Originally Posted by raleigh29' post='529210' date='Feb 9 2008, 10:34 AM

Well after seeing how much Powdercoating was going to cost me, I decided to refinish my extra set of wheels myself. They are the OEM 18" sport wheels that came off my 530. I went with a gloss black.

As you can see they were in pretty bad shape from the last owner:



After a 2 hour cleaning to get all the brake dust/grime off them it was time to do a final clean with a surface prep cleaner from Wurth and apply the quick dry bondo. As you can see i built it up pretty good to have a decent surface to work with:



This is what it looks like after wet sanding with 320 grit. I also removed all the clear coat from the rims with the cleaner and 320 grit.



After applying the duplicolor sandable primer, I used 800 grit to get ready for color:



Now its time for color! :



I have started with the inside of the rims. 3 coats so far hitting each coat with 1000 grit before the next. I wait about 20-30 min between coats. :



Well after 3 coats of color and 4 coats of duplicolor clearcoat enamel, here are the finished wheels. They are not perfect, but pretty decent for about 40 dollars in materials.










Enjoy!