BMW E36 Forum

Here we go.

This pic is of some curbing damage
http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... to0864.jpg

More curbing damage
http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... to0865.jpg

Curbing damage repaired as well as possible
http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... 0862-1.jpg

After paint but before laquer
http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... to0863.jpg

Before and after
http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... to0867.jpg

Theres not a huge difference in the colour but i did go 2 shades deeper than the original colour. The repairs, even though they are still evident, still look pretty good.

Heres one last pic after the 1st 2 wheels got a 3rd generous coating of laquer.

http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab24 ... to0877.jpg

The next pics to go up will be the wheels on the car, hopefully next friday. I finished sanding the other 2 wheels earlier but the wind picked up and was to windy to paint them, I plan to get them painted on sunday and the laquer done on one of the week nights next week.

They look awesome!! I love them and I'm sure I'll love them even more when they're on the car... was it a hard job? how much time did it take?

I'm fairly hung over today and dont really see myself cracking on with painting the other 2 wheels today but we'l see how it goes.
Was'nt to hard, just labor intensive. Total work hours gone in is 4 hours on the friday i got them, about 8 hours the following sunday and 3 hours the thursday after. Thats a total of 15 hours to get 2 wheels completely done and 2 wheels sanded and ready for painting. I'd say it will take another hour to get the other 2 painted but that will have to be broken down over several hours.

Not bad considering if i wanted to sell them i'd make about €350-€400 on them. Fair bit of profit.

You're right, it's a lot of work, but the final result is defintely worth it. I was thinking of doing something similar to my wheels too, but I need to find some time first

Time is a b*%@h alright.
You can usually pick up a set of steel rims from a scrap yard for €20 (dunno how much that would be in dollars)
All you need is 2 steel rims, 6 sheets of medium sand paper, 4 sheets of fine sand paper, a thick roll of masking tape and then your paint and also laquer.
Did'nt get the other 2 wheels done, so hoping to get them done over the next few nights.

Well got them finished the other day
They were sitting round all week and was never bothered to fit them, pure lazy!
Had to replace the rear brake pads today soooooooo i fitted 2 of the wheels on the rear of the car, the 2 other wheels have race slick tyres and i dont have money for the tyres at the minute
I must say i quite like the look of 2 bigger wheels at the back and small on the front

Will put up a pic when its bright tomorrow.

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