Wheels refurbed after 3 weekends toil

[mark1707]

After many hours stripping, sanding and finishing I finally completed the refurb on my 1.6 205gti wheels. Don't have any pictures of them before I started unfortunately but the paint was flaking with surface corrosion and some deep scoring around the rims. All in all pretty poor condition but were only £40 off ebay with new tyres. Decided to polish the rim and paint the rest of the wheel in Peugeot Steel Grey.

After stripping, sanding, polishing and masking I got the first coat of primer on:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/mark1707/DSC00138.jpg

Still a few minor imperfections so sanded down and used filler primer. Sanded down again and primed for the final coat. Final coat went on a treat (dodgy phone camera):

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/mark1707/DSC00144.jpg

Lacquered the wheels up and peeled away the masking to reveal the final finish. Plenty of metal polish later and I got 4 of these:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/mark1707/DSC01007.jpg

All that's left is to dress the tyres and get them back on the car tomorrow. Pleased with the results but was very hard work and unbelievably time consuming. The 2000 grit paper did a great job finishing off the rims.

[Predator_R32]

looks good mate, paint does look a bit flat maybe the picture though, not shiny but have done a good job :y:

[mark1707]

Still need to rub down the lacquer to get the final shine but I'll wait a few more days to make sure it's properly hardened.

[Apollo32_2000]

lookin good... its a great way to pass the time, just what out for those kerbs!!

[Chris_Ward_vtr]

looking good, like the polished lip.