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04-15-2008, 09:59 PM
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Anyone with experience refinishing wheels?
I have s5 turbo wheels with moderate brake dust corrosion that just doesn't clean up with wheel cleaner and I am looking for advice on how I should move forward refinishing them. What costs can I expect to get them done professionally? I have the resources to get them done DIY (sandblaster, aircraft paint remover, spray paints, etc) but has anyone done s5 turbo wheels and had them come out looking better than decent? I know the meshies pose problems because of the huge amounts of hard to get to surface area... should I take on this task?
also, opinions on color choices would be appreciated. I am leaning towards them being as close to stock colors as possible. Has anyone seen better?? The car is RED
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04-16-2008, 03:37 AM
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What color is your car? As for how to paint them, a single color or a really simple two tone would be easiest.
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04-16-2008, 09:34 AM
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Mod With The Least :P
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04-16-2008, 11:31 AM
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just retail wheel cleaner, the purple meguires hot shine...
anybody have pics?? personally i'd rather stay away from white, unless it would look good...
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'15 Juke Nismo '06 MX-5 GT SOLD '04 S Silver RX-8 GT Track Day Use SOLD '90 Black TII vert w/ Sprint RE stock port/turbo DD dyno (242.6whp@5500rpm @12psi 8psi@redline) and (250ftlbtq@4800rpm @13psi) SOLD '89 GTUs 6p TII SOLD, '87 sport SOLD, '79 SA stock SOLD '91 B2600i 4x4 w/ Rx-8 LSD SOLD |
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04-16-2008, 11:39 AM
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Sigh.....
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Check out these threads:
http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-p...dust+corrosion http://autopia.org/forum/car-detaili...dust+corrosion
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1986 Sport: 132k miles, 5A (Sapphire Blue Metallic), Tokico Blues, Racing Beat Springs, Custom LED tailights (only S4 LED tails in the world), SSR Mark II, Racing Beat exhaust, S5 black interior, Rotary Resurrection rebuild at 120k miles Community Service Manual RotorWiki "Imagination costs nothing; we could build square locomotives or fly to Mars" - Felix Wankel Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." |
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04-16-2008, 11:43 AM
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04-16-2008, 11:44 AM
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Mod With The Least :P
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Could go bronze, always looks good on red
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04-16-2008, 12:02 PM
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http://www.rotarycarclub.com/showthread.php?t=426 They are absolutely gorgeous.
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04-16-2008, 12:27 PM
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My minds tellin' me no...
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I know Paul is not keen on the S4 TII wheels, sorry.
I voted stock. Paul, buy some of that Meguires stuff so I can try it out too!
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04-16-2008, 12:53 PM
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You know I kind of like the bronze idea. Bronze doesn't work well on many colors IMO, but it might look nice with red.
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04-17-2008, 01:47 PM
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Thanks for the offer, but I don't like those
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