Painting, polishing, repairing wheels

[Digitalwave]

Nice job on the lips! Meguiar's metal polish is great.

[nickmp0wer]

polishing looks good!

The gold is a lot lighter than stock, or is that just the lighting in the pic?

i dunno what you are saying. In the first pic the gold is different shades and in the second there is no gold. The inside is bare metal from bead blasting

[M42Technik]

i dunno what you are saying. In the first pic the gold is different shades and in the second there is no gold. The inside is bare metal from bead blasting

I have to polish mine now thanks, more work for me to do! What did you use exactly to achieve that polish and shine on the lips?

[nickmp0wer]

sand with finer and finer sand paper up to 1500 (wet) then buff with black then white

[DEV0 E30]

Holy.

That looks amazing. Well done.

[Dave]

polishing looks good!

The gold is a lot lighter than stock, or is that just the lighting in the pic?

i dunno what you are saying. In the first pic the gold is different shades and in the second there is no gold. The inside is bare metal from bead blasting

ok. Didn't think that looked right. So we're waiting to see what it will look like with the gold on it.

[nickmp0wer]

so has anyone tried the liquid mask stuff? should i sand the bare metal before the primer goes on?

here is a pic with a pice of metal i quick shot with the wurth paint. I dont know if the imperfections in the polishing are going to be visible in the real world or not. Its the same wheel i took a picture of before

[DarkWing6]

I've thought about polishing the lips on my weaves and painting the centers black, but my only problem is that I have curb rash. Where can I have the rash fixed so I can still polish them and not notice a difference or am I out of luck and just gotta paint the whole wheels?

[Dave]

I've thought about polishing the lips on my weaves and painting the centers black, but my only problem is that I have curb rash. Where can I have the rash fixed so I can still polish them and not notice a difference or am I out of luck and just gotta paint the whole wheels?

Look at his before and afters.

[Digitalwave]

I've thought about polishing the lips on my weaves and painting the centers black, but my only problem is that I have curb rash. Where can I have the rash fixed so I can still polish them and not notice a difference or am I out of luck and just gotta paint the whole wheels?

Any professional wheel shop can fix curb rash to look like new and polish the lips.

[nickmp0wer]

are you blind? my wheels had horrible curb rash

[nando]

if you are trying to mask of the lips so you can paint it, you should be able to do it with blue painters tape. just carefully follow the edge all the way around (I used 3" strips at a time to make it easier).

those lips look great btw! almost makes me want to redo mine again.. almost. ;)

[nickmp0wer]

but how did you do it when it has that spot that curves up on the inside? in the next few days i'll be going to a paint store to get the best primer i can find. I could just ask them how they would do it too. you can see what im talking about in this pic

[nickmp0wer]

i got some Dupli-Color sandable primer, is that going to be good enough?

and does anyone have any other masking ideas? what about rubber cement?

[nando]

i got some Dupli-Color sandable primer, is that going to be good enough?

and does anyone have any other masking ideas? what about rubber cement?

just use the blue 3m masking tape. it's not that hard to follow around the lip, just use 3" long strips. and your sandable primer should be fine. you might want to wet sand it lightly with 400 grit after you primer it to make sure it's smooth.

I think I have a pic of my wheels masked off, I'll go look..