Wheel respray DIY

[Jarred]

the 'polished' wheel does actually look really good.

i reckon it could come up a treat. heaps of work though, but hey, if you got the time!

[KI11Z]

man I was thinking whilst you were stripping that they'd look nice polished; Do one and post up

[Mrk_Mickey]

Yeah I'm off work today so I'll see how I go with the one I've already started

[WABIT]

silver man..

dom

[AGO41T]

CHROME them

[philz]

Polished would look sweet!

[Preen59]

If i can make a suggestion.. If you want to polish them, don't polish in a circular motion.

Polish them following the spokes etc. Where ever you're polishing, try to keep it in one direction. This blends the scratches in together and it's heaps easier/ faster. If you were polishing a plastic mould, it can be a bad practice, but you're only polishing wheels, so...

[Mrk_Mickey]

If i can make a suggestion.. If you want to polish them, don't polish in a circular motion.

Polish them following the spokes etc. Where ever you're polishing, try to keep it in one direction. This blends the scratches in together and it's heaps easier/ faster. If you were polishing a plastic mould, it can be a bad practice, but you're only polishing wheels, so...

I know what you mean mate. I haven't actually done any proper polishing on them yet as such. Unfortunately, all the swirling scratches you see are from the wire brush when we were trying hard to get the paint off with paint stripper.

[benno]

Seeing as we're talking wheels and paint...


I'm thi k of doing my zolders in black and then getting a paint shop to shoot some clear with metallic silver mixed in over that, to try and mimic shadow chrome. Any thoughts? Would love to try and ind some pics to see if this actually works...

[Jarred]

Seeing as we're talking wheels and paint...


I'm thi k of doing my zolders in black and then getting a paint shop to shoot some clear with metallic silver mixed in over that, to try and mimic shadow chrome. Any thoughts? Would love to try and ind some pics to see if this actually works...

how about ask the paint shop?? (i'm not trying to be smart either)

They probably have a product that mimics shadow chrome as it is. Otherwise a candy silver over black and cleared *might* look similar to shadow chrome.

[Jarred]

When I was looking for the shadow chrome finish, I was told that it was done like this:

Black basecoat (primer if you will)
transparent silver (coloured coat) (this is transparent so the black comes through as the 'shadow')
clearcoat to protect it

I'm not very involved in paints so I can't confirm this, but I don't think you'd be able to do what you're asking with the clear. I think the clear can only have coloured flakes in it for pearlescent paint.

so like I said then.....

[benno]

When I was looking for the shadow chrome finish, I was told that it was done like this:

Black basecoat (primer if you will)
transparent silver (coloured coat) (this is transparent so the black comes through as the 'shadow')
clearcoat to protect it

I'm not very involved in paints so I can't confirm this, but I don't think you'd be able to do what you're asking with the clear. I think the clear can only have coloured flakes in it for pearlescent paint.

Yeah that's pretty much what I've found. I was thinking of silver mixed with clear because it makes it easier to get a more translucent coat, rather than relying on just a super super thin coat of silver.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Hey lads,

Sorry I haven't updated this thread. I've been busy with other things all week and just haven't found the time to sand away!!

I have a question for you all. After putting the mk4 gti wheels on my car and seeing how good they look because they are bright and shiny, I thought about polishing the FACE of the spokes only, on my current wheels. I would paint the inside of the wheel and also the centre, and then leave the spoke faces nicely polished then clearcoat the whole wheel.

Thoughts before I continue? I'm just so crap at making decisions

[mk3pete]

i just read the thread mickey nice work
what paint have you decided on to paint the inside, black chrome would look awesome with the outside polished

[Jarred]

i dont think the polished faces would look very good with the other bit painted. mind you, you have like 6 wheels, trial and error my friend!