Carried out a wheel refurb on my style 87's

[dpbayly]

Well after deciding to refurb my wheels due to staining caused by mild acids used by a lot of the hand car wash places I was unsure to go standard silver or high gloss black and well I went with a change so went with gloss black.

Here's a few pics:

How it started out stock style 87 IS wheels



First had to whip all the wheels off so found a place out the way to leave it:



Then first thing was to pop the front bead back so I have access to the whole rim and to make masking up easier:



Next was to clean up the curb rash and to fill the worst of it before keying them up and priming.

And this evening straight after work the booth was free so I jumped in and got to it:

Masked up, primed and cleaned ready for paint:



Black base coat laid down:



followed by the best bit clear coat:





once the clear coat had been laid down I set the booth to bake at 60 degrees for 30 mins and left them in the booth to fully harden over night and I'll be in work tomorrow morning at 6am to finish them off with the brand new centre caps that arrived from BMW today and whack them back on the car and take some final pictures.....

[StephenVA]

[Ricky Bobby]

Yessssss

[electricalserv x5]

nice................I miss my 4.6is wheels

[Ven]

Looking good.

[admranger]

What'd you use to pop the bead on the tires and also to fill the curb marks?

Looking good though!

[dpbayly]

Originally Posted by admranger

What'd you use to pop the bead on the tires and also to fill the curb marks?

Looking good though!

Thanks


I have a tyre machine at work (I'm a mechanic) which is designed to break the bead and as for the filling I used standard body filler

[dpbayly]

Well there on and I love them in the sun there so reflective being gloss black, hard to get the camera to catch them but I did my best:

[Ricky Bobby]

So glad you went with gloss black as opposed to flat, love it!

[dpbayly]

Thanks,

I'm not a fan of matte or satin black on wheels,

I have gone the satin route in the past but it always has the look of done in shed with a rattle can finish