DIY: Revamping badly curbed wheels doityourself

[UdubBadger]

nice

there are some good DIY's out there too. I have had my fair share of needing this done and taken it to a pro for like $75 a wheel. Basically they do the same thing, sand, use liquid filler if needed, sand again, paint, clear.

The difference I noticed is in the paint. They ALWAYS (and have told me to do the same) use the duplicolor wheel paint because it not only matches OEM wheel colors but its a little tougher. They say no need to prime since you are sanding but do a good 3-4 layers of light coverage on just the f-d up areas. Obviously S85 was changing the color of the wheels so thats different but for touch up of OEM wheels I am told thats the way to go.

I need to figure out my winter tire situation and then I'm gonna refinish my 135's - might plasti dip um, might paint um grey like my VB3's or might just touch um up and leave OEM silver.

[S85FTW]

nice

there are some good DIY's out there too. I have had my fair share of needing this done and taken it to a pro for like $75 a wheel. Basically they do the same thing, sand, use liquid filler if needed, sand again, paint, clear.

The difference I noticed is in the paint. They ALWAYS (and have told me to do the same) use the duplicolor wheel paint because it not only matches OEM wheel colors but its a little tougher. They say no need to prime since you are sanding but do a good 3-4 layers of light coverage on just the f-d up areas. Obviously S85 was changing the color of the wheels so thats different but for touch up of OEM wheels I am told thats the way to go.

I need to figure out my winter tire situation and then I'm gonna refinish my 135's - might plasti dip um, might paint um grey like my VB3's or might just touch um up and leave OEM silver.

You are 100% right on this. I used duplicor wheel paint for my M wheels. For these wheels I used all purpose heat resistant paint/primer.

Wetsanding was completed today on 3/4 wheels.