Strip and Polish Or Paint?

[sean210]

Just trying to get opinions.
Has anyone painted there sawblades?
Does it look good?
Or should I just strip them and polish?
Or leave them the way they are?

 

[BorHor]

If you look around people have painted them many colors. Depending on what color your car is different colors are nice. I have seen black, gunmetal, white, blue, and some more. Polishing is even easier just get aircraft stripper form the local auto shop and boom polished rims in less hten 10 min

 

[sean210]

Mines white I was thinking about a gloss black, or a gun metal.
What do you do with the stripper just put it on and wipe it off, then polish.
I like both polished and Black Which would look better with white?

 

[BorHor]

After you strip it the metal is already polished.

 

[sean210]

Is the aircraft stripper a spray or a putty?
After you strip it how hard would it be to paint it?

 

[BorHor]

Probably not to hard if you prep it. But I would probably just paint it on the old paint for the easier way out.

 

[PROJECT N00b]

yeah, i want to paint my wheels black but i dont know if i should scuff them up or what.

 

[sean210]

Probably not to hard if you prep it. But I would probably just paint it on the old paint for the easier way out.

I just dont want it to look shitty.

 

[SupraOfDoom]

Just did this last weekend:

Very small amount of sanding / cleaning, 2 Coats of flat black, 1 coat of clear coat. Not expecting it to last forever but I have more paint for that. It looks 10233x better then it did before.

 

[slidebabyslide]

^^^^ your car looks like mine... when i had the blades on it. looks nice

You 1st pic reminds me of GTA...lol

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Gold actually kinda looks good under my car

Gold and polished under white car

Same under my car

 

[SupraMaster]

I'm not much for gold. The polished looks damn good when it's clean.

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Yah, the last 2 golds aren't so nice as the first one IRL (when everything's clean).

 

[sean210]

Does anyone have pics of Black saw blades on a white mk3?
And a good pic of some polished ones on a white mk3?
I want to compare!

 

[sean210]

I decided to paint them black and I am very pleased.
Know I dont know whether to gloss them or leave them flat.
If I add clear coat will they last longer?

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Stripped looks best in my opinion.

 

[sean210]

I just figured I would paint them first just to see how I
like it. Then if I decide to polish all I have to do is stip it.
Which I will end up doing later on.

 

[sean210]

The only part I wouldnt like about polish is the center cap
will stay grey.