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| | | | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 15 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 15 | I want to clean up my wheels and repaint them. How is the best way to do this? Do I sandblast them and them paint them? What type of paint would be best? I want to make them the original light green color. I don't think I can have them powder coated because of the color I want.(it may chip also) These are the original style 15" 6 lug with the clips for center caps. After I buy the paint and pay to have them cleaned and painted would it be cheaper to buy new ones and have them painted the right color or not? Any input will be appreciated. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 74 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 74 | what I did when I did the wheels for my oldsmobile (I "upgraded" from steelies to rallye rims) is to completely strip the wheels of chrome, valve stem, tires, etc. Then I sanded out all the rust (I didn't strip them to metal, but I'd probably reccomend it), then I got normal body paint that I had left over from repainting the car, threw it in the paint gun and went to town.
There are places (though I don't know of any offhand) that will do powdercoating in any color you want, and it's more chip and heat resistant than normal paint. If I had the money and reallly cared about it (I don't, because the olds is my daily driver and I'm going to be restoring it after I'm done with the truck), I'd have gotten them powdercoated. I'm thinking that powdercoating the frame and running gear on the truck is the way I'm going to go, because it's chip/abrasion and dirt resistant.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 27 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 27 | MJ, When I did my wheels I had them sand blasted. It cost me $10 per wheel and they came back perfect. Then I had them primed and shot gloss black (stock). For the money, blasting this item (and most pieces) sure beats sanding or stripping and the results are usually better in the long run. Hope this helps  Greg, 1958 1/2 ton stepside, stock "patch" | | |
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