Mattde
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So I just picked up a set of 19" Rims on the weekend for a killer price and they are in a little need of refurbishing.
Originally the rims were painted silver it seems & thoughts where polish off some of the black marks on them.
As i continued to polish they turned more black and it turns out I was polishing back to their previous colour which was black.
I then began to gently sand back the paint to see what I was working with and went through a layer of silver, then black, then silver, then black again and then finally to the base primer coat.
So instead of spending 50hours working on these and spraying them myself I may just get someone else to do it for me.
and since the primer around the centre of the rim was put OVER crappy aged metal they have flaked and look terrible
(pics below)
So I'm looking for a little advice on what to do with these. My options I believe:
- Get them re-sprayed.
- Powder coat them.
or
- get them chromed.
I'm hoping to get them either chrome or silver, but happy to hear other opinions?
Either way they will likely need to be sandblasted and stripped back to the base metal and worked with from there which I can't do myself.
Does anyone know of rough costs of the above processes and know anyone in the Sydney area that could do this for me?
Even a budget job would look far better than they currently do!
Thanks Guys, I don't know alot about this sorta stuff so please be kind
Pics below:
Originally the rims were painted silver it seems & thoughts where polish off some of the black marks on them.
As i continued to polish they turned more black and it turns out I was polishing back to their previous colour which was black.
I then began to gently sand back the paint to see what I was working with and went through a layer of silver, then black, then silver, then black again and then finally to the base primer coat.
So instead of spending 50hours working on these and spraying them myself I may just get someone else to do it for me.
and since the primer around the centre of the rim was put OVER crappy aged metal they have flaked and look terrible
(pics below)
So I'm looking for a little advice on what to do with these. My options I believe:
- Get them re-sprayed.
- Powder coat them.
or
- get them chromed.
I'm hoping to get them either chrome or silver, but happy to hear other opinions?
Either way they will likely need to be sandblasted and stripped back to the base metal and worked with from there which I can't do myself.
Does anyone know of rough costs of the above processes and know anyone in the Sydney area that could do this for me?
Even a budget job would look far better than they currently do!
Thanks Guys, I don't know alot about this sorta stuff so please be kind
Pics below: