Sagar

Hi Guys, thought i'd keep you up to date what what i've been upto!

So back in May, I sent my 172's to a local shop to refurb them, sand blast and powdercoat.
Was told they would be ready in 3 days, ended up taking 4 weeks!

Before:





While the 172's were in the shop, I was rolling deep in my 16" 134's!



After:





They wern't 100% perfect, but after them taking so long, I was just glad to have them back on rolling on the car!

Sagar

So, 3 months later.....I slap a kerb at 30mph and do this to the n/s wheels

Sagar

With the help of my friend at the garage, wheels off car & tyres removed



Materials for refurb:
- Sand Paper (Wet & Dry from 90-1200grit)
- Metal Primer
- Metal Paint
- Clearcoat
- Chemical Metal Filler




Wheels & Barells cleaned & Degreased

Sagar

Close up of the damage







Chemical Metal Mix



Some Repair Progress pics

Sagar

Wheel In Primer





Painted





Laquered






I did 3 Coats of Primer, 3 Coats Paint & 3 Coats Laquer, wet sanding each one.

Thats as far as I have got so far, doing one wheel each night and hope to have them on the car by weekend!
Will update with more pics as I go along.

Thanks for reading, Sag

xenonrider

the 172's look awesome in black wow, 9 coats of paint and all that sanding! your arms must be ready to fall off.

BLooD

Look good, centre caps stand out too much now though.

calle6289

Looks great!

sweetnlowe60

Those wheels look sick. Very good job! You should paint the blue part of the center caps black. Or the same laquer color as the wheels yo match. Excellent redo

guysk8r1717

dam chemical metal filler thats crazy thats awesome it worked out for you they look great.