refurbishing bbs wheel's diy

[david106]

Has anyone had a go at doing it yourself , I've got a set which are ok they just need a repaint .

[Grantley]

I've just finished rubbing down a set of 5 BBS's by hand and my mate is etch priming and then painting them for me and while I'm looking forward to getting them finished and the feeling of satisfaction knowing that I did some of the work myself I'm never doing it again, ever

[tobias]

as above but only half way through and already cursing the day i started

[Sooty]

I started on the first one of a set a few days ago.

Anyone know how long it takes to grow fingerprints back......?

[tobias]

is anyone working on 17 inch splits???

[jonbuoy]

I did all 5 of mine.....

Cleaned them up with celilose thinner's with an old tooth brush, took a very painstackingly long time ...



Sprayed them with thick primer paint, light sand back with 600 wet'n'dry.
Haven't got a photo of when i covered the centre and painted the rim for some un-none reason but here's the other's.......4 of the wheel's are sprayed with paint from the local AutoCare




And the finished article after laquer

[tobias]

nice

[reddevil]

They look amazing Mate, do you proud.

Red D

[geo1400]

They look awesome mate! wish I had the patience...

[Grantley]

They look really nice mate, well worth loosing your fingerprints for a few weeks to get a finish like that

[muleskinner]

easiest way.... get em shot blasted or acid dipped to remove old paint , then powder coat em....trust me , with all the time and money you would spend on paint etc , the above will cost you about Ԛ£25.00 per wheel.


cheers

mule

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

i done these my self aswell,check out before and after!
these are 16" BBS 8J all round,for sale aswell if anyone intrested!

FROM THIS-







TO THIS-

[cliffybabe]

Shaz what did u use to achive that polished lip?? they look fat as

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

well the alloys were kurbed,so i grinder out,put a sanding disc on and sanded em down ,then got wet & dry and then used autosol.

[Morat]

easiest way.... get em shot blasted or acid dipped to remove old paint , then powder coat em....trust me , with all the time and money you would spend on paint etc , the above will cost you about Ԛ£25.00 per wheel.


cheers

mule

Have you got any pics of powdercoated BBS? I know someone who does powder coating professionally but I'm not sure it would look right on alloys?

edit: what about white powder coating to go with my white touring?

[Rik178m]

Which paint do you use for silver?
Can you do this with spray cans and how long will it last?
What laquer do you use?

[arcdef]

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/realwhda.html

full guide

[Rik178m]

Cheers Sounds like a plan!

[agreen]

so i grinder out,put a sanding disc on and sanded em down

what sander was this are they on ebay ?

[Chris]

Angle grinder with a sanding flap disc.

Removes Aluminium very quickly though so be careful.