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Please be aware the lighting was different. I started in the day (5PM) and went up to night then into the garage. (11PM) so the whole thing look like 6 hours of labour alone. I prob spent about $50 in materials.
Note: This was a lot of work and I would appreciate it if you could add some +REP to me if you find this useful.
2 - Cans of Duplicolor Graphite Wheel Coating
1 - Can of Duplicolor Clear Coat Wheel Coating
1 - Can quick dry primper.
2 - Sheets of 100 grit sandpaper
1 - Sheet of 1000 grit sandpaper
2 - Sander inserts (Mesh like sandpaper which is very good cause it's durable)
1 - Pack of Index Cards
1 - Bondo body filler
Simple Green cleaner to clean the wheels.
Water
Let me tell you that 2 cans is more than enough. I had to do so many coats (8) of paint because of that.
Start off with a stock rim.
See how shiny a perfect rim is?
See how water beads up on the clearcoat of a perfect rim?
Here is an old pic with my rim that was curbed slightly...
Start sanding down the rim, wet the rim down so you are wet sanding to minimize dust and stuff. It'll start getting pasty.
Sand down your rim but you just mostly want to scratch the clearcoat really really well. Sand down the curbed area really well. You can see most of the scratches went away.
Put some bondo or body filler on the curbed area. You should mask off the tire.
Wait about 30 minutes for it to dry. Sand down the bondo with 700 grit.
Sand with 1000 Grit sandpaper.
Note: This was a lot of work and I would appreciate it if you could add some +REP to me if you find this useful.
2 - Cans of Duplicolor Graphite Wheel Coating
1 - Can of Duplicolor Clear Coat Wheel Coating
1 - Can quick dry primper.
2 - Sheets of 100 grit sandpaper
1 - Sheet of 1000 grit sandpaper
2 - Sander inserts (Mesh like sandpaper which is very good cause it's durable)
1 - Pack of Index Cards
1 - Bondo body filler
Simple Green cleaner to clean the wheels.
Water
Let me tell you that 2 cans is more than enough. I had to do so many coats (8) of paint because of that.
Start off with a stock rim.
See how shiny a perfect rim is?
See how water beads up on the clearcoat of a perfect rim?
Here is an old pic with my rim that was curbed slightly...
Start sanding down the rim, wet the rim down so you are wet sanding to minimize dust and stuff. It'll start getting pasty.
Sand down your rim but you just mostly want to scratch the clearcoat really really well. Sand down the curbed area really well. You can see most of the scratches went away.
Put some bondo or body filler on the curbed area. You should mask off the tire.
Wait about 30 minutes for it to dry. Sand down the bondo with 700 grit.
Sand with 1000 Grit sandpaper.