My Alloy wheel refurb at college **colours on**

[E30_KIID]

Hello everyone, im studying Body repair at Suffolk New College. I started the course in september. We didnt really get to do much in the first month or so as we had to cover health and safety. In early october we got to crack on with some workshop activities. I got to start a week before everyone else because of my knowledge of cars . I was given a steely to refurb first of all, and to be honest i was fairly gutted. A week went by 4lads were given alloys. As luck would have it one of the boys were bitchin about the work, and after a quick chat i swapped my steely for the alloy . When i got it, it was covered in black spraypaint and was full of dings. I thought id share my work on here to see what everyone thinks.




Unfortunatly i dont have a picture of it when i got it but here's the alloy after a few weeks of work. I still had a way to go but i eventually got there.




Here it is after masking



I then etch primed it, then i highbuild primered it. I think i dne qiuet well considering it was my first time with using a spraygun.

Ill update this when i get the colour on, let me know what you think. Thanks for reading, Noah

[Bob_S]

why are you not painting the whole wheel mate?
Looks alright though

[DanThe]

When I was at college they let us sandblast alloys with glass bead in a cardboard box, we were rubbing our eyes for weeks afterwards

That rubbing down malarky is over rated!

[E30_KIID]

why are you not painting the whole wheel mate?
Looks alright though

Unfortunatly we gotta do some stupid panels for the college so i had to leave it at that. If i didnt have to do them i would of liked to do the whole wheel.

When I was at college they let us sandblast alloys with glass bead in a cardboard box, we were rubbing our eyes for weeks afterwards

That rubbing down malarky is over rated!

Yeah rubbing down is a pain in the arse, it took me ages to get in the nocks and crannys. I pretty rubbed all the skin off my fingers aswell I think it was worth it though

[DanThe]

Not to worry, only another 3 to go!

[B7]

Yeah rubbing down is a pain in the arse, it took me ages to get in the nocks and crannys. I pretty rubbed all the skin off my fingers aswell I think it was worth it though

Anyone in the know will tell you, if you don't rub the skin away, the wheels not ready for paint!

Wheels are a hideous pain in the arse to rub down.

[Dezzy]

Powdercoat mate. No rubbing it's for plebs

[Bob_S]

acid dipping - bare metal is for hero's

[E30_KIID]

Hello everyone rubbed down the primer today, should be colouring next thursday? What colour shall i go for people?

[E30star]

Flourescent green.


I hate sanding wheels with a passion too. I've decided to give up and have anything from now on blasted. I'm happy to paint them myself!

[Touring Whore]

When my dad did shotblasting, he charged about £8 a wheel. Spending £32 to avoid a day of rubbing down is good value in my opinion.

As for colour, I think a course silver would make you look like a spraying god, but I'd go for a nice bright orange.

[Dezzy]

My choice would be dark met gray

[e30_Turbo]

How about spray the spokes black and the rim white? or other colours?

You get to show off your masking skills again then!

Personally I'd have stuck with the steelie and polished the crap outta it

Are you limited to what tools you can use? I find a air belt sander works wonders.

[gare30]

Are you limited to what tools you can use? I find a air belt sander works wonders.[/quote]
belt sanders far to harsh for alloys dont you think

[E30_KIID]

Flourescent green.


I hate sanding wheels with a passion too. I've decided to give up and have anything from now on blasted. I'm happy to paint them myself!

I been thinking about something illuminous. Not my taste but then i get to mix some awesome paint

Green, orange or yellow?

How about spray the spokes black and the rim white? or other colours?

You get to show off your masking skills again then!

Personally I'd have stuck with the steelie and polished the crap outta it

Are you limited to what tools you can use? I find a air belt sander works wonders.

With got everything you could ever dream of. The college was built last year and this is its first year of use, so its clean as a whistle.

I went down the belt sander road on the flat sides of my spokes, and i went down just that tad to far. It was to harsh for the metal and left some big ol scratches in it. So i had to rub them out by head

[E30star]

What colour is your car?

[E30_KIID]

My e30 is dolphin grey, but these aint for my car. I was thinking either something illuminous or a dark grey metallic.

[E30star]

What car and what colour is it?

[E30_KIID]

Iv bought the alloy of my tutor for 3quid so i can do any colour i want.

[johnt0709]

If the purpose is for educational reasons surely it would be best to go for silver (vw/audi - is the brightest I think) as this would be the colour for majority of the wheels you would do? Base coat and clear coat?

Too sensible?

[E30star]

Waaaaay too sensible!

Imagine you had a single wheel, isn't going to be fitted to anything and can be as unique as you'd like. You'd pick silver? Seriously?!


Do you reckon you could get a marble effect with paints? If not, gloss black outer, flourescent pink rear and sides of the spokes.

[E30_KIID]

Waaaaay too sensible!

Imagine you had a single wheel, isn't going to be fitted to anything and can be as unique as you'd like. You'd pick silver? Seriously?!


Do you reckon you could get a marble effect with paints? If not, gloss black outer, flourescent pink rear and sides of the spokes.

I was thinking of something along them lines. Not to sure on the marble, as its my first year we can only use sloid and metallic paints. The marbles and candys will have to wait til next year

[harry_p]

a proper gloss black if youre confident in your filling and sanding

[retro-chic]

BMW zinnobar red

[papercutout]

OOOF, love that wheel above! To do that you'd have to do the centre of the spokes on your alloy polished, and the edge/lip, but the rest red. Solid red would look just too much.

I'd go with the above layout, but paint the spokes and lip black, the the rest hot pink

[E30_KIID]

Finally got the colour on, had to go for a gloss black cause my tutor said its a good colour to show any imperfections. Unfortunately i werent allowed to do a illuminous rim on it but they do look good none the less







They look 10times better then when we got them, so im happy. Body panel next

[Baz666]

you done well there fella......when can you do my borbets lol