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Offline The dream

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Wheel TLC
« on: January 05, 2012, 10:29:12 pm »
So i took a couple of days of from work and noticed that my wheels weren't looking that good, so i decided on giving them some love.
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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 10:31:34 pm »
I polished as much as i could and the wheels were to far gone in the middle so i ended up painting the center.
and changing the lug nuts.
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Offline bake74

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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 09:16:13 am »
     They look better than they did.  What did you use for the paint ?
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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2012, 10:29:42 am »

I did two coats of Rustoleum primer (light color) and three coats of flat black DupliColor, first I sanded as much rust of as posible and also sanded the area where i was going to paint.
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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2012, 12:33:46 pm »
Not bad, I think semi-gloss or satin would look better than flat though
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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012, 09:37:03 pm »

its a hard finish to maintain, even just buy placing the wheels back on the truck, if i touch the wheel with the tools i noticed that some lines started to show, not scratches but you could tell. And it seems they hold up more dirt.
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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012, 12:10:34 am »
Try the rustoleum wheel paint
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Offline Jason S

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Re: Wheel TLC
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 09:51:36 am »
Looks good; I agree with Vile about the satin or semi-gloss.  Wouldn't show marks quite as bad.

I'm really digging the back bumper.  I've wanted one that style for the '73 for quite a while.
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