AE86 Wheel polish, perhaps to go it the write up section?
1.
items required to polish your wheels
Sonax wheel cleaner
Mother Mag and Aluminum polish
Short and long bristled nylon wheel scrubber brushes
Krylon all surface primer in flat black
Rustoleum all surface automotive grade semigloss black paint
connolite wax
terry cloth applicator pads
masking tape
steel wool (3 grade)
over sized screw driver
rubber mallet
Pony hair paintbrush set (not pictured)
Saturn black automotive paint (not pictured)
Sandpaper:
Dry: 150 grit
Wet: 320/1000/2000 grits
2.one set of dirty Aluminum AE86 wheels, mine came with cobwebs :D
3.a piece of the road, take if off with your oversized screwdriver and a little tap
4. wheel weights, insert the screwdriver from the tire side, slide it below the bottom of the weight use the tire as a fulcrum and pop those guys off
5. center cap, to remove place handle of screwdriver to the back of the cap, a little tap with the mallet and off she goes, do it in the grass so you don't have to worry about scratching the cap
6. Clean: Sonax wheel cleaner, sprays on green turns purple when it is working can be left on up to 20 minutes in the shade. recommended 3-5 minutes, use your nylon brushes and scrub them really well!!
7. Rinse: rinse them off with a hard stream of water. Backs too!!
8. we have our work cut out for us
9. Prep: dry it off
10.Sand: 150 grit dry sand
your almost there when it looks like this, those water like spots should be almost gone, they will show in the end if you don't get um now
This look good
11. Curb Rash: Dremel tool with 160 grit wheel accessory. Take it easy with this, feather out your rash and try to make the surrounding area the same.
this looks good
12.Since you have your dremel out you can use the little metal brush tool and get those cracks. You don't have to get them shiney just get all the junk out of there and rough um up
13. Hitting the rest: use the larger grade steel wool and scrub all the "holes" where you wanna paint
14.150 grit'd and steel wooled
15. Sand: 320 grit wet sand
this looks good
16. Sand: 1000 grit wet sand
this looks good
17. Sand: 2000 grit wet sand
when you get here dip!!, dip often
this looks good
18. polish: Mother Mag polish, applied with a TC applicator, I found a back and forth motion to be quite sufficient. Polish till the cleaner turns black and you have a little reflection.
should look something like this
Reflection of Sonax wheel cleaner lable
19. Mask if off
this looks good
20.Primer: VERY VERY VERY VERY LIGHT COATS, IT WON'T STICK IF YOU DON'T!!!!!
(i would assume it has to do with the polarity of the aluminum and the paint, it just balls up and wants to fall off if you don't do light coats)
sorry no pics of the painting process, just let the primer sit for about 2 hours, then hit it with the Rustoleum of your choice. make sure to roll the wheel as you prime/paining so you get all the surfaces evenly
21. paint: use your pony hair paint brush and some automotive black paint and pin stripe those grooves in the wheel
22. Polish: go back over your wheel one you have let the paint get nearly dry, also polish that center cap that you forgot about
Before:
After:
23. FINISHED!!!!
your done!! with one
three more to go!! Good luck
cheers
