Repainting rusted rims
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Repainting rusted rims
My stock 13" steel painted rims have been slowly rusting over the years of sitting in my garage. It's just surface rust, and it's not that bad, but I want to take the car to a show or two this year so I need to repaint the wheels. What is the best way of doing this myself? Sandblasting and repainting came to mind first, but if anyone had any other ideas it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.
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sandblast them...well you'd want to actually glass bead them that way you'd get a better job...then have them powder coated or find somewhere that could refinish the surface in chrome...
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Originally Posted by Lee Lyons
sandblast them...well you'd want to actually glass bead them that way you'd get a better job...then have them powder coated or find somewhere that could refinish the surface in chrome...
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Originally Posted by FirebirdSlayer666
You have any pics of the wheels?
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Sandblast and powdercoat, or a good single stage urethane paint. If they are badly pitted neither the powdercoat nor the paint will hide all of it. If you want to hide that, then body putty and paint is the best route.
If you are interested, I can do either, PM me. If you decide to go with the + wheels, I have some of those too.
If you are interested, I can do either, PM me. If you decide to go with the + wheels, I have some of those too.
Last edited by trochoid; 03-28-06 at 09:54 PM.