So some of you might remember me postin somethin before about my wheels gettin messed up from the winter/salt....so yesterday i removed the clear coat off the lip of the wheel with airplane stripper.....then went and bought the mothers powerball and polished these bad boys up they look like chrome compared to what they looked like with the clear coat on them....but i still have one problem the divets in the wheels....idk how to get them out but if anyone knows any tips feel free to leave the info....But i figured id give yall some teasers of what these wheels are gettin done to them!

as you can see what i was saying about the divets


Then the teeaser.....

 

painting them black? or gunmetal?

 

powdercoating but yall will have to wait and see the color lol

 

Use WD-40 to remove the divets. Let the WD-40 sit there for a minute or two, then wipe and re-spray. I had the same problems on my wheels and had it cleaned like this.

 

did u use like a buffer or somethin cuz it didnt work lol

 

can anyone photoshop the first pic with the face white?

 

If your reffering to the rivvets or bolts then....

dont wanna nock ur rims, but MOST generic rims arnt TRUE 3pc or 2pc. means they dont come apart. dont feel bad tho, AME is the same way. maybe 2pc welded rims with "fake" rivvets.

 

How's this? best i could do..

 

thanks alot riple!!! love it but yea i just took those stupid rivets out they done do ne thing

 

Should i do gloss white or satin white powder coat on these bad boys! gettin them done this weekend!!!

 

Gloss

 

Does anyone kno if i use like a 400 or 600 grit sandpaper on my lip will it ruin the wheel.....im tryna get the divets out and thats the only thing i can think of doin and then repolishing them after?

 

400-600 will def dull the shine. if you are going to do that, work your way up from 400/600 to 2k then hit it with polish and it will be like new. The white face will look nice..GL

 

The white is going to look awesome.

 

nice

 

Let's see the finished product!

 

 

before you start sanding, try brake cleaner to clean the divots.
let it soak, then wipe and re-do it.

I had some amazing results with brake cleaner cleaning rims in the past.

Good luck !

 

well guys i wet sanded the lip! turned out pretty good i must say polished them up....their getting taped up for powder coat tommarow or friday and they will be powdercoated this weekend proboly saturday so i should have pics up by at least sunday! thanks guys for yalls opinions!

 

I'm looking forward to seeing them done

 

Nice. Can't wait!

That tape can handle the heat from PC?

 

Its a high temp tape....just for powdercoating! I will keep you guys posted......I had a curb rash on the rear passenger side wheel....i used a 180 grit and DA and got it right out im so happy! wheels should look really good fellas like i said i will keep yall posted!!!

 

so here goes the whole process boys first with the striping of the wheels with airplane stripper!



THEN THE BEAUTIFUL AFTER PIECE!!!

 

Looks nice.... but that's a LOT of white! Go with Black lug nuts and paint the faux screws around the circumference black to give some contrast.

 

purple lug nuts are on the way!