refurbishing bbs wheel's diy

Post Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:08 pm

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

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:36 pm

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

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:05 pm

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

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:31 pm

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

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

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:41 pm

is anyone working on 17 inch splits???

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:01 pm

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

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:03 pm

nice

Post Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:09 pm

They look amazing Mate, do you proud.

Red D

Post Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:04 am

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

Post Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:52 pm

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

Post Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:06 pm

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 Ãƒ”šÃ‚£25.00 per wheel.

cheers

mule

Post Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:15 pm

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-

Post Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:49 am

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

Post Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:01 am

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.

Post Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:23 am

muleskinner wrote: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 Ãƒ”šÃ‚£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?

Post Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:40 pm

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?

Post Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:52 pm

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

full guide

Post Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:14 pm

Cheers Sounds like a plan!

Post Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:02 pm

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

what sander was this are they on ebay ?

Post Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:14 am

Angle grinder with a sanding flap disc.

Removes Aluminium very quickly though so be careful.