I recently purchased a set of Work VS-XX's for my Maxima. They were in bad shape. The chrome was chipping and lifting. I just got done removing the chrome and finished repolishing the wheels.

When I got them (peeling chrome):


After glassbead blasting to remove the chrome. The nickel undercoating is still there (very tough to remove). Lip is polished in picture:


Center caps (before):


Center caps (after):


Rivets oxidization (before):

 

Rivets (after):


After 60 grit stone grinding to remove the nickel undercoating:


Semi-done:


Here are some pictures after reassembly of the final product!

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Your pics always look sick. Im likin those wheels alot. Nice job working on them, before and after pics are always fun to look at

 

you never stop amazing me...incredible job and as always amazing pics!

 

Time for a new sig pic. Nice job.

 

Amazing job! Did you clearcoat them afterwards? Can you give a little more detail about how the job was done? My bro has some chrome wheels that are very chipped up and I want to fix them, but there is this black undercoating.

 

They really dont even look like the same wheels....amazing work. You deserve lots and lots of beer for all that work.

 

wow mint car i really like it

 

Nice job, fruits of your labor FTW!!

 

They look really good, your hard work paid off!

 

very nice work! sweet pics too

 

Speechless!

 

f*cking amazing work. how much did you pick those up for?

 

I did not clear them afterwards. The reason for this is: if I want to repolish them or shine them up more, the clearcoat will prevent me from doing so.

First, you will have to disassemble the wheel if it is a multi-piece wheel. Then, you have to glassbead blast the chrome coating off. Pitting will be underneath where the bubbling is. The black coating is an undercoating. I don't know which one exactly is on your brother's wheels, but it is definitely a hard metal undercoating. You will have to grind/feather the coating off on the ENTIRE surface of every wheel! It's tedious (longest step). Sanding comes after. 60, 120, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 2000, then metal polish. Then reassembly.

I am thinking of polishing wheels on the weekends for some extra money. So if you are interested in getting yours polished, just PM me.

 

Thank you, sir. They retail for a ridiculous ~$720 apiece (in chrome) before shipping. I paid a very reasonable price for them, however.

 

damn!!!!11 those wheels are sex!!!

i always loved the work vsxx.. i wanted a set of these wheels for my maxima, but they're pricey. I would love a set with gold centers and a fat polished lip like yours..

 

I'll sell them to you for a reasonable price, if you're interested.

 

great work on those rims!

 

truely stunning. thats all i can say

 

That is f'n amazing. Good job. The wheels + car look ridiculously nice.

 

WOW. Very impressive, my friend. Great job!

 

veeeeerrrryyyy nice! what did you do to shine up those center caps like that?

 

oh my. those are sick. i love me some Work wheels.

 

Sandpaper and plastic polish will do it!

 

how much did it cost you to media blast each rim?

 

Free for me. Most places will charge around $50 bucks to strip/blast all of them though.

 

The guy that sold them to you at a reasonable price must be fken pist when he finds out how they turned out

 

I can just imagine the look on his face right now...

Random pictures of the progress. They are in no particular order.

Old wheels


During sanding


Next to G35 in garage


Oxidized chrome

 

Made in Japan in 1997!


Scratched up lip for the rear wheel


G35 again


Stacked; ready for blasting


During disassembly

 

thats not bad actually. Thanks

BTW, I forgot to comment but i like these rims a lot, especially on your car. My friend has them on his 240 and he paid a crap load for them. I give you props on offset too; not a lot of people really care about offset and stance.

 

man, u have all those tools to redo a rim until it looks like new again... that is mad props, great work, awesome ride...

 

I base my wheel purchases mainly on offset and width, closely followed my design.

 

i fking love the stance of your car...

Also, can you send me some full res pics to ry.powell@gmail.com?

 

wow amazing pictures and love the look. very clean

 

oh my god!!! ur maxima is f'n hawt!!! mad props,IMO u of best looking 5.5 gen ever!!
summer 07!!! ill get my own 5.5 gen max

 

Ya i decided to look at ur car again, I condiser your car "Sex on Wheels" one of the best 5.5's ive seen

 

I am testing the waters with these wheels. PM me with some offers!

 

Hey man. My internet is running really slow right now, but I will definitely send you the high-res (8mB each) pictures later.