"The King of Rims" refurb project

[poss]

Well, I finally managed to get my Zed across the border from Victoria a few weeks ago, but refurbishing these goddamn rims has been a nightmare!

Note to oneself: Never ever again buy rims sprayed by a spotty faced youth (or anyone else for that matter)

SO here's what they looked like when I picked them up:


..and now- after putting the final clearcoat on (and the pic does not do justice to the 2-pack gloss clearcoat - which looks pretty damn nice I must say!). I now have tolet the coating cure for a week and then hopefully they can finally go on the Zed!:

 

[beanie]

Doing wheels by hand is a time consuming process, with seemingly exponential effort as the spoke number and complexity increases. You should be proud that you stayed the course, I gave up on a set of bbs after finishing just two and my old 224M wheels are languishing in the basement in various states of disrepair!

It’s satisfying, but I tend to think it’s a bit of a waste of time when you can get wheels done extremely well for £2-300. I don’t mean that as a criticism, but just a personal realisation after spending days sanding and losing my fingerprints!

Looks like you’ve done a nice job though, and those wheels look great on a Z4 Did you use a gun or did you get a 2 part aerosol?

 

[Vanne]

Beaut job. Congrats looks great.

 

[Barty]

Wow those look absolutely gorgeous! Really looking forward to the fitted pictures

 

[poss]

It’s satisfying, but I tend to think it’s a bit of a waste of time when you can get wheels done extremely well for £2-300. I don’t mean that as a criticism, but just a personal realisation after spending days sanding and losing my fingerprints!

Let me just say this is the first and last time I will ever do this - will be paying a pro next time (if there ever is a next time)

However, I did want these 2 tone rather than all silver (inside barrel gun metal grey so it doesnt show the dirt) - which would have cost more

More of a relief than satisfaction at the mo. Maybe that will change when they're on the zed...

 

[poss]

Well, after all the pain of sanding and painting these buggers, one of them then turned out to be buckled!

 

[beanie]

Ah s**t, that’s bloody annoying to say the least

 

[Mr Tidy]

Well, after all the pain of sanding and painting these buggers, one of them then turned out to be buckled!

That's a right PITA after you had spent so much time getting such a great finish!

MV2s do seem to be prone to damage - my nephew had one crack on his E46, and that wasn't on run-flats. I think other people on here have had issues with them too.

Some refurb places say they can straighten them though so hopefully you don't end up trying to find a single wheel.