I figured I'd make a post about the wheels I got recently and what I did to them. I got them from a lady I work with, but the catch was I only got three mounted on some goodyears. They were oxidized really badly, so I sanded them down and wire wheeled them. I used the wire wheel, then 150 grit, then 400, and finally 800; all wet sanding. I paid $40 for the 3 wheels and tires and then bought another
wheel of eBay for $70.
This is after sanding before paint:


For paint I used dupli color silver wheel paint, 3 light coats. Then I used the clear coat from dupli color, 2 coats.



Pretty happy with how they turned out!

 

They look great! Excellent work!

 

Thanks! I wasn't sure how close the silver would be to what I wanted but its a perfect match.

 

NICE! I just scored a set of Taco wheels and they look pretty rough. Did you use a wire wheel on your grinder or get one of those smaller ones that fit a drill? I'm probably going to strip the tires off mine and get the valve core out out first and go black with mine.

 

I just used one that fits in a drill. I also got little 3m sanding disks at advance auto that fit in a drill that helped some. I know I had to do a lot of hand sanding though....

 

Well done.

 

thanks!

 

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but did you do anything with the center caps? I've got the same wheels and they could use some TLC, but the caps are the worst part.

 

I refinished some center caps in the same way- clean them well, scuff, and spray with Duplicolor. Turned out just like OEM, they look really great.