Shit. The clear is pealing and the aluminum is oxidizing.


Soooooooooooo i decided to break out the sand blaster and sander today.









And what i have so far. Now i need to decide if im going to strip the clear off the rest of the wheel, paint the inner and polish the rest or just paint them (seeing as they are only my winter wheels)???

 

Wow, that looks alot better even if you decided to stop and leave it as is!

 

leave as is...or powder coat color u want....we hav the same car...sooo id say gunmetal..lol...but thats me

 

its a nice start. i'd recommend taking the wheel off and really cleaning and stripping it well b4 painting.

 

powdercoat it pink.

 

this.

 

Mine's the same way. I use them for winter only. I have 18's which I use in Spring Summer. The wheels still work great and no one's going to steal them.

 

Yea, but that requires more work. I sandblasted the edge pretty good. I should do what you recommended, but it all depends on how much ambition i have. I may end up polishing them

Yea i couldnt take it any longer. They were bothering me even though i know they are only my winter wheels.

 

Salmon.

 

3 wheels done 1 to go, ill work on that later today

 

holy cow, i imagine my integra wheels will look something like that after this year...

 

not unless they have seen near ten years and over 200k miles and have seen the amount of salt that our roads see.

 

very nice so far.. i think you should do metal polish to get a chrome look.

 

Wow, they look really good for 10 year old wheels.

Can't wait til winter's over so you can slap on those C2's???

 

I know, me too. I still have to get the one repaired and have them all polished

I also need to see if i can get 255/35/18s to fit too

 

those wheels look like they went through armageddon.. jesus!

 

riding in salt mines

 

wow talk about wear and tear haha

Looks like stock after you cleaned them up. I really don't like 99-01 stock wheels, they look weird. Where as the stock TL-P of years 02-03 had the 5 spokes. I'm more of a 5 spokes wheel guy than 6 or 7 spokes. That's why I'm buying either the 02-03 Type S wheels or the 02-03 TL-P wheels.

And plus mines don't look half as bad as yours but my right front passenger needs a overhaul!

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I could never stand the look of the 02-03 TL-P wheels. I always liked the type-s wheels, and always wished they had made the 99-01 TL-P wheel in a 18"

 

Thats what our roads are like in the winter.

 

Its a '98 with 186k lol. Who knows, if they look like hell i will prolly break down and just get wheels for it.

 

Awesome work. I love these wheels as beater wheels.

 

damn i wish i had a sand blaster...could do so many projects not the car alone...


polish them shits tho, would look great

 

All 4 are done. I was playing around polishing one of them. Damn thats going to be a lot of work. That is going to require a lawn chair and many to get them polished

 

 

kris u should get some 02 TYPE-S wheels, they would make a huge difference

 

just do the face...but would look way better if it was all polish, but would take nuff time to get all the nooks and crannies

 

yea, but then i would have to buy different snow tires. These didnt cost me any thing as they came with the car. I have my RH C2s to make it look good in the summer. These are simply the winter beaters.

 

It's ok. They're in good hands. I mean, look at how Kris ed when he got them scuffed a while back...

 

02-03 Stock P wheels are TERRIBLE.

 

wow, that's a serious before and after

 

wow ... how many miles on those wheels to get them to look like that!?!

 

I just rattle canned mine silver.Quick scuff and spray.

 

oh yea and 04+ center caps match duplicolors silver wheel paint near perfectly.

 

about 220k

 

Good to know, i need new caps

 

That actually looks really good!

 

 

i agree, i'm surprised at what a little spray paint did to bring those things back to life

 

After all that sanding I'd get them rebalanced.