1972 Scamp, my regular cruiser
Last summer I bought another set of wheel at the Nats because I was thinking about changing wheel color. It turned out those wheels were too rough to use. But earlier this summer I was gifted another set from a forum member. I had them media blasted and they looked new...
I primed them myself and painted the back side. My friend who painted the car painted the wheels with the extra paint we had. I will have the tires from the current set of wheels switched to the new set tomorrow. I'll post those pics when I get the wheels onto the car. In the mean time, I spent this weekend painting a different set of dog dish hubcaps that I bought on the forum a while back. I had cleaned and polished them, but never repainted them.
I experimented with a variety of making strategies. This is what I thought worked best.
Painted them
Unmasked
Wrapped a rag around a stiff foam sanding black and used this to wipe away the paint on the raised areas and was left with the black in the recessed areas
A before and after comparison
They aren't perfect, but you gotta remember this is just my regular cruiser. I just enjoy driving it.
It does seem like a lot of work for a change I'm not sure I'm going to like. I plan on keeping the black wheels so I can switch back if I choose.
Last summer I bought another set of wheel at the Nats because I was thinking about changing wheel color. It turned out those wheels were too rough to use. But earlier this summer I was gifted another set from a forum member. I had them media blasted and they looked new...
I primed them myself and painted the back side. My friend who painted the car painted the wheels with the extra paint we had. I will have the tires from the current set of wheels switched to the new set tomorrow. I'll post those pics when I get the wheels onto the car. In the mean time, I spent this weekend painting a different set of dog dish hubcaps that I bought on the forum a while back. I had cleaned and polished them, but never repainted them.
I experimented with a variety of making strategies. This is what I thought worked best.
Painted them
Unmasked
Wrapped a rag around a stiff foam sanding black and used this to wipe away the paint on the raised areas and was left with the black in the recessed areas
A before and after comparison
They aren't perfect, but you gotta remember this is just my regular cruiser. I just enjoy driving it.
It does seem like a lot of work for a change I'm not sure I'm going to like. I plan on keeping the black wheels so I can switch back if I choose.
