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Rob B
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Hi guys,

I have some new wheels with quite large dishes, i'm getting the faces polished and what to do something a bit different and get the lips done like the picture below.

Can anyone who's more knowledgeable than me on this give me some info on how i could go about getting it done

Thanks
sand-eel
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11th Nov 10 at 14:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I would imagine take it to a place that does anodising
taylorboosh
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looks cool as fook mate. dont know how its done though
Nic Barnes
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Not sure they would suit the BMW?
Nath
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Baller as fuck.
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i wouldnt mind getting my lips done like that
Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Not sure they would suit the BMW?


For the s2000 mate
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THat dosent look like anno More of some sort of chrome.

I haver heard alloy wheel annoing is dogey due to the quality of the Aluminium
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i wouldnt mind getting my lips done like that


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RCS
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quote:
Originally posted by glb
THat dosent look like anno More of some sort of chrome.

I haver heard alloy wheel annoing is dogey due to the quality of the Aluminium


Yeah annodising comes out different with different grades of al.
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12th Nov 10 at 00:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look up rainbow polishing, they may be able to help.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Baller as fuck.


lol
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It's electroplated, but 'gone wrong'. A friend of mine had a prototype of something done once but the platers made a mistake and he ended up with a shadow chrome type effect which was fairly similar to do that.

A quick search about tells me that you achieve that effect from titanium plating that has been overheated. That makes sense as when you heat certain titanium alloys during welding you get a sort of rainbow around the joint.

The next problem is finding someone who can do it on purpose.

 
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