painting the stock alloy wheels
12-05-2004 | 04:30 AM
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I've done it before (not to my xB though). Important to lightly sand and use primer. I used solver paint and then cleared it a few times and they looked like brand new wheels. They still do 5 years and 1400 miles later ;-)
12-05-2004 | 06:21 AM
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Has anyone seen any variety of steel wheels for sale? Usually there's the lame "winter" wheels are the larger discount sites but that's all.
PS. In my hometown, powder coating wheels is well over a hundred dollars per wheel!
PS. In my hometown, powder coating wheels is well over a hundred dollars per wheel!
12-05-2004 | 06:05 PM
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I second what superjeer said......
I had a friend with a ford focas that painted his wheels in the manner he mentiened and it came out lovely.....Just make shure you take time in your prepwork (sanding,cleaning) because that will determine the final outcome
I had a friend with a ford focas that painted his wheels in the manner he mentiened and it came out lovely.....Just make shure you take time in your prepwork (sanding,cleaning) because that will determine the final outcome
12-09-2004 | 06:18 AM
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Powdercoating is awesome. You should be able to get all 4 done for a bill. But I did paint a set of TSW's once on a Corrado I had. It came out totally awesome. I scuffed the wheels real good, primered them and sanded them, I sprayed some Duplicolor rattle can "truck and van touchup metallic silver" and I cleared them with a urethane clear from the real HVLP paint gun and they came out and held up awesome. The tire shop that dismounted the tires for me was driving me nuts asking me to refinish wheels for them. Told them I didn't have the time. They didn't believe I did it myself. I said- listen you removed the tires on Sat, and I'm dropping them off on Monday- who the hell else redid them in one day on a SUNDAY?
12-09-2004 | 06:58 PM
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If you want to paint your wheels, use Aircraft Paint Remover to remove all the coats that are on it. Then sand down all the rough spots, and then paint away.
Aircraft Paitn remover costs like 4 bucks a can....so use it, cause it is the ____
Aircraft Paitn remover costs like 4 bucks a can....so use it, cause it is the ____
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