New winter wheels for the TA
New winter wheels for the TA I picked up some stock brushed aluminum Pontiac wheels this summer with the intentions of putting some winter tires on them. I put it off all summer, but when we saw some snow last week I decided it was time to go home from school for the weekend and get this done.
The wheels were really dirty and had a lot of the clear coat peeling off. First I cleaned them all with some water and steal wool. Then I sanded off the rest of the clear coat and put tape around the tires. The paint that I chose is called gunmetal, and is a silver/black with a little bit of sparkle to it. So after some primer and a few layers of the paint, thats where I am right now. I am going to wait for the paint to dry before wet sanding them, putting on a few more layers of paint, and finally putting some clear over that.
Hopefully I can finish these up and have them balanced when I go home for Thanksgiving.
I haven't seen anyone do this to stock wheels so I think it will look pretty good and unique. Hopefully the TA will look good with the black paint, black wheels, and 5% tint all around.
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The wheels were really dirty and had a lot of the clear coat peeling off. First I cleaned them all with some water and steal wool. Then I sanded off the rest of the clear coat and put tape around the tires. The paint that I chose is called gunmetal, and is a silver/black with a little bit of sparkle to it. So after some primer and a few layers of the paint, thats where I am right now. I am going to wait for the paint to dry before wet sanding them, putting on a few more layers of paint, and finally putting some clear over that.
Hopefully I can finish these up and have them balanced when I go home for Thanksgiving.
I haven't seen anyone do this to stock wheels so I think it will look pretty good and unique. Hopefully the TA will look good with the black paint, black wheels, and 5% tint all around.
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After:
was also thinking about doing the same wheel color combo for a set of stockers. i think it would look pretty slick on a black car. paint your calipers red to set it off. i'd love to see pics of that.
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Now that I see the finished product they dont look too bad at all. They go nice with your combo, but on a side note- thats def. not 5% tint on your side window's, looks more like 35-45%. Eitherway though, those last two pics show them off much better! Now lower that batmobile!
Now that I see the finished product they dont look too bad at all. They go nice with your combo, but on a side note- thats def. not 5% tint on your side window's, looks more like 35-45%. Eitherway though, those last two pics show them off much better! Now lower that batmobile!
