BeatBox's New Project 98 Acura Integra

BeatBox

Real Good!
been working and weather has sucked the last two days.

Got the tires off the wheels, sanded down the curve marks. then stripped the clear coat off so i would have to sand for hrs :pardon:

Plan was to just polish the face but got some paint stripper in between the spokes witch sucked, so now im gonna paint that part either back or charcoal gray.

Well heres some pics and vid of the progress so far.


after a few minutes of applying the paint stripper the clear coat begins to come off

some video
[YOUTUBE="Polished Web Wheels Pt1"]f_gTcWL3YYQ[/YOUTUBE]
This is the process imma take on them:
1.tires off wheels
2.sand curved marks off
3.apply paint stripper wait 10-15 minutes and do it again 2 more times
4.mask off the face off the wheel paint in between the spokes(not sure if black or gray)
5.take a "mouse" sander to the face off the wheel
6.sand by hand with 500,1000,1200 and then 2000 grit sand paper
7.polish the face off the wheel with Mothers Wheels polish (with drill)
8.mount/bal new studded tires
 
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SilverSophie

New Member
your sir inspired me to refinish my rims, dark gold with blue lugnuts! :D
pics tomorrow when the sun joins us again...
 


SilverSophie

New Member
BeatBox said:
heck yeah, id get diffent lugs with mine but since they are oe wheels after market nuts wouldnt fit right, i might paint them but dont know. i got few of the chrome/tuner lugs
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab239/EarthQuakeAudio187/Photo1313.jpg?t=1289801069

dark gold n blue, nice color combo!
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damn thats alot of chrome lugs! :shock: nice. yea you should black them out... possibly a real light chrome red??
thanks man I really liked the color of the Volk t37? wheels, thats what i went for, thought the deep blue lugs would compliment nicely :)
have a busy day tomorrow, swapped out bumpers locally too gotta put them on, ricer bumpers/side skirts = GONE! 8) pics tomorrow!
 

BeatBox

Real Good!
After an hr and a half of masking off in between the wheel spokes and they are ready for paint,

i think i wanna try this bronze color in between the spokes not sure that or charcoal gray :pardon:
 


BeatBox

Real Good!
took the teg to the muffler shop to get some gaskets replaced

then started on the wheels again, after thinking aboutit decide to do charcoal gray in betweent the spokes has two half cans already so i didnt have to buy another car.

here they are after they been sprayed 2-3 times

un-taped them and took a "mouse sander" to start with

after 500grit

then by hand the rest

after 1000grit


after 1200grit


after 2000grit


started to apply polish with drill, you can see it changes from a white paste to gray witch means its working :)


after applying the polish twice you end up with this, not too bad. im sure if i had air tools to do the sanding it would be alot better but for what it is not too bad.


thats it for now, still need to paint around the lug holes, should of done if before but didnt think about it :pardon: next up is the tires when they come in.....(didnt get ordered FML)
 

8-bit

do what now?
that looked like alot of work but i bet it was worth it. are you goin to put em on your integra?
 

speedin

The Transporter
looks good, but why not finish polishing before you painted the insides? Works both ways I guess, but imo it would just be easier to finish polishing and not have to worry about hitting the fresh paint at all.

Looks good though, snap some shots of the whole rim in daylight, curious to see how it all turned out.
 
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