Attempted to restore my Sawblades

[JDMMA70]

What ive been doing for the past two weeks.

I got tired of my old dull sawblades on my car and i wanted to refinish them but couldnt decide on a colour.
old sawblades for reference

After a week i decided i liked Silver better on a two tone car. Picked up a used set from Steven89 for free.

Started out like this already paint stripped thanks steven saved me some time

Started sanding

Finished

j/k olive coloured wheel awesome right?

Regular filler primer cant tell but i wetsanded here

Paint goes on OEM Silver Metallic i tried to find the closet silver to match the center cap i think i did pretty good.

wet sanded paint down

Clear went on after that then some light wetsanding with 3600grit

Finished Product

Next to my old wheels

Now just need to get new tires and finish the other three rims and i think im set.

I know some of you dont like the sawbaldes and i know my job may not be the best, but tell me what you think, not bad for a free set of wheel and some elbow grease right?

Thanks for looking
~JDMMA70

 

[ERA]

Nice.

 

[tbcmorris]

Not bad for a free set of wheels and some elbow grease is about the best desrciption. Good job

 

[Supra28]

DAMN! The finished result looks original, I like it!

How long did it take you?

 

[bmoss85]

Wow, good job!

 

[JDMMA70]

Thanks for the kind words everyone

DAMN! The finished result looks original, I like it!

How long did it take you?

It took about two and half weeks for one wheel my first time painting a wheel so there are imperfections you just cant see them unless you look real hard, im hoping to do a much better job on the next three rims.

 

[Mk3runner]

Sweet! I like it

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Personally, I like stripped and polished, but that looks pretty good.

 

[mk3design]

Wow, they make 3600grit? That must be smoother than writing paper lol..

Wheels look great

 

[IJ.]

Think I'd have held off painting till all 4 were prepped and ready.

 

[rtrdpenguin]

It looks like a big improvement Poor tires though, why didn't you mask them off all the way? My saws are nasty and dirty and I've been considering painting them too.

 

[JDMMA70]

Tires were dry rotted anyways, so id figure id just get some new tires put on instead. Bridgestone Potenza RE-11's are going on them and an alignment. I agree with you IJ I guess I just wanted to practice on one im not going to paint anymore till the other three are prepped.

 

[SupraOfDoom]

Nice. When I painted my blades I did the quick I don't really care sort of deal. They actually turned out pretty good... but not as nice as yours .

 

[ms07s]

Think I'd have held off painting till all 4 were prepped and ready.

Yea, the paint color will differ.

Mask off everything but the saw holes and spray some dark grey/gunmetal. It makes a huge difference!

My polishied saws for reference.

 

[integra08]

If I may ask why not get staggered turbo's?

 

[JDMMA70]

Finished the other 3, they all match took my time came out nice cant wait to get new times to see how theyll look. (i said to hell with masking there were screws and nails in the tires)

 

[arizzle]

looking good