Thinking forward into the future, if I ever get sick of my time attacks, i'd probably just get them powdercoated in a different color, as I think the ce28 itself is a great wheel, light, strong, etc... Is it possible to get the wheel full polished, and if so, what is involved?

 

Yep... its possible to polish just about any wheel.

1. Start by sanding or media blasting off all the current paint/finish - once you are down to 100% bare metal, move to phase 2

2. Begin sanding with 400 grit paper and moving up in incriments of 100-200 grits. The idea is to keep smoothing out the larger cut lines with a finer cut. Take your time here as this is important. After a full day of sanding, you should be to 1500 or 2000 grit on all four wheels and you are now ready to "polish." Clean the wheel throuroughly with rubbing alcohol between papers.

3. You will probably need two polishes to get a real professional look. A fairly abrasive polish to start, and then an over the counter wheel/metal polish like Blue Magic for the final shine. Use whatever rotary tool you feel comfortable with and go to town (bench wheel, Dremel, Drill with polisher attachment, etc...). Polish until you get the desired reflection/shine

4. (optional). If you dont want to have to repolish regularly, you can clear coat the wheel. Prep here is like standard paint prep.

Polishing wheels is technically easy, but very labor intensive. If you havent done it before, go ahead and mark off an entire weekend for the job. I mean Friday night to get to bare metal on the wheels, All day Saturday for your sanding, Sunday to sand what you were too lazy to sand on Saturday and your polishing.