Hi all iv just brought falken_ke30's 13x7 hotwires and they are in desperate need of a clean,

 

iv got a great how to on polishing just what i need to know is

 

how should i paint the centers?, should i clear coat the centers? And what color?

 

I'm pretty sure I'll go gold again but I'm open for suggestion's

 

thanks and all help Appreciated

 

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My dad did his recently. He used a high-temp paint for the centres from autobarn and then polished the lip using the bench grinder.

pics?

Paint strip 'em, polish 'em, clear coat it to keep a nice finish if you decide to polish them, otherwise paint the centre's (what I'm gonna do on my globes), polish the outer lip. :D

yea thats my plan

i don't want to clear coat the polished parts cause it goes shit house

I havent got a digital camera sorry mate. But he used SP-997 which is a VHT code. Its called nu-cast or something like that. They come up alright though.

when i did mine, i painted down in between the spokes and the centre black and then polished the top of the spokes and the rim

 

looks pretty good

haha i scored a set of 13x7 spitfires for $100 but there cortina pcd, they have sooooooooo much dish

 

on topic, iv decided to go all gold

I'm gonna paint the centre of my globes silver and polish the outer lip for now.

yep thats my plan :D and idea if i got ripped with the spitfires?

No idea. I wouldnt even have a clue of how they look dude. Post up a pic.

these are nickz's exactly the same hope he don't mind

100 bucks for the set is pretty good. Can't complain with that. Just a pity you can't use them on your car :D

oh well I'm gonna get them redrilled, mabey in the other position so if i get a ke10 or 20 they will fit it aswell (asuming cortina pcd if the same)

$100 for the spitty is pretty good.

 

don'e paint the whole wheel gold, they will look like shite, just do the bit thats originally painted.

 

 

heres a tip for painting with with bits you want to leave raw (polished) espeacially hotwires: around the lip and over the top of the spokes smear the metal with just enough GREASE to cover it, don't go over the top with it. then paint the areas you want painted, let it dry properly, and then wipe the grease off with a rag. basically the grease just works like masking (like masking tape when painting house walls etc.) as the paint does not dry or stick to the grease!! :D