General steelies

[herpsuk]

well my steelies on my car loook crap tbh, was gonna get alloys but no money atm

mine are rusty here and there and horrible to look at, anyone done anything with theres like paint or what eevr?

all ideas helpful as i want to make them look at least semi-decent lol

ty

J

 

[custard]

how about the brand new 13" cinq steelies i posted in auction watch :chin:

 

[herpsuk]

pick up only, i live to far and i have no money for the wheels for it , lol i currently got 13s on mine so i cant change over

just wnna clean up and maybe paint em or summin?


J

 

[default_user]

There's nothing like good old fashioned hard manual work to sort out something like this. A good brushing with a wire brush then a coat of hammerite will have them looking good again for very little outlay. Depending on your viewpoint on hard work, you may want to opt for a rotating wire brush head that you can fit to an ordinary drill to relieve you from manual brushing, which takes ages and is hard work if you do it properly.

Edit: If you go for the rotating brush DO wear eye protection. I won't be held responsible if you subsequently damage your eyesight by taking my advice.

 

[Alan.D]

A bit of sand/woodchip blast & paint works wonders

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

just paint em up with whatever paint colour u'd like. u can get rid of the rust easy enough with a power drill / sanding attachment, and then give it a zinc primer to stop it from rusting again (in theory!) U can also paint the rims silver by use of masking, make it look like a split rim lol. Finally a layer of clear laquer to give it a shine definately if its a metalic.

here are some pics of my wheels and also my bro's mini, who 2 toned his!
Paint should cost bout £40 in total, so tis up to u. This depends on number of coats etc up to u how much time and money u wanna put aside for this really.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Si

 

[Pandarus]

A bit of sand/woodchip blast & paint works wonders

Love those steelies, Alan

Russ

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

ok, looks like my pics wont attach
this may take a while

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

ok here's a pic of bro's mini, painted steels. that'll do lol

 

[herpsuk]

thanks for the information guys

i was thinking paint them as well, but i cant think of a colour whihc would suit my little red car, any ideas on colours?

ty

J

btw lovely lovely mini, one of my alltime fav old cars, i just love em lol

 

[Jaff_Fox]

As everyone else said.. paint em and they look grand.. silver or white are good or if you care for it black.. 5 quid hlafrauds spray can will do it.. Mine looked new after paint and new tyres

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

well, perhaps gold, allways thought gold goes well with red, nice bright yellowy gold is best. U could paint the rims silver lol

I supose otherwise all silver wouldnt look too bad either, like they were standard, mayb a brighter silver tho.

Some were white on the sisleys i think.

Those are my suggestions, try them out on photoshop see how they look, its what i do when i wanna try summit without taking a risk.

Cheers
Si

 

[default_user]

It's a matter of personal preference. Paint them whatever colour you like. Personally, I think silver or white would suit the car very well. I hate gold wheels
On light coloured cars I think wheels of a dark colour work very well but on dark coloured cars the opposite is true.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

Painted steels do look good when not rushed and in the right colour. I nearly did this myself but some alloys were available locally so I went for those instead (see sig pic).

 

[herpsuk]

thanks guys, think ill get the dremel and goggles out then get out the silver paint (or maybe white aint decided lol) and paint em, ill get pics up, gonna do it next week during college study leave lol

thanks

J

 

[Alan.D]

Just take your time, the better the preperation the better the end result

 

[herpsuk]

yep i will, dont worry i got 4 weeks "Study" leave and only 2 exams lol so i got lots of time :slayer:

J

 

[sisleyman]

A bit of sand/woodchip blast & paint works wonders

OH ALAN,HOW COULD YOU SHOW THEM LOVELLY SISLEY WHEELS,I FEEL SO INSECURE NOW WHEN I LOOK AT MINE

 

[Alan.D]

I'm happy. They were done at the same time as the roof etc so not sure how much they cost to do, but a small percentage of £250 that's what the total bill was. Thanks for the compliment I was chuffed to bits as well.

 

[thefishdude]

when i had my first car 12 years ago i wanted alloys couldny affford sooo cleaned up me stealies and used silver hammertie lol