Find below are Before and After photos of the wheels, that feature a polished aluminium lip and fins, together with a painted black face and all finished off in clear coat. Please note that the slotted sections of the wheel are to be left in bare cast aluminium finish.
I also have included a brief 3 step process on how it is done, bearing in mind that this refurb is quite labour intensive and will take a considerable amount of time for each wheel approx. 3 hours per wheel.
I have included below a material list and tools required to undertake the job.
1. Paint stripper (1 litre tin).
2. Wet and dry sand paper 240, 600 & 1200 grit.
3. Buffing pads – various (angle grinder & die grinder/dremil).
4. Buffing sticks.
5. Etch primer (400 gram aerosol can).
6. Acrylic paint gloss black (400 gram aerosol can) .
7. Acrylic Thinners (4 litres).
8. Acrylic clear (500 ml).
9. Safety glasses, mask & rubber gloves.
Cost estimate for materials $150.
Well done Bonno. Neat professional looking job as usual. What was the time component of this project
Thanks Paul. Approximately 3 hours per wheel with the most time consuming part was wet sand lip and fin areas. You really need to get them right to enable buffing to a mirror like finish. I also added some text in my original post to include clear coat to ensure long term finish (oxidising layer if not treated with clear).
Further to my previous post, I have included some photos of air grinding/dremmel attachments to assist in the cleaning of the slotted sections and buffing of finn areas. Additionally have included a comparison photo of Simmons versus OEM wheels fitted on the car, ready for fitting of suitable tyres. I would be looking at same size currently fitted 205/55R15, but unsure of the brand of tyre at this stage.