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So i new my wheels were in bad condition and negotiated into the sale price. I was planning to get the wheels professionally refurbished but two places i tried did not have a loaner set of wheels that would fit. 

 

I decided to try refurbishing the spare wheel myself as a start This also had some Kerb rash and corrision on the dish of the wheel. The plan is  to use a Dremel with a sanding bit to smooth out the leading edge and then sand by hand  the full face of the wheel with 500/1000/1200 grit. then apply 2 coats of grey undercoat, sanding between coats, and them 2 coats of colour and 1 clear coat laquer

The inner dish will just get one coat of each layer.

 

Today i cleaned the wheel the best i could would some wheel cleaner i had there which wasnt great so the back of the spokes still need some attention before painting 

 

Here is the wheel after a clean, you can see some nice kerbing scuffs:

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Lip after a few minutes of the Dremel:

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I didnt have the correct grade of sand paper so, ill finish that off tomorrow and some more cleaning to get everything as smooth as possible for undercoat layers

 

 

 

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This is a professional job. Bite the bullet. £60-70- each. Leave the car at the refurbishes for 2 days. Go and pick it up, and marvel at the difference.

£300 tops. Pay and walk away amazed.

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