Wheel respray DIY

[V®6]

Looking good Mickey.

I reckon Gloss Black where you have put the primer would look awesome.

[Manaz]

each wheel is a different colour

Would go well with his panel work!

[Mrk_Mickey]

were you using electrical tape there mickey???

Yeah. We had masking tape but it wouldn't have created a nice line, so I thought I might as well use electrical (all we had) because it will stick better and give a better line; which it did.

For the other wheels, I'll just mask them up as I am going to rub the surface down and polish it anyways so it will be a smooth line by the time I'm finished.

Idea. Polished spokes and harlequin where you have primed, i.e each wheel is a different colour, but still has that polished look on the front of the spokes. Either way add real colour!

Duuuude...nooooo! I don't like that idea at all

Looking good Mickey.

I reckon Gloss Black where you have put the primer would look awesome.

I agree sort of...

I don't wanna go BLACK because it's been done heaps before. I would however, like to put some black into my audi grey paint to see how that comes out (once again on the test wheel).

[Jarred]

get yourself some fine line tape mickey. it's the tape the pro's use when doing two tones jobs etc. after you lift the tape off, there's a very small line between the two colours, rather than if you had used masking tape, which creates a large line (that you can feel) between the colours.

hope that makes sense. you just use it on the edges, and then use masking tape just to protect the areas you don't want painted.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Sorry dude, I'm not convinced lol...it's probably going to be expensive and time consuming. One of those I have!

We're sanding down the surface and then machine-polishing it..any line will be annihilated after I'm done with it. I'll make sure to cut the tape short so that it overlaps, which will then be polished away.

[Jarred]

it'll make your edges finer and hence cleaner and smoother.

just my advice, taht's all.

[VeeDubs]

i might pop around saturday if ur still working on them.

see u friday anyway (if u take all the crap out of your boot throw that rim in so we can check it )

[Mrk_Mickey]

I still appreciate the info Jared mate I just can't afford extra expenses atm (rego...) and I don't think it will matter because we're scratching/polishing the surface on the front anyways. My test wheel will tell though, and if it doesn't work as well as I wanted then I'm definitely gonna wait and get some

Marty, hopefully I'll have painted a wheel in colour by then (even if it's not the best) so I'll bring it along. Hell, even if I don't, I'll probs just wetsand it while everyone is taking long exposure shots on Friday hahaha

[Mrk_Mickey]

I should be stripping the rest of the wheels tonight. If possible, I'm going to whack some colour on my test wheel (even if it does need more primer..) because I want to see what the colour looks like, and whether or not I should go darker.

Hopefully I'll have more progress tonight!

[VeeDubs]

Marty, hopefully I'll have painted a wheel in colour by then (even if it's not the best) so I'll bring it along. Hell, even if I don't, I'll probs just wetsand it while everyone is taking long exposure shots on Friday hahaha

awesomee! we could do a long exposure shot of you scrubbing away so just your hands are a blur. because your such a hard worker!

im excited to see it! i installed my new sub just then