I’ve got a set of those nice snowflake 2012 performance pack wheels and I’m looking for possible color recommendations or some tips with respraying these because the coating is peeling a little bit, anyone ever sprayed these a different color?
I’ve got a set of those nice snowflake 2012 performance pack wheels and I’m looking for possible color recommendations or some tips with respraying these because the coating is peeling a little bit, anyone ever sprayed these a different color? View attachment 114699
Dropped them off and had them sandblasted front and rear. Epoxy primed, sanded 400 grit sprayed the silver, masked then the bronze color followed up by clearcoat all over.
The wheels were in decent condition, one of them had a previous rework and like most rework, substandard. Very happy with the outcome. Purchasing a brand new set of wheels would have been cheaper.
This set used started off at $600, center caps $65 each. All in as shown $400 each wheel.
All in it was the best decision I could have made for wheels on this car, no regrets.
Not the same wheel but refinished a set of the base '11-'12 GT500 wheels myself after curbing one. Took any bad spots in the original finish to bare metal, shot those spots with self etching 2-part primer, wet sanded everywhere with 220-grit, sprayed 2-part high build primer, wet-sanded with 400-grit, then paint and clear.
I chose Land Rover corris grey. Always thought the OE color was too brown, this seems to have a bit of blue in it. The bigger change was going with matte clear instead of gloss.
Liked it so much, I ended up spraying the grille pony, fender badges and faux gas cap as well. Those I had to sand blast to get enough texture for paint to stick.
I would highly recommend sand blasting the wheels rather than sanding by hand. I was concerned about damaging these but have since refinished a set of less precious wheels for my DD, starting with the sand blaster and had no issues.
