What does machined lip mean

I hope that's just lighting artifact Rudy tirerack. Here is a picture to an Enkei wheel with a machined lip. Its machined polished aluminum with a clear coat. Its shinny. Find More Posts by Rudy tirerack. All times are GMT The time now is Join us now! Mark Forums Read. Curious how different tires handle or what a set of wheels will look like?

Thread Tools. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of Thread: Machined vs. Thread Tools Show Printable Version. Jun 4th, , AM 1. Machined vs. I ordered some Sportmax wheels this week, that wiil hopefully be here by the end of next week. They are a "deep dish" style wheel, with a wide lip.

They call the finish on the lip "machined" not "polished". I'm not real sure what the difference is, but they don't look quite as "chrome like" as polished aluminum.

I'm wondering if I can use aluminum polish on them to make them look more like a chrome finish or what would be the best product to use on them? Here is a pic of what they look like. Jun 4th, , AM 2. Welcome to MOL, your wheels look great.

It would most likely take some polishing rouge and a few buffing wheels to accomplish the shine you want from machined aluminum. If you want to protect your wheels you may want to give NXT metal polysh a try. Jun 4th, , PM 3. Ok thanks I have seen the wheels and rouge at Lowes, I might try that. What's the difference between them? And which one will better in terms of how shiny they are? Re: Difference between stainless lip, polish lip, machine lip etc.

Stainless lips are shiney but have a matte finish. Sometimes they are still polished. Polished lips are the shiniest usually having a mirror finish on the metal. They're polished. Machined lips are second the the polished, as it says, its just machined.