chrome sawblades?????

[ValgeKotkas]

I believe some center caps are metal.

exactly:icon_bigg And they are made from somekind of metal ( I don't know what) and they kinda don't get polished...The scrubbing does nothing. Dunno why. Even with like 400 wetsand I had to push really hard to get any marks on the caps.
Sorry for the dirty rim

 

[foreverpsycotic]

^^ is that polished with black slots? i wonder how that would look with black caps and moldings

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Sooo... I stripped the paint, then wetsand with 400/600/800/1000/1200/1500 then used some different polished, like 30, 75 or smt.. and then handpolished with 80 or 85. Then I covered the rim with adhesive papertape and cut out the slots, and painted them.
My car has almost black moldings, and I can try with black center caps, though I don't think I'd like the style. Let me go and try

Edit: Damn, the cap wasn't full black


Yay, I can see myself

 

[foreverpsycotic]

sex, i think i know what im going to be doing with my saws now.....

what kind of paint did you use? just some rattle can wheel paint?

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Yep, some acrylic black paint and then acrylic lacquer on it. Let's see how it holds up
It is the coolness in the sun, when looking under angle.. Or just under angle .. you can't see the scratches then


Now some guys advised to use boatwax on the whole rim... Gotta try that.

 

[SupraMario]

Sooo... I stripped the paint, then wetsand with 400/600/800/1000/1200/1500 then used some different polished, like 30, 75 or smt.. and then handpolished with 80 or 85. Then I covered the rim with adhesive papertape and cut out the slots, and painted them.
My car has almost black moldings, and I can try with black center caps, though I don't think I'd like the style. Let me go and try

Edit: Damn, the cap wasn't full black


Yay, I can see myself

Holy hell, that is hot butt seckz right thar! LOL
Mind if I copy you?:biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[ValgeKotkas]

So you want a poster of me shining in the sawblade? These could actually look really good on your car... You might as well try it Whyyy oooo whhyy didn't factory make 17'' saws
But now I need a lowerage

 

[SupraMario]

So you want a poster of me shining in the sawblade? These could actually look really good on your car... You might as well try it Whyyy oooo whhyy didn't factory make 17'' saws
But now I need a lowerage

17" saws would kick ass

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

Whyyy oooo whhyy didn't factory make 17'' saws

because that would be too much metal going into the scrap bin where they belong

 

[Rajunz]

I followed the directions on the can, which said it may take up to 30 minutes and multiple applications. I can run my fingernail across the rough spots very hard and scrape some stuff off. It feels gluish. I used Aircraft paint stripper in an aerosol can.

Those wheels aren't ruined, you just haven't finished taking the paint off. That's what's still gooey. It will take about 3 cans of the stuff and a small brass wire brush. They will look really shiney when finished, you don't even need to sand them. I know, I've done 2 sets in the past. If you have the plastic center caps, buy a really shiny silver paint and it will match up fairly well.

 

[johnathan1]

Yea, you can use dupli-color Chrome paint on the center caps, and they will match the stripped sawblades pretty well...just make sure you spray some clear coat over them, or the paint won't last very long.

 

[Poodles]

man, I dunno, I think those saws look great...

for some reason I like em better than my wheels LOL

 

[ValgeKotkas]

because that would be too much metal going into the scrap bin where they belong

I don't think so now


Search for some metal caps if needed, maybe you can find some easily. I found like 1 piece from 2 sets I had... then when the wreck Supra rolled in... voila, 3 metal caps . Then once looked on one guys supe... voila, 4 more Now I have 8 altogether :icon_bigg

 

[foreverpsycotic]

can someone photoshop the black to white, with black toyota lettering?

edit
valge, that "supra" body you had, can you tell me the wing that was on it?

 

[ValgeKotkas]

^Btw... I'd like to know, maybe someone has ideas, how to paint the TOYOTA letters black....on the metal caps... It'd be kinda hard to it the way I did the big holes.

 

[Poodles]

have to use a brush, and then dampen a rag in paint thinner and wipe off the excess

 

[ValgeKotkas]

^Immediatelly after painting, yes?
Washed.

 

[Poodles]

YES, once it's dry it's not coming off without a lot of effort

I do that on models and stuff to show panel lines (even done it to interior parts on old cars where the paint had chipped off)

it's easier with water based paints since you only need water, but I'd use some good automotive paint for that...

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Did it with usual rattle can paint Thanks Poodles!

 

[Poodles]

looks great! should have come that way from the factory