May 28, 200916 yr Right after sanding with red scuff pad. 2 Coats of Primer Grimmspeed gold paint, supposedly matches BBS gold. Arsenal The gold was after 1 coat, I did three coats last night and am letting them bake in my hot shed till either Saturday or Sunday depending on how I feel. These are going on my '00 Blue Ridge Pearl 2.5RS coupe. Edited May 28, 200916 yr by Durania
May 28, 200916 yr Author Thanks man. I had about 8-10 hours of total prep time before doing any primer. I am very happy I did not paint before getting new tires put on. When I got my sanded wheels back there was grease and a couple scuffs on some and I had to reclean them. I can't wait to get some pictures of them installed.
May 28, 200916 yr Yea, i had about 4 hours total prep time for my wheel but i had to do it in increments. Then i put 3 coats of primer on both sides and 3 coats of Gloss Black. Dam last coat laid down wrong and i got airbubbles in the paint. So 2000 grit sand paper and another coat and turned out pretty good. I can only do mine 1 wheel at a time though since im driveing the car. from this. to this.
May 28, 200916 yr Author Those are my favorite old gen wheels and those look great with that red painted caliper. I had white ones on my BRAT and took my buddy's steam buggy cleaner and used it on them. It did wonders for the wheels and really brought out the white coat.
May 28, 200916 yr When i first got them they were white and rusty. I threw a quick black coat on them so they would mesh but as you can see they didnt last very long. Lots of prep this time, they shouldnt peal. Yours look good, though ill admit im not a big fan of the gold but hey whatever trips your trigger.
May 28, 200916 yr Looks good. I should do something with my stocker wrx wheels laying around in my garage.
May 28, 200916 yr If there arent any tires on them now is a better time then ever. Its always a pain in the butt to work around tires.
May 28, 200916 yr Author Guys, I am glad you really like them. I had a bad dream about last week that I screwed up my wheels. In the dream I had forgot to primer them. I had spent about two months trying to find a set of 98 2.5RS 5 spoke goldies but everyone wanted a lot for them or they were on the other side of the country. So I just did the next best thing with my free WRX wheels and just had tires put on. The tires in the picture have 0 miles on them. I just got to put them on.
May 28, 200916 yr Guys, I am glad you really like them. I had a bad dream about last week that I screwed up my wheels. In the dream I had forgot to primer them. I dont see any pictures of them with primer. Do you guys?
May 28, 200916 yr I dont see any pictures of them with primer. Do you guys? no pictures in primer, could mean no primer. I see the cans of primer though. jk. yeah the primer photo is there. just a bad dream
May 28, 200916 yr "I had a bad dream about last week that I screwed up my wheels. In the dream I had forgot to primer them. "
May 28, 200916 yr Author I just seemed to phrase that incorrectly. In the dream, I began painting wheels without applying any primer.
May 28, 200916 yr This thread has "you might be a subaru nut when" all over it. example dreaming of subaru stuff, living in a shed.........because of parts you are prepping, and using kitchen stuff on your car (recipe cards)......ah.
May 28, 200916 yr Author Actually the remained of unused note cards for my business statistics class.
May 28, 200916 yr Actually the remained of unused note cards for my business statistics class. See how education pays off!
May 29, 200916 yr Wheels going on first thing tomorrow morning. Looks awesome, can't wait for pics on the car!! Great job
May 29, 200916 yr Author Thanks dude. Will have pictures up right after I wash the thing, my house has a ton of pine trees around and the pollen is terrible.
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