorry, didn't mean to be inscrutable!  By "  1"  "  I meant "one inch"...very slight exaggeration but seriously if I put a tire (thus the vehicle) a few inches away from "where it oughta be" (i.e., like the correct "line" through a corner, or the correct distance from the curb when parking, or the right distance away from the car ahead of me, etc.) then I *really* think about why I screwed up and I do my [darndest] to not make that mistake again.  In other words, I hold myself to an incredibly high standard as a driver, every single moment behind the wheel, I try to be as good as I can, and a good reflection on the people who've trained me (most of whom I respect a *lot*).
 
Oh ok, yeah I knew it meant inch haha, but I thought you meant like relative to the car or wheel. An inch seemed like a lot lol.
 
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