07 LS460 wheel refurbish

[desperatedano]

So i new my wheels were in bad condition and negotiated into the sale price. I was planning to get the wheels professionally refurbished but two places i tried did not have a loaner set of wheels that would fit. 

 

I decided to try refurbishing the spare wheel myself as a start This also had some Kerb rash and corrision on the dish of the wheel. The plan is  to use a Dremel with a sanding bit to smooth out the leading edge and then sand by hand  the full face of the wheel with 500/1000/1200 grit. then apply 2 coats of grey undercoat, sanding between coats, and them 2 coats of colour and 1 clear coat laquer

The inner dish will just get one coat of each layer.

 

Today i cleaned the wheel the best i could would some wheel cleaner i had there which wasnt great so the back of the spokes still need some attention before painting 

 

Here is the wheel after a clean, you can see some nice kerbing scuffs:

Lip after a few minutes of the Dremel:

 

I didnt have the correct grade of sand paper so, ill finish that off tomorrow and some more cleaning to get everything as smooth as possible for undercoat layers

 

 

 

[MLW]

This is a professional job. Bite the bullet. £60-70- each. Leave the car at the refurbishes for 2 days. Go and pick it up, and marvel at the difference.

£300 tops. Pay and walk away amazed.

[desperatedano]

Its more expensive over here about £400. plus would be without the car 2-3 days which i can't do. No harm in trying it myself first. 

[steve2006]

It may be an idea to deflate the tyre then break the bead on the rim to give you some space to work along the edge of the rim and not get paint on the tyre.