how to refurb your own wheels

[obriener2054]

hi men,

i do this kind of thing in my spare time and wrote this how to for dtd and thought you guys may well be interested


First evaluate how bad the wheel is

in the case below the wheels are kerbed all round



what i usually do is file down the kerb damage, sometimes its possible if not to bad to get a perfect finish

but in this case it's a matter of taking as much of the damage away and filling in later


so files at the ready



so it went from this





to this




then in order to get the filler to bond i needed to remove the finish back to metal, in this case it was a chrome finish but most of the time it will be just the paint

i used a drill bit and this, but regular sandpaper is fine




i then set up about using wet 'N' Dry sandpaper starting with a low grade first going upwards and upwrds to get the desired smoothness









remember the more preperation the better the finish

the next stage was to apply the P38 filler




i cant stress enough how important it is to apply this to bare metal....

also with the hardener be frugal, only a tiny amount is needed for it to set, too much and it will set too quickly

now apply;

the tip here is to come from the rim inwards keeping the applicator nearly flat against the edge


it should turn out like this






then again set up about the wet 'N' Dry sandpaper starting with a low grade again as before and sand the filler

then start to prime



first coat



and finished, 3 coats and 2 of laquer



hope this helps people save some money

[subzero]

great thread

[obriener2054]

updated in first thread

[obriener2054]

and finished

[Titan Autoworks Japan]

good thread

[Dunnedriftin]

Jesus thats a savage turnout!! say some amount of time & effort in that tho? say a few hours for each step?? not minuets...

[obriener2054]

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