once the car is mine of course!
so, the wheels aren't in bad condition at all but there is corrosion to the faces which needs sorting.
i am a big fan of darker wheels or red cars having done them on previous ones like the 145 20VT, but when you put tyres on it's a little too much darkness for me.
shrew and me chatted about this and he came up with a great idea, a polished lip to them to break up the dark. he did a great job in polishing all 4 for me to save me a lot of grief, cheers again mate
so once the corrosion had been removed, etch primed then grey primed it was flatted back to get rid of any scratches. is still the odd nick around the bolt holes etc but these won't be for a fair-weather pamperred car so not all the world. besides which i don't have the time to spend hours on them all!
the polished edge was masked off with edging tape. if you just use masking tape it does 2 things. first off it doesn't like going around corners so getting a smooth curve is very difficult, secondly masking tape allows the colour to bleed under the edge so the edge tape helps keep a sharp edge
next the metallic basecoat was applied to the inside and the face, over several steadily built up layers.
finished off with a few more layers of lacquer, built up slowly first off particularly with the polished edge as it's easy to get too much on and have it slide off.
bit of dust in it, to be expected with painting in my shed, but overall i'm pleased.
opinions on the polished lip guys?
i'll get a better pic tomrrow in daylight, the flash makes the edge look a bit silver.
