Oakley Polished R1

[Ralph Marshall]

After a couple of discussions that I had recently, I became intrigued by the idea of trying to polish an R1. I had a pair that was in pretty rough shape, so I decided to break out the Dremel and give it a shot. They turned out a bit darker than I thought they would (which is actually pretty cool), but all-in-all I am pleased with them for a first effort...

 

[atrain]

Looks almost plasma but look good. Were they a xmetal pair?

 

[Ralph Marshall]

I thought the same thing - they do have a plasma look despite all the polishing I did. They were actually a Titanium pair. I recently acquired a couple more pairs, one of which had some finish issues starting to develop...

 

[OakleyGuru379]

Nice job!

 

[Ralph Marshall]

Nice job!

Thanks, man!

 

[Luis]

Looks awesome Ralph.

 

[nyhokie]

Those turned out pretty nice. May have to bust out the Dremel myself. What lenses are in them, Black Iridium? What did you do about the serial number?

 

[Ralph Marshall]

Looks awesome Ralph.

Thanks, brother!

 

[Ralph Marshall]

Those turned out pretty nice. May have to bust out the Dremel myself. What lenses are in them, Black Iridium? What did you do about the serial number?

I put a nice set of original R1 etched BI in them for now - like the combo. It is hard to get the Dremel with the sanding drum into the back of the nose, so I mostly hand sanded in that area. Serial # is still intact for the most part, but to be honest I wasn't too worried about it considering that they are no longer original colorway...

 

[kronin323]

Looking good!