refinished my wheels check em!

[Fabian]

I decided to refinish my extremely bitched up wheels today. I know I took the short route to do it, but I dont give two shits anymore and I'm not gonna pay a shop to rebend the wheels. I'm just gonna do it this way for now, save the money, and then buy the wheels that I actually want. But I'd like to know what you guys think of the work I did...

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So heres how I did it. I sanded down the the lips as best as I could and got them as smooth as possible. Which isnt smooth at ALL because they were so ridiculously bitched up. BUT I did my best. So I sanded the lips on every wheel, sanded the spokes with 800 grit, and found a PERFECT paint match for the spokes. I love the grey that they are so I wanted to keep that color. But I wanted the lips cleaned up a bit. The only way I saw that happening was if I covered them up completely or somehow diverted people's eyes away from the lips on the wheels. So I did a bit of both. The spokes came out absolutely awesome, the chips of paint were filled awesomely and recovered really nicely. I then sprayed the lips with about 6 coats of METALCAST "candy red". Then sanded the lips again with a 2000 grit. Then clear coated them with an actual gravity gun. They came out really nicely I think. I still have 2 to finish tomorrow . But I had to get home before too late and I wasnt gonna ride with 2 undone in the front and 2 done in the back. So I put the 2 finished ones on one side of the car and left the others on the opposite side. ANYWAYS! lemme know what you think

 

[TurboSportAWD]

Looks good! I may have to try that metalcast stuff on my lips as well.

 

[lacroixdp]

I really like how those turned out. Nice and clean - good job!

 

[Fabian]

thanks guys! I will tell you, metalcast ONLY comes out as nice as it did when it's on a polished or chrome surface. Without the polished surface you need the ground coat that dupli-color makes.

 

[Sam@RRE]

Looks pretty sweet.

 

[907gs-t]

look's pretty damn good.

 

[joe sobo]

why the red lip on a white car?

 

[Fabian]

why the red lip on a white car?

why the hell not? It looked good in my "mind's eye"

 

[tunethis]

They look good and make the car look very different. It's a good choice in color.

 

[Fabian]

thanks you guys. Much appreciated!!! I was really going for something that nobody has really seen on a dsm. It definitely distracts your eyes from the flaws in the wheels. So it worked out perfectly to what I wanted.

 

[Boost4U]

I like it, I was thinking of going red lip on my white car but didnt know how it would look, now i do. Very nice.

 

[ben's93talon]

thats sweet, awsome job

 

[joe sobo]

I Was Just Wondering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fabian]

haha well I was just telling!!!

 

[4g63awdhonda]

the wheels look pretty sweet

 

[Trav83]

It's an improvement. period. nice job