Another wheel refurbishing

[Graeme H Burvill]

Well I picked up my buddies 1986 bmw 325. Got a really good deal on it, and it is a pretty solid car. When I got it the wheels looked horrible, lots of build up and a bit of corrosion. They weren't as bad as my talon rims were. I didn't take any before pictures But i used the same method to paint these rims as I did my last one. Landon Muzio had a wicked post on it.
http://www.bcdsm.org/forum/index.php/topic,16826.0.html

Took me a whole day of sanding again, and a worn out shoulder, but it was totally worth it. I used the same duplicolor paint, went with "metallic silver" under GM. It looked the closest to the stock color off the shelf, swear i spent an hour standing there looking at every silver. Anyways took my time and it turned out great.





should probably paint my wheel lugs but whatevs.

[John Hartman]

you guys did those by hand?

VERY well done.  Fiddly friggin wheels for that kinda work.

[Graeme H Burvill]

honestly these were the absolute worst because of the little spokes, but once i had been sanding for like 3 hours I had a method down to getting all the nooks and crannys. I would say I speant easily 2 hours per rim more than my talon rims, just because of the shape. Even though my talon rims were way more heavily corroded.