rally wheels restored!!

00kidd · Dec 18, 2010

ol skewl 67 said: ↑

Yea man I love steel wool. Stuff is a life saver. Works great on all the chrome and aluminum. Each rim took roughly about 1 hour. Here are the steps I took for each rim:

1) remove the rim and tire from the car
2) sprayed the rim with WD-40 (so the rust and dirt can soak and be easier to remove)
3) rubbed the 0000 steel wool on the rim, trying to get into all the crevices and angles
4) took 150 grit sandpaper to the black painted areas (to get the old paint off and give it a better surface for the paint)
5) wiped the entire rim with degreaser
6) masked off all areas that are going to be painted
7) used new razor blades to trim the tape around the soon to be painted areas
8) sprayed 3 light coats of gloss black rust preventive paint enamel (from kragen auto store)
9) let the paint to set for 10 mins then removed all the masking tape
10) waited about 20 more mins then mounted the rim back on to the car

I haven't applied the brasso metal polish, only because I didn't want to mess up the fresh paint. But today since it has dried fully, I will apply the polish for a better shine. The only parts that was time consuming was making sure all the grease was off and the laying down of the tape. After that everything is easy. Good luck on cleaning up those rallys u guys. Just take ur time and it will turn out good. All the rims took me about 5 hours to do.

Thanks for all the great support you guys give me.
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Thanks for the good info! I used some 0000 steel wool on my rally wheels and front bumper yesterday and it made and great improvement! I didn't get a chance to paint the black sections yet but I will one day. Here are some pictures:
Before:

In-between:

After:

Rims After:

Poppaluv · Dec 18, 2010

I use the steel wool every few months as the plating on the split bumper and of course, the old wheels..

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rally wheels restored!!

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Poppaluv I CALL WINNERS!!!

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