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drainyoo 06-13-08 11:28 PM

Polished, low profile, boxed rims
 
I'm looking to build a new wheelset and I'm interested in low profile boxed rims that are polished silver. So far I know of the Open Pros and the Sun CR-18. The Araya Golds are perfect but I'm not doing the tubular thing. Any other quality rims out there that fit this description?

bionnaki 06-14-08 12:18 AM

open pros come in polished silver?

urodacus 06-14-08 12:33 AM

pretty much any low profile rim can be what you want if you spend a few hours with a buffing wheel.

andre nickatina 06-14-08 12:46 AM

I just got an IRD Cadence Aero wheel polished at a powdercoating/anodizing shop. It's so damn shiney I can see my face in the reflection... it doesn't cost too much to get them polished if you don't want to do it yourself. I went the professional route because I didn't have any suitable place in my living space to fool around with lye for the deanodizing, and realized buying the stuff I needed would cost just about as much as having someone else do it.

Just wade through eBay for NOS box rims from the 80's/earlier, then get it polished. I bet it wouldn't be hard to find some Araya clinchers that are like the Reds.

drainyoo 06-14-08 08:40 AM

I'm not looking to get any aero rims, just low profile. As for polished maybe I used the wrong word. As long as they are silver I'll be happy.

roadfix 06-14-08 09:44 AM

You'll occasionally find NOS MA2's on Ebay. They're very nice rims. I'm running a set on my Steamroller.


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