Refinished a set of Style 5s.

[mpower5266]

Not quite Felgan.de quality but they look pretty good if you ask me.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh122/740idriver/IMG_0775.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4423513567_b56594d17b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4423240853_7bc8286812_b.jpg

Should be mounted up tomorrow or sat on my buddies car.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4412898210_963cfc803f_o.jpg

[kanovic]

:buttrock looks good man i just got done with mine too

[Chad E36]

i don't see any fish...

[bmwm1128]

looks good! i've got a slightly bent style 5 from my sister's E39 and i've been thinking about experimenting on that. if i like it, i might end up getting some other style 5's to refinish and put on my e36.


i don't see any fish...

:rofl

[mpower5266]

i don't see any fish...


What on earth are you talking about?




:shifty

[Eudor]

/\ lol looks really good man. i just got a set as well with my 530 and thinking of refinishing them. one of them has some curb rash..any way to get rid of it?

[kanovic]

/\ lol looks really good man. i just got a set as well with my 530 and thinking of refinishing them. one of them has some curb rash..any way to get rid of it?

sand it out thats what i did with mine

[mpower5266]

/\ lol looks really good man. i just got a set as well with my 530 and thinking of refinishing them. one of them has some curb rash..any way to get rid of it?

I used a file to get the rash smooth then wet sanded the crap out of it.

[EThirtySicks]

Those look flawless. Seriously man, top notch shit on those polished lips.

[iceman13]

wow nice shinny wheels there ....

[jhstealth]

Looks great man!!!! I cant wait til my style 19's are finished. What silver did you use? They look satin, its awesome!

[Eudor]

sand it out thats what i did with mine


I used a file to get the rash smooth then wet sanded the crap out of it.

thanks guys! will try it out. its this car, its gonna look titts. ill post the results after

http://rainbowcars.ca/images/cars/2411920091386A.jpg


EDIT: did you disassemble them before polishing, or did you just do them as they were?

[theseeker411]

We dissasembled, which was a pain in the ass.

[mpower5266]

Looks great man!!!! I cant wait til my style 19's are finished. What silver did you use? They look satin, its awesome!

Duplicolor wheel paint I believe, Ill check tomorrow. Just cheap stuff from autozone. I think they came out as dark as they did is because I sandblasted them down to bare alum. Then self etching primer, then two coats of filler primer. If I end up doing another set I will actually mix some paint and do them up the right way.


thanks guys! will try it out. its this car, its gonna look titts. ill post the results after

http://rainbowcars.ca/images/cars/2411920091386A.jpg


EDIT: did you disassemble them before polishing, or did you just do them as they were?

Def take them apart. It would be a pain in the ass to polish around the bolts and valve stem. And as far as I know when you take the wheels apart you have to dismount the tire, I think having the tire on could warp the barrel. Dont hold me to that but I think it might.

[Devo540]

thats sick, i want some bad

[mpower5266]

thats sick, i want some bad

Get some and I will polish them out for a nominal fee.

[M3Alpine99]

Very good work.

[mpower5266]

Thank you.

[Creativenate88]

My buddy just picked some of these up, this will be one of our next projects.. Do you have before pics? Also what was the total cost and time for the full set (the refinishing i mean lol)

Looks perfect to me man!

[mpower5266]

My buddy just picked some of these up, this will be one of our next projects.. Do you have before pics? Also what was the total cost and time for the full set (the refinishing i mean lol)

Looks perfect to me man!

This is really the only before pic I have.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a30/theseeker411/onthetrailer.jpg

As far as cost probably 40-50 in paint and primer. I had the paint stripper and I sandblasted the faces. But I had all the blast media.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a30/theseeker411/freshsandblasted.jpg

You will need some wet/dry sand paper, I would recommend 400/600/800/1200 at least.

The other costly part is the polish and compounds that I use are 50 bucks a can, but I already had it.

[Creativenate88]

Awesome! What kind of polish and compounds are we talking about? What kind of time does this process take without sandblasting?

So if I undestand this:

1. Dismantle
2. Paint removal
3. Sanding
4. Primer
5. Paint
6. Polish
7. Reassemble
8. Install
9. Ball

(Before anyone gives me the google bash, I have, Just looking for more input, and love the work Mpower did)

[mpower5266]

Awesome! What kind of polish and compounds are we talking about? What kind of time does this process take without sandblasting?

So if I undestand this:

1. Dismantle
2. Paint removal
3. Sanding
4. Primer
5. Paint
6. Polish
7. Reassemble
8. Install
9. Ball

(Before anyone gives me the google bash, I have, Just looking for more input, and love the work Mpower did)

I use Nuvite polishes, very good stuff. They sponsor my dads plane so I get it cheap.

As far as steps, you pretty much have it down. Paint stripper to get the clear off anything you are going to polish, sand for what you are not going to polish. Here is a good how to on polishing.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=806

I know its on stanceworks and not everyone is a fan of that site, but I have been polishing alum for about 10 years now and that is one of the best write ups I have ever seen.

[gatecrasher1978]

good work.

[Creativenate88]

Thanks for the link, havent seen that write up yet. It is good. Well lets see if I can get my buddy around to buying the stuff and making the time!

[mpower5266]

Thanks for the link, havent seen that write up yet. It is good. Well lets see if I can get my buddy around to buying the stuff and making the time!

No problem, if you have any other questions feel free to ask.

[TH3 Shifty]

if you're leaving them polished and not clear coating them.... definately hit them with "Mothers Aluminum Polish"... then apply 2 coats of "Wheel Wax"... you can get wheel wax from Auto Geek...

this will help prevent pit marks from brake dust ...

[jszy25]

And as far as I know when you take the wheels apart you have to dismount the tire, I think having the tire on could warp the barrel. Dont hold me to that but I think it might.

Actually, you dont. You can safely remove the center of the style 5 without removing the tire.

That how I freshen up my style 5's every winter. I remove the center and hit the lips with a mothers power ball and mag polish. Then of course a final coat of Wheel Wax.

[bmuum3]

This makes me want to spend that much more time getting my wheels perfect.

[MOZ528I]

nice!!!

[IWannaBMW]

Wow those are great, they're going on CJ's car?

:drool:

[southpaw]

zing!

[theseeker411]

Wow those are great, they're going on CJ's car?

:drool:

Yup, hopefully going on today :D.

[IWannaBMW]

Yup, hopefully going on today :D.


plz take pics, that shit's gonna be sick!!!

[ATLE36M3]

very nice! i may do this with mine eventually but they look pretty decent for now. so many other projects on the 5 to do...

do you only do these for friends or can you be bought...:)

[mpower5266]

Actually, you dont. You can safely remove the center of the style 5 without removing the tire.

That how I freshen up my style 5's every winter. I remove the center and hit the lips with a mothers power ball and mag polish. Then of course a final coat of Wheel Wax.

Oh ok, I wasn't sure and didn't want to risk it.


Anyway here is a quick pic of them mounted. It needs spacers and maybe bigger tires but it looks good.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4428429736_a203cf2484_b.jpg

[theseeker411]

I definitely need spacers. I'm thinking at least a 15mm front and rear.

[CdnBimmer]

awesome refinishing on the rims, but that paint on that car need some refinishing attention as well.

[mpower5266]

awesome refinishing on the rims, but that paint on that car need some refinishing attention as well.

Oh the paint is cooked on it, if I could fix it with a buffer it would have been done.

[theseeker411]

Yeah, eventually I'll have it repainted the stock cirrusblau.