Style 42 Refinish

[mbulsa]

Ok so I just got done refinishing my style 42's (17x8s) and I was wondering if anyone knew where to buy metal valve stems or bbs centercaps. I've done some looking but can't find anything.:help

[mbulsa]

Bump

[rayztoy]

Could you post some pics as I'm refinishing mine also? TIA
Ray :D

Maybe this will help...
http://www.purems.com/Products/BBSCENTERCAPS-BBS-Center-Caps

[mbulsa]

Could you post some pics as I'm refinishing mine also? TIA
Ray :D

Maybe this will help...
http://www.purems.com/Products/BBSCENTERCAPS-BBS-Center-Caps

Sorry just saw this response. Ill get some pictures up tomorrow

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[rayztoy]

WOW! Very Nice job! Thanks for posting the pics. What type of black did you use on the inside of the barrels, gloss, flat, semi, epoxy, etc? What polish are you using? Are you clear coating the lips after polishing?
Ray :)

[mbulsa]

WOW! Very Nice job! Thanks for posting the pics. What type of black did you use on the inside of the barrels, gloss, flat, semi, epoxy, etc? What polish are you using? Are you clear coating the lips after polishing?
Ray :)

I used just a standard flat black wheel paint (autozone) and I used 180-2000 grit sandpaper. Probably going to go up to 2500. The polish I used was mothers and no I will not be clearing the lips. The faces are getting stripped and painted white, Then in the spring put on my moreagreen e36 sedan.

[rayztoy]

AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing the info... :D

Also found this website... http://www.titanium-touch.com/ :)

[mbulsa]

AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing the info... :D

Also found this website... http://www.titanium-touch.com/ :)

That websites a little hard to navigate on this phone. Gotta take a look when I get to am actual computer haha. Thanks for the help!

[rayztoy]

My pleasure... Thanks for sharing info. :alright

[mbulsa]

Here is the end result to my refinish.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2v1m9p5.jpg

[rayztoy]

WOW!!! That looks AWESOME! Did you paint the bolts black? What type of white paint did you use? Thinking of Charcoal centers with polished lip or a completely satin black wheel with silver bolts. TIA
Ray :alright

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WOW!!! That looks AWESOME! Did you paint the bolts black? What type of white paint did you use? Thinking of Charcoal centers with polished lip or a completely satin black wheel with silver bolts. TIA
Ray :alright

[mbulsa]

WOW!!! That looks AWESOME! Did you paint the bolts black? What type of white paint did you use? Thinking of Charcoal centers with polished lip or a completely satin black wheel with silver bolts. TIA
Ray :alright

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WOW!!! That looks AWESOME! Did you paint the bolts black? What type of white paint did you use? Thinking of Charcoal centers with polished lip or a completely satin black wheel with silver bolts. TIA
Ray :alright


The centers are powdercoated :) what color is your car? All black wheels aren't my favorite. To me it blends in with the tire too much. No matter which way you take your wheels im sure they're look good. Thanks a lot btw!

[rayztoy]

My car is white...Did you re-use your bolts? What torque did you use?:)

[ramp]

I want to refinish mine at some point. Good info. The wheels look great.

[mbulsa]

My car is white...Did you re-use your bolts? What torque did you use?:)

Ah you have an e39. Yes I reused my bolts. I haven't found torque specs yet, im pretty sure there's supposed to be locktite on the bolts too. I still need to save for some tires so I need to do some looking into before they're "completely" finished

[mbulsa]

I want to refinish mine at some point. Good info. The wheels look great.

Thank you very much, the refinish isn't that hard just time consuming. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

[PRESSURIZED]

Those look very nice.
Hard work paid off.

[JE BMW]

nice work. always wondered how style 42s would look with white centers. wuld look even nicer i think with gold bolts and gold/black bbs centers. pls dont get red like everyone, i dont think red centers look any good.

[mbulsa]

nice work. always wondered how style 42s would look with white centers. wuld look even nicer i think with gold bolts and gold/black bbs centers. pls dont get red like everyone, i dont think red centers look any good.

Im probably going to do black and white, although bbs doesn't make centercaps that fit directly to these so you have to modify them a little bit.

[Ebola21]

Looks good. When I redid mine I had originally wanted them white and had painted them white but decided to go with a different color since keeping them clean would have driven me insane.


Ah you have an e39. Yes I reused my bolts. I haven't found torque specs yet, im pretty sure there's supposed to be locktite on the bolts too. I still need to save for some tires so I need to do some looking into before they're "completely" finished

FYI: Youre not supposed to reuse those bolts. Theyre TTY fasteners and should be replaced ($3/bolt $57/wheel $223/set).

Heres what I did to mine:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2e0s6tg.jpg

[rayztoy]

Very nice! What talent on this board...:buttrock

[mbulsa]

FYI: Youre not supposed to reuse those bolts. Theyre TTY fasteners and should be replaced ($3/bolt $57/wheel $223/set).


Not sure what tty fasteners are, why aren't you supposed to reuse them

Nvm torque to yield. Im stupid