fuzzysig

sandblasted my a-spec wheels. gave up on finding aftermarket wheels for it and it was cheaper to just sandblast these


should i clearcoat ovee this or paint them black?
or machine face and then clearcoat?

teh CL

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I'd say polished or black

projektvertx

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I don't know if it's the exposure in the shot, but they look too light to me. I'd personally go for a darker color. If you're painting, definitely clear coat.

fuzzysig

it was very sunny. and that's just after they got done so probably still have dust and flakes on them

they look darker today. probably start to oxidize already


I'm stuck between black/machined face, metal/machined face, complete black, or just clearcoat over



but Ideally I would prefer to get them back to chrome or as close as I can without spending a fortune


anyone can give me some suggestions on whats available that I can do at home?
hyper silver? or gunmetal?

and also what is the color of the OEM acura black wheels? I might just do that

projektvertx

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My vote is for gunmetal.

fuzzysig

is is possible to get a good hyper silver lke these enkeis?

seems like a complicated process

is is a basecoat+ clearcoat with metallic color+ clearcoat?

projektvertx

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Have you considered powdercoating instead of painting?

Snobaru

I had a set of wheels refinished recently. I really wanted to have them powdercoated, after a lot of thought I decided to have them painted. Depending on the time/ temperature of the bake it can weaken the wheels!? I vote painting a hyper silver.

I went through my brothers friend who is just getting started. You could ask a local dealership/ shop who their wheel guy is. Some of those guys are mobile and might even come to you. Good luck!

projektvertx

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Interesting, that's the first I hear of that. Both my sets of wheels have been repaired and powdercoated. Knock on wood, it's been over 4 years and I haven't had any issues with damaging wheels in Michigan and Illinois with notoriously bad roads

fuzzysig

powdercoating is 120 per wheel
at that point i can just buy another set of these

Snobaru

I think it's really only an issue for forged wheels. Sounds like it worked out for you! Any pictures?

projektvertx

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It's usually 75 to 100$ a wheel here, that seems pricey... I guess it helps that I got both my sets of wheels for 200$ a set

I did it twice for two sets of wheel, it's in my thread in my sig