bstrange99

My se wheels wer in desperate need of attention, so I gave them some (maybe too much), you be the judge.
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During


After





Remember, this is just about the wheels, not the gay pinstriping.
I'm not completely sold on the red rim, so I turn to you people.

bstrange99

I guess I should add that I didn't just tape them off and throw some paint on. I spent 8 to 10 hours per wheel sanding off the micro grooves, and working my way up to 2000 grit, wet sanding, then a final polish with compound, so the wheels, although hard to tell in the pics, are quite polished and shiny.

ZackRidesRed

looks good but I think black would look a lot better on a white car

bstrange99

I thought about that too, but thought the black would make the wheels appear way to small, and the tires way to big. I also thought about white, but too euro...

woundup7

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Looks pretty cool Brian. What kind of paint did you use to stick to the wheels?

Squeeb

iTrader: (4)

I would consider red outlining to be more euro than white, alot of vw concepts have the red outlining on their rims.

Have you considered just polishing them up and maybe painting in between the spoke area black? That would turn out nice and perhaps a cleaner look.

Squeeb

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nevermind, just noticed you did paint the inside part black

bstrange99

Thanks chris. I wasn't aware there was any other kind of paint besides KRYLON.

bstrange99

I was going to go that route, but i figured I'd let you pioneer the easy way of sanding and polishing in that little groove around the edge, then I'll follow your method. lol. It's a real bitch to get in there.

Upgrayedd

iTrader: (1)

I like it. Looks like a job well done. I applaud your detail

themcneal

iTrader: (1)

I like the black on the inside of the spokes, not sure I am sold on the red outline, not sure what would be best, but I am sure someone could photochop the red line to other colors for you (black to match the inside of the spokes, maybe gunmetal gray, etc.?) to see.

Ogre

+1 for the idea of gunmetal grey. with the red spoke. Looks good mang.

Ogre

2000 grit? Damn dude my tiolet paper is more aggresive than that.

Hyper4mance2k

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get rid of the red and theyd look awesome. the red looks as redneck as the flaming pinstripes. lol misssss yoooooouuuu!!

woundup7

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Brian, when you paint the next one red, try cutting the thickness of the red line in half or so. I think it may look a lot cleaner that way. It looks just a little too wide in the first photo.

I was just wondering if you had to use some special paint to get it to bond up on the smooth aluminum. Krylon ftw.!!

karl0003

iTrader: (7)

looks good. allot of attention to detail.

Hyper4mance2k

iTrader: (40)

i think they look the best in the durring photo without any stripe.. polished with the recesses painted black is best.

gambone

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my wheels, what we all like is what is counts, keeping them clean goes a long way in the eyes of other's

bstrange99

gambone, those do look clean. I think yours would look great with the in-sets painted black too. Are they powder coated or painted?

gambone

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powder coated

sunburn

Don't like the red... just a clean silver on a white car is great IMO.

the work looks well done.

BUMBLEBEE7

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No go on the red! Polish them and keep the inside black!

unleashedrx

ya dont like the red seen them in person nice work just to much going on with the chrome(or polished)black and red might try panting the inners red instead of black

just my oppion though

z-beater

I think that a black rim would look great. I am a fan of black though.

bstrange99

When I had them all masked off and painted, Dave (codeblue) and I both thought they looked cool black, but I'd put SO MUCH work into polishing them. I still want to try black, but on a donor set of rims. I just gotta find some.