Early Corvette Sawblades

[Lt. Dangle]

So, I refinish wheels from time to time, mostly for friends, or for myself, just kind of something I enjoy doing, and hell if I make a little monies in the process, that's fine by me. I am in no way trying to advertise my services, just asking for suggestions. I just scooped up a set of Early Vette Salad shooters like these (NOT MY WHEELS);


I am starting the refinishing process, and am really only doing these to sell them, as I have nothing they would even come remotely close to fitting on. With that being said, I have in mind just "mirror polishing" the faces, and repainting the pockets black like they originally are. I didnt really want to post in the FS section, but I guess what i'm looking for here is a "feeler" of sorts. After looking through this forum, as well as vortex, etc. I feel that in fully refinished condition, the wheels would be priced fairly at $500, just kind of want some suggestions.

Also, if anyone were interested in them, I can paint them (not some hackjob garbage), polish them, basically anything but powdercoating. With that being said, this once again is not an advertisement, just more looking for suggestions of the following;

Whether they would be more valuable painted, or polished.
Whether my price seems fair or is way out in left field.

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[tcturbo91]

from what I have seen, the sawblades for for 6-800 for a full setup. That includes tires and some sort of adapters. I'd say $500 for just the wheels in the 16" variation is a stretch.

When you paint the wheels, what is your process like? I am about to refinish a set of sawblades next week... debating if I want to wait to powdercoat them or just go ahead and spray them myself for now.

[Lt. Dangle]

Well this is my process;

Sand to 320 grit
Spray an Aerosol (sandable) self etching primer
Spray (from a gun) a heavy primer to fill any imperfections/build up any low spots
Let the primer flash, and dry for a night.
Re-tack the wheels just to get the dirt off, spray the base color. Usually when I spray base, I'll just feather it on the first coat, let that coat "flash" and spray another, wetter coat. I usually spray 3-4 coats of base.
I let that sit overnight dry, then I spray my clear.
I scuff the wheels with 600, then spray my clear, this does 2 things, eliminates trash and dirt out of the base coat, and also gives the clear something to bite into so when you go to throw the wheels on the car, it wont chip off if you accidentally nick it with a wrench or some shit. I usually spray 4-5 coats of clear, depending on what color it is, etc.

Regardless, I have, and still do (on certain projects) spraypaint wheels, and have had some good results as well, if you're not looking to dive into it that far...I ran across this fucking badass aerosol clear that is wetsandable/able to be buffed, just like normal clear. If I were spraypainting them though, I would follow all the steps above, other than the parts about spraying from a gun (obviously), and instead of primering with a gun, I would just use high build aerosol primer.

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SAwblade

I am interested in them, polished with the pockets painted black. what are the size's again, 17x8.5???