Well this is something I have wanted to do for a long time now, well ever since I had my 1998 Lumina LTZ with the machined faced wheels. I bought a set of slightly damaged machine faced wheels for $100 bucks, one has a slight bend on the lip and one has a scratch on the face. I took them today to a guy who does rim repair and polishing. He said he can fix them, strip them and high polish them for about a grand for the set. I think that isnt bad for the amount of work to be done on them, and it still puts me at about a final cost of just under $300 per wheel when im all said and done. That isnt bad for a set of GM wheels that are restored better than new.

What do you guys think of this?? I mean this is what I want, been dreaming of this for 10 years now lol. Here is a pic I have of a set in high polished.

 

Pretty expensive if you ask me, especially with all the aftermarket around.

 

I wouldnt spend 500 bucks on a set of those wheels, let alone a grand.

 

i do like the wheels, would be a nice set for the winter but like the others have said to much cash, i could get new wheels and tires for that much!!

 

agreed, get some aftermarket

 

X5...

 

I like the look of polished wheels, but I think that price is a bit steep. I forget exactly how much I paid to have my blower polished, but I want to say it was under $300 from a super rough texture to a mirror finish- and that thing had all kinds of crazy angles and edges- I'd bet you'd have less time polishing all 4 of those wheels than doing just 1 M90. Maybe you could get an estimate somewhere else for comparison purposes?

 

buchanonZ34 (probably butchering the spelling) on mymonte did this. Maybe see if you can track him down and see how much he paid.

 

That seems steep to me. I paid about $800 to have all my wheels chrome plated, and that was going through the whole process of cleaning, striping, copper coat, nickel, etc...

 

i wouldnt spend that much on that wheel either. detroit wheel and tire had the 08-09 chrome impala wheels for 600 for all for at one time i dont know how much they are now.