My wheel refinishing thread

[CabrioPunk]

I missed the brand. I may have to refinish a wheel from a set I just scored. Duplicolor seems good. Did you use this brand?

[acolella76]

Which paint ya use?

it's actually 'Sunburst Gold' which I think is a mustang color. Not a 100% match to BBS gold, but it is EXACTLY the color I was going for.

[1mz]

seckz

[e30shmobberr]

nice! looks great

[CabrioPunk]

Which paint ya use?

[Kershaw]

that looks great. good job.

[acolella76]

Taped them up to the best of my abilities, but I am no japandrew.

haha my dog wanted to say hi...


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:)

[acolella76]

i have not tried calling them yet. I'll do that tomorrow..

Once I can find some 2000 grit sand paper, yes I'll polish to a mirror finish. Lately all the auto parts stores have been out of the grits i need. Right now they actually have a bit of a mirror polish to them:

[StereoInstaller1]

Have you tried calling Wurth?

Looking pretty OK so far. Do you have plans to mirror polish that lip or are you going to leave it like that?

[acolella76]

pm'd

[Jb325is]

We found a pretty nice shade of gold on my RS's, it's actually a factory Daewoo color.



I could prob get you something mixed, maybe even sprayed for cheap if you do all the prep

[steel330i]

color match to your body color? just a thought...might surprise you...

[acolella76]

ebay does not. The best I've seen on ebay is overpriced that is matched to the original color. $60 for two cans of spray paint... no thanks.

[trackjunkie21]

Because it is easier to tape off the lips when I paint than it would be to try to sand precisely on the line between the center and lip.



Thanks! They're probably going to stay gold if I can find the right shade. No one has Wurth gold!!

ebay does.

[acolella76]

I cant see the last picture. But why polish lips with centers that need painted still? Looks good. Nice looking wheel style.

Because it is easier to tape off the lips when I paint than it would be to try to sand precisely on the line between the center and lip.

Nice work. I just refinished my set of wheels with great reward. I like the gold centers. :up:

Thanks! They're probably going to stay gold if I can find the right shade. No one has Wurth gold!!