Wheel respray DIY

[maca]

Nice man!! Can't wait to see them on the VR6... It'll defs stand out from the crowd with these on..

[KI11Z]

mmm yep! i'm diggin the colour my mate, now to decide polished or painted, i've no idea though I do think the polished face with this colour backing it up would look a treat! Heaps more messing around though

[Pullstarter]

Sweet colour Mickey, excellent choice. Now you can spray my wheels when you're finished

[team_v]

The colour looks awesome, a little darker and more glossy than they were before.
It will just add that extra bit of contrast to our car.

Nice work

[Mrk_Mickey]

mmm yep! i'm diggin the colour my mate, now to decide polished or painted, i've no idea though I do think the polished face with this colour backing it up would look a treat! Heaps more messing around though

Alex mate, the spokes are still polished underneath that tape! As soon as the second and third coats of paint are on the tape is coming off and I'm restarting the polish the way preeny told me to do it to get it MIRROR finish. The good thing about this project is I don't have a time frame so if I decide to do a little more work then it's ok. My plan is to finish this wheel with a polished front and then we'll see how it looks. I assume it's gonna look just how I want it to so I'll then organise to get my other four wheels sandblasted (Can't be bothered with the fifth one) and I'll do it all again

The colour looks awesome, a little darker and more glossy than they were before.
It will just add that extra bit of contrast to our car.

Nice work

Yeah that's exactly what I thought...sooo stoaked!

Cheers.

[goodfella]

you could always spray the 5th wheel in orange like HSV do

[Mrk_Mickey]

So...can anyone recommend a cheap sandblaster who can get my wheels ready for paint, or can someone do it through someone they know? Ideally I'd like to pay about $150 for the 4 or 5 wheels I still have to do.

[Manaz]

You may have issues when you remove the tape in that it may take paint you want left on the wheels with it, because the paint forms a layer that runs over the edge of the tape, and it won't "break" neatly at the edge of the tape.

[Mrk_Mickey]

You may have issues when you remove the tape in that it may take paint you want left on the wheels with it, because the paint forms a layer that runs over the edge of the tape, and it won't "break" neatly at the edge of the tape.

Yeah I can understand that; that reason is exactly why I was going to leave the tape line shy of the edge so that it wouldn't rip into the part I want to be painted.

Test wheel will determine lots of things

P.S Still looking for an answer for sandblasting, peeps!

[Manaz]

How's this?

[KI11Z]

ooooooh, I see I see, thats why it's "flaking", it's just the tape haha, DOH!

[Jarred]

You may have issues when you remove the tape in that it may take paint you want left on the wheels with it, because the paint forms a layer that runs over the edge of the tape, and it won't "break" neatly at the edge of the tape.

*cough*cough*

or use fine line tape

*cough*

[Mrk_Mickey]

*cough*cough*

or use fine line tape

*cough*

Hahaha you're evil Jarred. Yes, I'm going to use fine line tape, but it will not occur for a while as I need to pay for rego first. You did get your way though

[Jarred]

just trying to help out mate . Remeber I have done a bit of spraying and plenty of reasearch, well a fair bit. (I'm not saying i'm an expert though.)

[Mrk_Mickey]

just trying to help out mate . Remeber I have done a bit of spraying and plenty of reasearch, well a fair bit. (I'm not saying i'm an expert though.)

Understood you're more experienced than I anywho so I ultimately would have gone with your advice


I'm hoping to get the second and third coats of paint on the test wheel tonight, so I can FINALLY reveal the polish spokes underneath! Exciteedddddd.