Anyone here DIY refurbed a set of Williams wheels before?

[Patrick_g46]

I bought a set yesterday in desperate need of refurb! I am going to paint the wheel anthracite and have a polished lip. So same as normal but different colour paint.

This is the guide i will be working off: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=297148

Anyone got any tipe for the polished rim etc? Iv never doen anything liek this before so its a bit of a challenge!

Patrick




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[AndyFielder]

i have done it may times... easyest way is to get a length of wood and use that with sand paper at one end to polish with, rest the other end on the other side of the wheel from where you are working. This ensures you have a flat consistant finnish

Andy

[MatrixGuy]

I always thought about trying it myself but feel i would botch it, lol

[FlamingMonkey]

I did mine, better results than the place I got them originally refurb'd

[katbloke]

they do look very good, any step by step process info?

[16v_paddy]

If I ever do another set of wheels myself I'd get them shot blasted & bead blasted, it's how I done it last time and you're guaranteed to be rid of all the paint & crap so you've got a perfectly clean surface to start with

[Patrick_g46]

Have you used paintstripper on those to clean them up? Any chance of a short step by step process of what you did to them?

[Patrick_g46]

i have done it may times... easyest way is to get a length of wood and use that with sand paper at one end to polish with, rest the other end on the other side of the wheel from where you are working. This ensures you have a flat consistant finnish

Andy

good tip! thanks ;)

[bbaazz-08]

heres a great guide :D

http://www.williamsclio.co.uk/forum/...ic.php?t=16979

[sideways danny]

If I ever do another set of wheels myself I'd get them shot blasted & bead blasted, it's how I done it last time and you're guaranteed to be rid of all the paint & crap so you've got a perfectly clean surface to start with

We (me and my mate) get wheels chemical stripped by pristine, have them powder primed, them paint and laquer them oursleves. I'll try to get a shot of his 205 speedlines in peugeot gunmetal grey (very similar to willy wheels) in the next few days.