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I made this thread so i can keep my progress on the wheel rebuild. I have NEVER ever done this before so i thought id give it a try. I did a bit of research online here and there on wheel rebuilding and polishing. Basically with this build im relying on the information i gathered from the internet. Feel free to chime in!
I have a set of Avus wheels that needed allot of attention. The chrome started to flake off the lips and the paint was starting to show blemish marks. I took all 4 wheels apart and i took the faces to get media blasted. Sofar here is the progress of my work.
The sandpaper im using is the 3M wet/dry
Before sanding
I started sanding with 310grit with a sanding block and i started to notice the face have high/low spots
You can see above once i started sanding i notice these indentions on the wheels. Im pretty sure when i goto polish the wheels that indention is going to show up so i had sand them down to even the surface.
It took some elbo grease to get it down to this point but you can clearly see there is a tiny bit left and i didnt want to take any chances so i went ahead and drop down to 180 grit so i can get it down faster.
That is with 180 grit. I finally got the flow down on the sanding and the technique i used was going up,down then left right. i manage to sand out that indention and then i had to go back to blend the flat part to the curve of the wheel.
I started on the face and notice there were more indention towards the eyelet of the wheel. This time im still using the 180grit with with just my hands.
As you can see the little black specs are the pit that i still need to smoothen out so this is where im at now. 2 days in. its coming along fine and its a learning process for me. i still have a long ways to go on this 1 wheel.
I have a set of Avus wheels that needed allot of attention. The chrome started to flake off the lips and the paint was starting to show blemish marks. I took all 4 wheels apart and i took the faces to get media blasted. Sofar here is the progress of my work.
The sandpaper im using is the 3M wet/dry
Before sanding
I started sanding with 310grit with a sanding block and i started to notice the face have high/low spots
You can see above once i started sanding i notice these indentions on the wheels. Im pretty sure when i goto polish the wheels that indention is going to show up so i had sand them down to even the surface.
It took some elbo grease to get it down to this point but you can clearly see there is a tiny bit left and i didnt want to take any chances so i went ahead and drop down to 180 grit so i can get it down faster.
That is with 180 grit. I finally got the flow down on the sanding and the technique i used was going up,down then left right. i manage to sand out that indention and then i had to go back to blend the flat part to the curve of the wheel.
I started on the face and notice there were more indention towards the eyelet of the wheel. This time im still using the 180grit with with just my hands.
As you can see the little black specs are the pit that i still need to smoothen out so this is where im at now. 2 days in. its coming along fine and its a learning process for me. i still have a long ways to go on this 1 wheel.
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