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Painting wheel


dorifto

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Story starts with me scoring a set of Tom's Racing wheels ( 15 x 7, + 35 offset, 6.9kg/wheel) and had them shipped over from Japan. They had minor blemishes all over the wheel which required sanding to get rid of them. So i thought hell, i'll just spray the centres (the spokes) as well like my current Volk wheels. Anyway heres the pic's that tells the story

After 3 grades of sandpaper including wet and dry and sanding you will need these three items

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I polished the lip before masking 'cause i didnt want to get any of it on after painting her up

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2nd layer of primer

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All of them with final coat

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Enter black

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1st coat

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"Artistic shot" - note thats not my car, its Evoke's.

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Testing the Vision Motorsports lightweight lugs - 22 grams each. Finish painting.

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your wheels turned out way better then mine did,

i didn't use the etch primer and when the guys put new tyres the paint chiped away so easly,

i might redo mine again (when i can be bothered) or get them powdercoated.

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cheers!

This is the only pic i could find after having tyres fitted and the tyre shine crap sprayed on

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Just an update, i have been to the carwash and scrubbed the wheels down with the brush and high-pressure hosed them down. No flaking or blemishes. This is without clear coat as well. So doublezero, if you go for the matt black just make sure the surface is well prepped and you shouldn't have any problems.

Good luck!

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