1hour wheel refurbish.

Ok, I was asked to repair a curbed alloy on a 2009 megan.

I have only spent 1hour on this wheel, not including removing it.

As it arrived
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/upa6u5ys.jpg

Cleaned with bilberry
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/e7agaqaq.jpg

Prepped with 120, 240, 320 and whole wheel scotched and cleaned
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/avyme7es.jpg

Tacked off.

Primed with bog standard grey primer
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/baravaza.jpg

Light rub with a foamed 800, then more primer
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/yrasezu9.jpg

Tacked and a light dust coat of silver
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/vuvujeja.jpg

And a few more heavy coats
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/ahy7azed.jpg

Dusty coat of lacquer
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/ezuzusyn.jpg

1 heavy slowish coat of lacquer to finish it
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/ubyhedad.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/6amepere.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/u3ugeve9.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/a2amesu6.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/17/hyvy7ama.jpg

That's really good work mate. How much you charge for that then? Or is it a freebie.

Well, I already had the primer and colour, the 2k lacquer cost me £10.

I did it as a favour for my cousin, but I charged him £20.

I didn't think that was too bad for a same day service??

So, where do we send the wheels to? ;)

Looks brilliant Ben!! Top work!! What's your address ;)

I'm more than happy to do a set, as long as materials are paid for.

Yeah ben these momo corse alloys on the trooper could do with some love

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Great job Ben.

Good work! Looks really neat.

Cheers guys :)

I really enjoy doing bits like this, very satisfying.


Fitted :)

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/18/avu9e5eb.jpg

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.

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Originally Posted by Mr Hans

How do you handle curb marks / scratches around the rim? PS fancy doing my 4 wheels? :)

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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.