Maverick's Emocion Red MK4 TDI - DIY Wheel Refurb **NOW FINISHED** Page 10+

[ALEXZ360]

On another note, got my old alloys sold.. good price too.

Told him I would refurb them for him.. so it looks like I'll get these redone b4 I get my new ones done! lol

I'll put up how I get on with it on here, hopefully if it goes well it may help someone wanting to do the same.

So far I've just got the tyres off, powerwashed and scrubbed the alloys today...

One cleaned and one dirty...

Whats so bad about them they don't even look like they need a refurb in my eyes

 

[Maverick08]

50 all round! or 50 and 80 back

I'm thinkin of 50% on the back 3, and 35% on the front 2

 

[Maverick08]

Whats so bad about them they don't even look like they need a refurb in my eyes

In those pictures they don't look to bad at all. But two are pretty badly kerbbed, and thers scuff marks on all of them. Plus he was lookin 4 a colour change.

Anyone know what this colour is and where I could get it?

 

[ALEXZ360]

Looks like a sort of sparkly anthracite?

 

[Maverick08]

quick pic for alex...

got them sanded down. but needs done more before i put the chemical metal on them.

 

[Maverick08]

Got the wheels sanded down to bare metal where there are kerbing / deep scuff marks that I wanted to fill in and smooth out.. Used a p80 grit sand paper for this.

Then I went and filled all of the marks with chemical metal.. This stuff dries rapid! So I'd advise to only use as much as you need for one wheel at a time.

 

[Maverick08]

I've no pics for the next stage, but I used 120 grit paper to rub the chemical metal down to almost the alloy, the used 240 grit wet/dry paper on it to get it super smooth level with the alloy.

The inside/back of the rim wasn't that important cos it won't be seen when the wheel is on the car, but I decided to give it a general sand down anyway, used a wet sheet of 120 grit paper for it, this removed all of the tar spots aswel.

I then used paint preparation wipes to remove dust and any grease that was on the wheels, and dried it off with a towel.

Shaking it for 2mins, I got out a can of etch primer and gently went over the parts of exposed metal that I had put the filler on - I'll stress the gently part cos the etch primer will react with the wheel if too much is put on. Gave all these parts a few light coats and left overnight to dry.. (the inside of the rim was done first)

 

[Maverick08]

Got all the alloys primered today. Did the inside of each rim first:

Also sanded down the centre caps and primered them aswell:

They dried off pretty quick so I was able to spray them the colour I'm doing the wheels in and sprayed lacquer after that dried:

All there is to do now is to spray the wheels. but I want to take it slowly on them. Want to get it right...

 

[ALEXZ360]

Should of done what I did on my old alloys and masked up the centre S and cut round it using a craft knife then sprayed them do it keeps the shiny S badge

 

[killieboy123]

Should of done what I did on my old alloys and masked up the centre S and cut round it using a craft knife then sprayed them do it keeps the shiny S badge

I agree. Souds very fiddly though.
Is it a black chrome you've went for?

 

[biggaz]

Ive just done my rims in a similar colour to those you posted, if you get stuck for colour choice these are ford graphite grey metallic

Looks like a nice job on the other ones up to now aswell

 

[Maverick08]

Should of done what I did on my old alloys and masked up the centre S and cut round it using a craft knife then sprayed them do it keeps the shiny S badge

I wanted to do that myself, but he wanted them all the same colour as the alloy..

I agree. Souds very fiddly though.
Is it a black chrome you've went for?

It's a BMW colour, 'Sparkling Graphite' those pics are a little dark.. here's a better picture of the colour on a different alloy (and how I'm hoping they'll turn out):

Ive just done my rims in a similar colour to those you posted, if you get stuck for colour choice these are ford graphite grey metallic

Looks like a nice job on the other ones up to now aswell

Cheers dude. hopefully the end result will be good too..

 

[JonnyH10]

Looks a good job on the refurb so far mate! Very nice colour your doing them.

 

[Maverick08]

Looks a good job on the refurb so far mate! Very nice colour your doing them.

Cheers mate.

 

[Maverick08]

Sprayed the outer rim first to give it an extra coat around the edge.

Then started to spray thew whole alloy, going over in very light coats.

How they turned out: (pre-lacquer)

Scuffs and Kerbing all gone !!

 

[bunisjamin]

sorry to bring something up from at the start fo the thread, just because i've seen you change the front upper grille's to fr ones, how did you do it?

many thanks.

 

[Maverick08]

sorry to bring something up from at the start fo the thread, just because i've seen you change the front upper grille's to fr ones, how did you do it?

many thanks.

not a problem mate.

They're just clipped into place as far as I can remember.. you need to give them a good hard pull to get them out. mine were very stiff so i slid a cable round the slats and pulled it out with that.

 

[bunisjamin]

do you need to remove the cover ontop of them or not?

 

[Maverick08]

do you need to remove the cover ontop of them or not?

No. I just opened the bonnet and pulled them out. I did break one though, but i didn't mind as I was gona throw them out anyway

 

[Maverick08]

finally getting round to putting up final pics of the alloys.

After a few coats of lacquer: (i think they came out really well, but i guess I would say that! )

White rim tape being put on: