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[Webby the Bear]

Evening guys. So I’m on furlough for three weeks as I’m sure many are and I’m going to do a load of work on eeyore (my omega)

One thing is that my wheels are in fairly good condition for their age but I’d love them to be awesome. Can u get excellent results with rattle cans?

[BazaJT]

Depends on your own interpretation of "excellent" you can certainly obtain very good results with rattle cans.As ever preparation is key and take your time allowing time for "flash off" between coats.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Im about to do my fourth one in the last week with rattle cans. Decent results are definitely achievable, with good preparation and patience. If badly scratched use filler primer to help get rid of the scratches before colour and lacquer.

[dave the builder]

Webby the Bear's  Eeyore the Omega  and
Albs's CL-Eeyore the French tractor
you should get your cars together 

[BazaJT]

My wheels are the more fat spoke design making it I think a bit easier,but even so I still "bodged" them-didn't even take them off the car!!I did them because the lacquer was peeling badly on them.Rubbed down with 320 then 600 masked them up and coated with primer,then re-masked them so the "face" could be painted silver,masked again so the sides of the spokes and rim between could be painted steel,then the whole coated with lacquer.Meant to polish them up for a better shine but never got round to it,although 8yrs on and they're still holding up.

[RobG]

http://www.performancemotorcare.com/acatalog/Wurth_German_Alloy_Silver_Wheel_Lacquer___400ml__1149.html

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Wurth is good stuff. I used it last time I painted my wheels, but used other paint this time which was crap in comparison.

[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys. Thanks for al the replies and replies. Sorry I haven’t replied but had a lot of unexpected shit on 😩😩😩

Anyway i have an alloy from work and am going to practice first before jumping straight in 😃😃😃

If I don’t get the results I’m after I’ll get them done professionally.

On a side note I have some light scratches on the door card pockets. I’ve got a good heat gun and I’ve seen this will take them out. Anyone tried this? And if no good any suggestions how to get rid of them?

Cheers ladies 😘😘😘🙏🙏

[cam.in.head]

if youre talking about the plastic covers on the doors that pull open be very very carefull.i wouldnt put a heat gun near them but there may be a trick im missing here. on mine they were quite bad (along with various other plastics that have the soft coating on and i just removed mine with panel wipe and t cut.a very long job but you end up with brand new looking but shiny black / grey pieces.on mine the gear surround was particularly bad and now looks great back to its base shiny black.
obviously each to their own on this

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah that’s it mate.... the door card pockets that open.

So you reckon t-cutting them?

[cam.in.head]

on mine they were badly marked and bits of the coating was coming off.i rubbed them with panel wipe and it eventually removed the top coat of whatever it is.it did take ages however so i cannot remember wether t cut ( or the polish of your choice) was faster ?
other people may have some suggestions too but that worked for me

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks mate. I know what u mean about the top coating as I scratched it off my window buttons. I’ll give the t cut a go. Cheers mate 👍

[Doctor Gollum]

CarPlan Tar Spot Remover and some effort

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers dg 😃😃😃👍👍👍

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

If it helps any, I have removed the plastic trim pieces and sprayed them with that rubber wrap stuff. I'm just off a night shift so can't think what its called.

It looks pretty decent and seems to be lasting.