How much to recoat OEM wheels? Couple of mine are toast.
05-02-2006, 11:07 AM
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Re: He does fantastic work, I don't know if you saw Donovan's wheels
Yeah, my dilema is the down time of five days. Wish I had a fifth OEM so I could just take the bad ones in one at a time. I don't know who Donovan is that you are speaking of. Are his wheels post on the picture thread on Skip's website?
05-02-2006, 11:16 AM
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DIY! I am refinishing my AMG wheels.
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I polished the wheel lip and painted the centers, then clear-coated.
I polished the wheel lip and painted the centers, then clear-coated.
05-02-2006, 11:46 AM
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That's me... check out this link:
<center><img src="http://images4.fotki.com/v41/photos/2/229737/1286469/DSC00026-vi.jpg"></center><p>He did an nice brushed finish for the face of the wheel and the painted everything thing else! He does great work!<ul><li><a href="http://au-297.fotki.com/au-298/rs4_refinish/">My wheel's that Skip did!</a></li></ul>
05-02-2006, 11:48 AM
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Are these the forged 5 spokes?
If forged, then it's a tough job. You would need to strip of the clearcoat, re-polish and then re-clearcoat. You might be able to refurbish spots and re-coat the whole wheel. But if you need to do a lot of work on them, I would leave that to a professional.
If it is a silver painted wheel, then you just need wheel paint and clearcoat. You would smooth out any problems, clean the wheels thoroughly, mask off the tire (all of this done off the car of course) then paint, followed by clearcoat.
I got paint at www.expresspaint.com.
If it is a silver painted wheel, then you just need wheel paint and clearcoat. You would smooth out any problems, clean the wheels thoroughly, mask off the tire (all of this done off the car of course) then paint, followed by clearcoat.
I got paint at www.expresspaint.com.