The rim refinishing thread

As promised here are some pictures and descriptions of how I did it.
Started off like this
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/rims.jpg
Then I sprayed them down with some "sircraft coating remover"(extremely harsh stuff, will eat anything and everything off of the metal including your hands) then after scraping, sanding and sandblasting the looked like this
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4449.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4448.jpg
Then I spent 2 hours a rim sanding them smooth and then I put the first coats of primer and paint on today
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4450.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4451.jpg
I still need to clear them and finish polishing up the lip and then I'll post the finished product on the car. I used dupli-color primer and black enamal spray paint and dulpli-color high gloss rim clear coat. What do you guys think?

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You didn't even wait an hour!!! Looks good though. I'd like to see some pics after clearcoat without the tape.

What do you mean I didnt wait an hour?
Edit:I get it now :lol: I was just so excited to hear what you all think of my hard work

looks good . i too would like to see the finished product. keep us updated!!

will do. I should have 2 finsihed up by tomorrow night so I'll snap some pics and post them

Awesomeness. What are you doing for the lip?

sanding it, starting with 220 grit going all the way to 1500 and then polishing the crap out of it with mothers aluminum polish

Looks good so far, anxious to see the finished product!

Dude that looks sick. What kind of rims are those?

They resemble the SSR GT3's to an extent. The GT3's have a nice big ass rear lip. But still those rims are hot.

Good Job.

they are exel dl-46's. I always though of exel as a cheap off brand of rims untill I did the math and my rims with cheap nankang tires cost $400 more than the comperable tenzo-r rims with bfg's so I guess there is something to be said about that

lol NICE! You have good taste... i like it... Keep us posted!:thumbsup:

I'm gonna send you my rims to do next Scott. :wink:

Thats cool. Lets just hope you dont scratch the paint on the spokes when sanding the lip. That would make you want to do this: :banghead:

Also, what about the inside part of the rim...like behind the spokes, are you going to paint that also or polish or what?

I'm going to paint that mat black, I just dont have the paint yet:lol:

Sweet, should come out nice. Good job