Cleaning up those nast alloys...Part 2

[westboundjude]

This is what I had to start with...

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I started off just using a sand blaster. The clear coating that Subaru used was taking a VERY long time to come off so I picked up some aircraft paint remover. The paint remover worked great on the clear but not so hot on the gray paint in between the spokes.

After a few more hours of sanding by hand and sandblasting the rest of the corrosion and wire brushing the backs of the rims, they look liked this..

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Then the paint!!! i used the graphite duplicolor wheel coating .

View attachment 2772View attachment 2773 All the hard work was well worth it!! I'll post some more pix when they are on the car.

 

[TheNailman]

job well done. looks like some good work

 

[Perkins]

Hey man! What a difference. My girlfriend is having trouble with the corrosion on her jeep liberty rims. They are looking rough (Maine winters). If you want some extra cash to do some work on a set of four let me know. -Perkins

 

[krazykarpenter]

nice job on the wheels. I like the color choice, it spruces the rims up well but does not make them to flashy

 

[inski]

x2 color! Snazzy.

Now go take a shower. I know all that blasting and sanding by hand got you lots of grit in your ears, pockets, butt crack, ect

 

[i-wagon]

them are prettier than the 2.5i wheels i just did! good job

 

[MikeD]

I like the graphite...sleek.

 

[patsti]

That aircraft stuff takes a few times to work... You should have taken that stuff I had! It would eat your hands off!

 

[Smiththers]

love the graphite color

 

[Perkins]

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These are the pictures. Let me know if you are interested in doing the work. We can work out a deal. You can e-mail me using [email protected]. No hard feelings. Thanks.