anyone try repainting them? what's the process. does it require any sanding etc and what type of paint? thanks

 

PM HUBB he did it a few months ago

 

i did mine, if the black on them is flaking off at all just use some Aircraft striper and get rid of most of it, spray em down good with some water, get all the stripper outa the crevis's ect

if the factory black coating is still intack clean it up realy good, and scuff it with some scotch brite, steel wool, or some 180-400sand paper

Clean everything good with some paint prep, or alcohol

primer them good, let it dry 5-10 between coats, then if your masking anything off let it dry a couple extra mins to be safe, tape off whatever your gona do, spray your paint, again let it dry 5-10mins between coats, then finaly spray some clear over the whole thing, if you want them to be realy shinny spray 3-4 coats of clear let them dry 5-6 hrs and go back over them with some 2000grit sandpaper and some rubbing/buffing compound, if if you dont wana sand just buff them with the compound and they will be shinny just not mirror flat

 

all I did was go to home depot, buy flat black paint

and just sanded the steelies down

 

Indeed. I bought some fucked up ones, aircraft stripped them, sanded some some shitty areas.

Rust Tough primer (available from auto stores)
Flat black

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You could always find some 1989 Accord 14's and make the sweet Honda DUBS ever :D

 

haha!

 

gangsta fab yo!

 

i painted my steelies on my old vx. just dry sanded them how they were, then wet sanded until they dry up and then just got some high heat enamel from pep boys and did them up.

 

How Ghetto

 

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You use water color paint. Crayola washable.

 

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No you can't.

 

whoaa
SPRINT HARTS! LOL

 

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ahahaha this ninja..

 

anyone try to polish their steelies? i've only seen a black w/ polished lip steelies but was wondering if anyone did a full polish? i got a set layin around and was hopin to get some free time to try it out. are the steelies silver underneath the black paint? i'd like em to end up like this except for that huge center cap:

 

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Yes you can sir.

 

 

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Are you serious???

 

lol hell yeah winter parked with takata green steelies and winter tires lol

 

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Why not? People used to polish steelies all the time on hot rods and such. Widened steelies are a trend among VW owners, and some of them polish steelies.