How-to-guide: Refurbing and spraying your alloy wheels

[Mr_P]

Originally Posted by olly_vts

how do you get them so god damn shiny??!

That's a combination of the choice of colour and also the laquer will make it "bling"

[olly_vts]

hmmmm, gloss black and lacquer, both from halfrauds?

also if you sand in between the coats of primer with 1200wet, will that make it shiny?

[Mr_P]

Originally Posted by olly_vts

hmmmm, gloss black and lacquer, both from halfrauds?

also if you sand in between the coats of primer with 1200wet, will that make it shiny?

Yerh mate, That will flatten out the paint ensuring a smoother surface which will also make it "shiny"

[Lloydie]

I put a coat of primer on about 3 hours ago and it seems dry as hell. Can i do another coat of paint or should i just wait 24 hours?

[werdna]

Wait 24 hours.

Don't rush the prep stages you will end up with a crap result.

[johnlambert]

what you suggest i do with these??
myself or pay to get em redone?

[werdna]

To be fair you can't make them much worse.

If you have alot of free time give them a go.

They do look like they will need filler though.

[Fulch]

Hey guys, firsty great guide, i'm thinkin of re doing mine as the standard paint is corroding and cracking but dunno weather to leave silver or go different colour, the sax is currently silver wirth colour coded bumpers, suggestions please

[furioALm]

If it's colour coded you could do them any colour to be honest.. im not a massive fan of black wheels as they make the tyres look grey.. or you have to constantly apply tyre shine..

I think white or gun metal is the way forward..

Johnlambert- it's worth having a go.. wouldn't be that bad to be honest.. fill the scratches with filler and just sand them back.. i have just been colour coding my clio bump strips today.. and i was trying to remove the standard dimpled appearance by sanding it flat.. I just used some sanding disks on my portercable.. and it is sooo quick to sand stuff back.. if you have an orbital sander on those wheels it would save you a lot of time!

Good luck,
Al

[marc_mcquilling]

i wanna do mine!

im thinking bwt getting some VTS wheels to do though.

[Jay_]

this is awesome. will b gettin my hands on another set of VTR rims n then gettin them white wen i get sum £££

[dannyboy2005]

What happens if you have a lip on your wheels, like the VTS ones and the lip has been scuffed down? Do you have to make a new lip from filer and sand it into shape?

And when your sanding, do you sand inside the wheel too or just the parts you can see?

Also, why do you use wet and dy and not ordanary sand paper?

[JCs_VTR]

Im defnitely going to do mine very soon now, such a helpful thread, I was always under the impression that you had to remove the tyre never thought of masking it thanks

[dannyboy2005]

Originally Posted by JCs_VTR

Im defnitely going to do mine very soon now, such a helpful thread, I was always under the impression that you had to remove the tyre never thought of masking it thanks

Deflate it to so you can get round the edges.

[green_vtr_mk1]

hi, what is the name of the colour of paint used on the vts wheel in the guide?

thanks

[ashabbey33]

very good and very clear guide wheels look mint mate

[kran]

hey i was just wondering exactly what did you use to spray the wheel with? did you just use it straight out of the spray can or did u use a air sprayer or what?

thanks

[Chris_O]

most people would just use the rattle cans from halfords mate

[kran]

Originally Posted by chris_furio

most people would just use the rattle cans from halfords mate

cheers mate

[Lloydie]

heres mine: