I picked up a set of older OZ/MSW weaves last year and I have been sitting on them for a while. I finally got around to doing something with them over spring break.
Here is one of the wheels, it is actually the best of the set. This is how I got them.
I have seen these wheels on other cars but never with the machined face and lip. They are 15x7" et13
So first I sent them to the soda blaster to have them stripped. The black enamel paint proved to be to tough for aircraft paint remover.
I then spent some time with the 80 grit smoothing out curb rash. Then it was time to paint, barrels first then the spokes.
I spent some time sanding the face being careful not to mess up the original machined look.
I started out with 180 grit on the face and on the lip. Once I got the blemishes out of the surface I moved to 400 grit followed up with wet 600 grit.
Then I had to figure out a way to polish the wheels without any specialized tools. I have a pretty nice drill and wanted to find an adapter to use a polishing wheel on the drill. Since I couldn't find one anywhere I made one with a 3" long 3/8"-16 bolt with a flat washer on either side of the center of the wheel and a nut run up against the center to lock it down. Worked like a charm! And cheap!
This is not the final product but rather just stage one of the final polishing.
Thought I would share. I will post a group picture of all 4 once I get the final polish done and have them cleared.
Here is one of the wheels, it is actually the best of the set. This is how I got them.
I have seen these wheels on other cars but never with the machined face and lip. They are 15x7" et13
So first I sent them to the soda blaster to have them stripped. The black enamel paint proved to be to tough for aircraft paint remover.
I then spent some time with the 80 grit smoothing out curb rash. Then it was time to paint, barrels first then the spokes.
I spent some time sanding the face being careful not to mess up the original machined look.
I started out with 180 grit on the face and on the lip. Once I got the blemishes out of the surface I moved to 400 grit followed up with wet 600 grit.
Then I had to figure out a way to polish the wheels without any specialized tools. I have a pretty nice drill and wanted to find an adapter to use a polishing wheel on the drill. Since I couldn't find one anywhere I made one with a 3" long 3/8"-16 bolt with a flat washer on either side of the center of the wheel and a nut run up against the center to lock it down. Worked like a charm! And cheap!
This is not the final product but rather just stage one of the final polishing.
Thought I would share. I will post a group picture of all 4 once I get the final polish done and have them cleared.
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