Wheel Colour

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I painted one of my wheels last night to see If I like the colour?

 

Ford Graphite Grey

 

 

 

What you think?

[Arahan 4]

Very cheeky!

 

I used Ford Nimbus grey for a set once, with a shiny silver rim! Was nice, but the grey was very light and when the wheels were clean the difference between the centre and the rim was barely noticeable!

[backroadpug 12]

Looks the bollocks but what colour of car are they going on. is that the grey with lots of silver little flakse in it?

I just got my 1.9s powder coated in computer grey and love em.

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My car is black!

[monkee87 2]

Looks good!

 

I'm going to do mine in BMW space grey. I didn't want silver wheels, but at the same time I didn't want wheels the same color as my car! It looks lighter than my car, so hopefully it'll turn out good!

[madspikes 41 1 Cars]

Totally awesome. I think someone else on here used that colour a while back, and I was looking for that post the other day, but now I dont need to!

 

Cant wait to see what they will look like on the car.

 

Mad.

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I think a little polished rim would look superb on those. Very classy.

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I would love to Henry, but the wheels were VERY rough To start and there is a lot of repair work gone into the rims!

[lewthepimp 0]

they look flawless..top marks that man

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I am quite pleased!

 

Don't ever let anyone tell you a good job can't be had with rattle cans.

 

The trick is mainly in the prep, take your time, get as smooth as possible. Spray one solid guide of primer and look for defects. Polish and fill them out first then rub the whole wheel back with 240 to dull again. Prime, rub back and prime again. Then scotch brite. Two/three careful layers of colour. Laquer, cut back with 1500/2000 and laquer again.

 

Polish.

 

 

 

 

I use a hot air gun to speed up drying and to aid the "going off" times. Also helps to have a warm wheel and warm paint.

[backroadpug 12]

heres mine in computer grey should look good on a red gti

not the best pic tho.

Edited March 24, 2011 by pug_ham
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[monkee87 2]

 

These are my wheels. Polished the lip completely by hand.. Gonna use silver centre caps too, so i'll think they'll look quite good on my grey GTi. Takes so long to flat them though! And this is the first!!!

Edited March 24, 2011 by pug_ham
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[Wolf-Scream-205 0]

They look great, good work

[feb 47]

 

These are my wheels. Polished the lip completely by hand.. Gonna use silver centre caps too, so i'll think they'll look quite good on my grey GTi. Takes so long to flat them though! And this is the first!!!

 

These look great! What is the colour code and did you paint the whole wheel and then polish the lip? What did you use to polish it?

Edited March 24, 2011 by feb

[monkee87 2]

These look great! What is the colour code and did you paint the whole wheel and then polish the lip? What did you use to polish it?

 

 

I've been told to polish the lip before paint, but I don't see the point in that, I've just polished them as I went along. Paint, Polish, More paint, Polish! Just used sand paper, getting less coarse to remove the scratches. I may put it on my car with the wheels off the ground so I can spin the wheel to get a better finish on the lip although it is pretty good. In the pic they're not even lacquered, so it'll be a bit lighter once I've done that.

Color is BMW space grey, paint code A52.

 

Glad you like them!

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