YYJ Black Knight restoration

Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
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This Black Knight had possibly the worst rims a Yoyojam could have. Here are some pics before and after the polish.

Before:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/423811_192106987562457_1606299551_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/401470_192107024229120_100002894716150_270897_1867546527_n.jpg
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/417459_192107047562451_100002894716150_270898_1391973553_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/397105_192107084229114_100002894716150_270900_1744321996_n.jpg

After:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/427732_192107057562450_100002894716150_270899_1268750648_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/420205_192107104229112_100002894716150_270901_1614126427_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/430072_192107117562444_100002894716150_270902_59997551_n.jpg

2

That turned out quite well. Good job!

3

Nice and shiny! I bet those rims now look better than new!

4

Ummm, they’re no different than any other YYJ rims that were mistreated, but nice work on refinishing them in any event.

5

At that point they were.

6

Nice job!! What you do about that bearing?

7

Trashed it lol.

8

Have you tried coating the polished aluminum rims with wax? I find it helps slow down the oxidizing because of the barrier.

9

I’ve tried that before, the metal doesn’t shine as much then.

10

Oh, I guess I just didn’t notice on mine then…

11

Looks so much better. The old rims looked terrible. Great job!