Since my ITR gunmetal wheels are friggin beat (curb rash, damaged lip, etc), I decided to refinish them. Started on saturday - hopefully will finish sometime this week...

OEM gunmetal grey


chemical burn


peeling paint


we-todd-did salute


macros






bling


bling closeup


I was originally going to repaint them either black or bronze, but after seeing the beautiful machined finish under the paint, I think I'm going to just clean em up a bit, and put a bunch of coats of high - temp clear coat... I think they look kinda like NSX wheels (only smaller).

 

edit: question answered.

i still have not been able to get ALL of the primer off the inside of the spokes. have you?
what kind of aircraft paint strip did you use?

 

I used the liquid stuff in a can. The aerosol isn't strong enough. Just buy a can of the liquid "Aircraft" stripper, and put it on with a brush. You have to let it soak for like 45 mins, then take it off with steel wool. Then rinse (I used wheel cleaner). Multiple applications are probably necessary - like I said, I'm not done yet...

The Honda primer is a bitch to remove, I had to use a bunch of the stripper to get it off.

 

sweet deal... thanks for the tip.

yours look good! can't wait to see them on your car

 

Most interesting. I wonder what that would look like on a camoflage car?

 

i hope to get to see these in person soon

 

as soon as I finish them, and order some new Bridgestones...

 

nice

for the primer that gets stuck in the "grooves" you can use a nice soft wire brush and it comes right out. Aircraft stripper is the ****, and it burns like hell if you get it on your skin lol the best part is if you can get all the primer out, the finish is very nice and you really dont have to do anything further to make the rim look nice. Maybe some kinda protectant or clear coat and yer good to go.

 

thanks for the tip...

 

a fiend of mine did it on his wheels..here is a very well done and detailed how to.
good luck

http://www.clubcivicquebec.com...256;p=

 

and this product is simply called "aircraft paint removal"??

 

Funny thing was I ran a search for the can pic, and I found the pic of the ITR wheel from this thread. Anyways, use the can, not the big container and DO NOT get any on your soft skin, it burns like mad, and causes cancer. Happy destruction.

 

Great tip!!

 

Those are gonna be nice, keep us updated.

Just wondering what are you gonna do w/ the centercaps? I'd assume the aircraft stripper would melt them

 

when I had my ITR wheel for my CRX I was planning on stipping them and going with the polish look I also wanted some polish center caps. I found out afterwords after everything was sold that S2000 Center caps fit just fine and are factory polish and even have that 'H' so they look JDM lol.

pic of s2k center cap:

 

i did the same process to my jdm itr wheels when i first got them, when that polish comes up they look sooo nice and it really does bring out the ricer in all of us, im telling u i swore those ***** would look HOT but after getting them on the car i was like WTF was i thinking so i ended up painting them gunmetal completely ..lol funny i know.

 

I definitely like the look of them unpainted....i am interested in seeing pics with the wheels back on the car!!!

 

Looks good

 

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good luck

http://www.clubcivicquebec.com...256;p=</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the link - this IS a good write up...

&lt;== looking forward to seeing how they look on the car as well. Definately will be looking for some S2000 center caps... good tip

 

looks good

 

damn thats off the hook.....

if you decide to powdercoat :

 

heh... kinda like a different look.. i'd like to see how they look on the car.

 

WOW They look pretty good.

 

very graffic pictures of the process. nice turn out