Wheels coming together

[Jh8990]

been working on the slicers for a couple of weeks now when I had time too. today was a beautiful day and I got done work early so I decided to finally apply the first couple coats of paint and clear coat. There is little imperfections here and there, but I think they turned out pretty decent for the first time I've ever painted anything.

Primer stage


1st coat of grey


3rd coat of grey



1st coat of clear


2nd coat of clear



so thats all I did today. I'm going to let the paint cure for about a week and maybe throw another coat of clear on.

anyone have any suggestions for a good polish to put on top of the clear? would just any normal polish do it?

 

[Sho Amo]

those are gonna look factory when your done. i did a set once with clear and they held up very well. The wheels i have now i didnt put a clear on and they absorbed so much brake dust.

 

[Jh8990]

so im good with just those 2 coats of clear?

 

[mattsho1993]

looks nice what did you do to prep them i have like 3 sets of slicers but most are kinda messed up from lovely NY weather... also i have chip in a rim like a big chunk missing, scrap it or can it be fixed?

 

[Jh8990]

I used chemical stripper and alot of hand sanding. these are actually 2 directional and 2 non directional so I wish I would of had a full set of each, but either way it will be fine. I'll just put 1 set on one side and the other set on the opposite side, it will be hard to tell the difference.

 

[mattsho1993]

what grits?

 

[Jh8990]

60 then 120 then 320. then in between primer coats i did a light 1000 grit to smooth it out.

 

[SHO SPD]

Nice work man! I will be doing the same thing to mine here soon. What color SHO are they going on!?

 

[Jh8990]

Nice work man! I will be doing the same thing to mine here soon. What color SHO are they going on!?

they are going on my green SLO at the moment. I currently do not own a SHO but I am looking for one as you can see in my sig

 

[mattsho1993]

shit i got four come get one cheap lol

 

[Jh8990]

haha I'm gonna PM you

 

[VortecGT]

they look like mine! Looks Great!

 

[Jh8990]

they look like mine! Looks Great!

Thanks! what did you do yours with? but I dont think I am going to put the center caps on

 

[HotRodKid]

very nice job, those are gonna look great on the car

so thats all I did today. I'm going to let the paint cure for about a week and maybe throw another coat of clear on.

only if you properly scuff the pair again before you do so, otherwise the new clear probably wont stick well

 

[Jh8990]

only if you properly scuff the pair again before you do so, otherwise the new clear probably wont stick well

yeah I think I decided against another coat, I'm just going to let it cure then figure out the right way to buff it.

 

[silver93sho]

What kind of paint did you use? On my old mustang i painted my polished rims black using poly paint in a rattle can and came out really good and stood up to daily driving for almost a year before chipping a little.

 

[Jh8990]

I just used some dupli-color wheel paint from pep boys. seemed like it would be just fine. and I am pretty darn pleased with the results.

 

[Schumacher609]

i like.

 

[Jh8990]

why thanks mike.

 

[_JR_]

Wow, quality looks like it was done by a pro. That looks really hot, make sure to post pic's of them on your car