Rim resto

MarcoGTTurbo

MarcoGTTurbo

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After reading a rim revival thread on here a month or 2 ago from Nippon, I decided I should give it a go. So I decided on Toyota 040 super white. I went with 2pac paint as it gives a much deeper finish and looks nicer in my opinion. Soo 140 quid and lots of elbow grease/sanding later here are the results!

Firstly the rim to start off with -
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then filled any scratches in with body filler and sanded back smooth
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then gave everything a nice 240grit sand along with a emery pad/scotch pad rub
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next was to apply a thick primer -
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2 of the wheels primed and flattened for smoothness and key
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then comes the 040
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Took a while and theres a few minor drips but once its dried out Ill sand back and touch up...but the finish looks mint! I even bought some new wheel nuts to finish it off :haha:

Hope this inspires some other people to do there wheels like Nippons thread inspire me to do mine!


Thanks for looking guys

Mark:rockon:
 
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Lawrence

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looks like a pukka job lots of effort but i only paided 160 to have a set of wheels shot blasted chemicly cleaned and powdercoated.
 
MarcoGTTurbo

MarcoGTTurbo

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Lawrence said:
looks like a pukka job lots of effort but i only paided 160 to have a set of wheels shot blasted chemicly cleaned and powdercoated.
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Thats a good price Lawrence. For 140quid I got 8 litres of 040 paint, the thinners to match and the hardener too as Im doing the whole car. :)
 
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Lawrence

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ahh i see mate good luck you are obviosly good at painting put some pics up of the car while you doing it i like to see painting getting done, i always wanted to try paint through a compressor but i dont know how to mix the paint seems complicated.
 
Nippon

Nippon

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Nice one! Good to see I have inspired someone!

Its all about doing it yourself. Anyone can pay to have work done. Get much more satisfaction from the results when its your own hard work.
 
dac69er

dac69er

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Nippon said:
Nice one! Good to see I have inspired someone!

Its all about doing it yourself. Anyone can pay to have work done. Get much more satisfaction from the results when its your own hard work.
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i think the same about most jobs, but when it comes to paintwork (unless its a small job) i get a professional to do it. always comes out better and is cheaper.

i refurbed my bike wheels myself and after a year they looked shit again. got them powder coated for almost half the price it cost me to do it first time round and they have lasted twice as long and still look good!
 
toyobaz

toyobaz

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great job

best remove paint from the hub face !
a bit of heat and the paint will melt and untorque the wheel nuts :eek:
 
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