Humphries Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Session 1: Introduction My brother had some American Racing "series 86" that i wanted to refinish... so im gonna. they look like crap and are dirty as a cambodian hooker so i am going to fix them up. here's some pics... will post progress along the way. give opinions on what color they should be colored? im semi-polishing the lip. workspace: wheels: shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eg9-civic Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 how are you goin about to fix that lip damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 sanding.. its not that deep.. start at 200, 400, 800, 1000 semi-polished.. dont care too much about them. Session 2: Cleaning I cleaned the hell out of these bad boys.. turned out pretty well I'd say.. check pics: :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eg9-civic Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 fingernails are way to clean for honda guy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 "i keep my hand clean cause i neva touch dope" yeah, first time i have touched dirty crap from a car since like a week or 2 ago when i detailed a ford focus for 100 bucks. wasnt much work.. just used a bunch of water and some homemade concoction for wheel acid and a sponge w/ scotch brite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eg9-civic Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 nice refrence to 3 6 mafia... good luck on the lip you think a dremel would work well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 i'm going to sand them by hand. my brother said i should paint them all black. thats boring and i dont want to. im thinking a gunmetal color.. i have some wheel paint in my trunk i used on my valve cover.. here's the color for reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuvision02 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 im probably not going to sleep again tonight. i'll try painting them after im done watching the Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Session 3: Trying a color out. I used some wheel paint i had in my trunk for touch ups and I am not really sure what i think about it.. let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Hard to respond to that one pic. Have any others? Maybe some closer shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 i be doing this to my wheels as soon as I see how his turns out. btw, any reason why you didn't dismount the tires? or if you were going to still use tires why you didn't mask them off so you didn't have paint all over the sidewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogi1der Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 looking good from a-far up so closer up pix and hows that lip looking? -Travis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 -Travis You dont have to do that, that is why you have a sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogi1der Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 You dont have to do that, that is why you have a sig. sorry its out of habit, I always do that so that people know thats it's me and legit. even my cell phone txts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuvision02 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 What color car are they going on? I'd like to see the lip repolished and the center painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I really dont want to polish the lip. I dont like the wheels enough to put that much time into. selling them when im done and i'll take some pics right now if you all want. i was kinda dizzy last night from the paint fumes... pics werent too great. i didnt dismount the tires because i put pieces of paper around in between the tire and lip as to keep the paint off. and i live in an apartment with no bead breaker.. i do this for the sake of me being bored at night. i dont know much of what else i should do to these things.. any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 clean up that center bolt that would be under the center cap (unless youhave the center caps to put on it). it shouldn't be painted the exact same color as the rest of the wheel. it looks like you spray painted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 that center cap was disgusting. Session 3.5: Fully Painted! I did a full paint job on the full wheel today. (note: this is one of four finished) I think it looks great.. let me know what you all think.. [bunch of pics] Masked off Afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 What color car are they going on? I'd like to see the lip repolished and the center painted. dont care.. they're being sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 not the center cap, the bolt in the center, as you painted right over the nut it looks cheesy. I was suggesting to replace the nut so it didn't have the appearance that you just spray painted them other then that it looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 the bolt is the center cap.. it's a plastic cap with a fake nut to make it look "cool" center caps are ugly, whoever buys them should take them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 i see, i thought it was actually a nut, scratch that then carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 what did you think that nut fastened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I thought it was a separate nut that actually bolted the center caps to the wheel. Didn't realize it was just single piece molded plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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