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Wheel Refinishing Project
I am in the midst of refinishing my wheels. One at a time. This is my daily driver after all. Pulled the spare tire and that wheel had never been on the car since they day it was built. Brand new. That's one I won't have to refinish. I've refinished two so far and this is the third. This has been a learning experience and I wasn't that happy with the first two. This one came out pretty well I think. I'll probably redo the first two since I seem to have the process down now. It's not perfect, but it looks better than what I started with. I used the silver paint from ECS and the metal filler from them as well. For the clear I'm using the USC Spray Max 2K high gloss. I like it's durability and how it flows.
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And this is how it turned out. I painted the barrel too. It's not perfect, but it's much better than what i started with I think.
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Beautiful mate!
Great Work! |
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Looking like new!
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2005 X5 4.8IS The Blue ones are always FASTER.... Current Garage: 2005 X5 4.8is 2002 M5 TiSilver 2003 525iT 1998 528i Former Garage Stable Highlights 2004 325XiT Sport 1973 De Tomaso Pantera, L Model 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp Alpine White 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp GoManGo Green 1971 Dart Sport, “Dart Light” package 1969 Road Runner 383 1968 Ply Barracuda 340S FB Sea-foam Green |
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Thanks!
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Looks better than previously
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Agreed. Very nice work. How many hours you have into them?
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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The first one, probably 24 hours, because I effed it up and had to redo it a couple of times. Like I said, this has been a learning experience. the second one, probably 16 hours. I made a mistake on that one and had to cut and buff it. This last one, probably 10 to 12. I expect the next one will be about the same.
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And here I was congratulating myself for spending 15 minutes power washing the brake dust off the wheels last night.
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2001 X5 3.0i, 203k miles, AT, owned since 2014 |
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Yep, figured quite a bit of time to get that kind of result. Refinishing wheels sucks. I've done it once (properly) on a set of 16's and it took a week. I've since resolved to pay a wheel refinishing company anytime I need to refresh a set.
Good result though. They look great.
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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