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anyone know how to turn polished mirror caps into brushed mirror caps? what tools would i use?

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Old 09-25-2008, 10:15 AM
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<ul><li><a href="http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2372302">who knew?</a></li></ul>
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I think he was kidding.
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If it is anything like the Tiptronic bezel, I started with 200 grit and then used 400 grit.
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Old 09-25-2008, 10:33 AM
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Default Yea, i knew that. but i decided to change the context to that of a serious response cause his
initial reply was useless.
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Default check out the link i found. it might actually work but again as with any DIY ...
it will never look like the real thing. :-/
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Default thats great. brillo pads, soap and water. The only thing is how should i deal with the pitted clear
coat. Lightly sand it of then use brillo to brush them out?
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Default As long as the bling is gone thats cool with me. I ditched the polished hre's for brushed wheels,
now its time to lose the polished mirror caps. The caps in that writup look pretty good imo. I think the rs4 caps are brushed with a "matte finish" of some sort, so they probably wont be close but it should still look good.
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Dude sorry cant help you there, thats just a link i found online. But its a good starting point.
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yeah let us know how it turns out. if it works out i might do the same.
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Note that those ones are ABS not AL
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