I fooking hate people with ,mad skillz like this.
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I fooking hate people with ,mad skillz like this.
To be honest, anyone could do this with the correct materials.
It's not even expensive to do.
4 wheels=
2 cans of lacquer £17
1 can of grey primer £5
1 1/2 cans of colour. £10
So £32 for a set with paint left over if you scuff one.
Just make sure you buy the right paints and you'll be laughing.
I think you must do an extensive how to.
Including what to buy and where from!!
How do you handle curb marks / scratches around the rim? PS fancy doing my 4 wheels? :)
You don't need to sand the wheel all the way back to metal, either sand the damage out of fill it and sand it smooth, then clean and prime it.
Curb marks are usually only cosmetic, so filling and smoothing is fine.
Tacking - it's a tack cloth, It's used between coats to pick up any dust or contaminants that may have fallen onto the wheel.
When spraying, start and finish each squirt(??) away from the wheel, never stop spraying halfway through the wheel (hence overspray on the masked tyre).
I used high coat grey primer and Simoniz wheel silver.
Cheap easy repair really
Primer
Silver
Lacquer
Depending on the wheel, one of each could do 4 wheels.
If you buy the lacquer on eBay, use these guys
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=360392780983
Buy 2 cans to save on p&p
The primer and colour are from eurocarparts,
You should be able to find promo codes to save a few quid.
As above, I'm happy to help.
As long as I don't need to spend hours on end prepping, I'm happy to chuck some paint about.
Cant believe how nice its turned out, especially goin wet on wet like that.... laaavly work!
Each coat was dry to touch between coats :)
Awesome, nice work.