Looking to repaint/spray my original steel wheels in a nice shiny new colour so the new chrome hub camps sit nicely... There's a few colour options, the usual... black, silver, white... I'm thinking silver would suit my van best (white).
Anyone have any advice/paint codes/warnings before I start masking the tyres up? Anyone know of the original colour they may have come in? Van ID is in my sig...
Plus, if anyone has any pics/links of any jobs they've done themselves that would sweet too
I'm in the process of painting up the spare steelies that a very generous person on this forum gave me. I'm not keeping the tyres they came with, but thought i'd mask them up anyway, as it felt wrong not too. I spent a few hours with a wire brush drill attachment cleaning off the rust and various old paint remnants, cleaned with white spirit and sprayed them with hammerite "straight to rust". I needed about a can and a half.
To be honest, the finish isn't very good, it's a bit rough and if I did it again (which I will for the steelies with winter tyres currently on the van), I might just use normal hammerite and a brush, but they look OK from a distance, and certainly better than the combination of rust and different paintjobs they used to be - I reckon with some new hubcaps they will look good from about 5 or 6 metres away
Former owner of 1983 DG panel van and 1983 Devon moonraker pop-top, 1.9 tdi (1z) conversion
discipleofsketch wrote:I'm in the process of painting up the spare steelies that a very generous person on this forum gave me. I'm not keeping the tyres they came with, but thought i'd mask them up anyway, as it felt wrong not too. I spent a few hours with a wire brush drill attachment cleaning off the rust and various old paint remnants, cleaned with white spirit and sprayed them with hammerite "straight to rust". I needed about a can and a half.
To be honest, the finish isn't very good, it's a bit rough and if I did it again (which I will for the steelies with winter tyres currently on the van), I might just use normal hammerite and a brush, but they look OK from a distance, and certainly better than the combination of rust and different paintjobs they used to be - I reckon with some new hubcaps they will look good from about 5 or 6 metres away
"I reckon with some new hubcaps they will look good from about 5 or 6 metres away"
Hammerite smooth Silver looks awesome. I painted my new merc steels with it, and they look like an OEM silver steel would look. It's soft-ish for a week or so after painting, so wait before fitting caps and have the tyre shop be extra careful! Once it's hard, it's HARD
Allan
'84 T3 Kombi, EJ25 DOHC.
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Allanw wrote:Hammerite smooth Silver looks awesome. I painted my new merc steels with it, and they look like an OEM silver steel would look. It's soft-ish for a week or so after painting, so wait before fitting caps and have the tyre shop be extra careful! Once it's hard, it's HARD
Hmmmmm, another option, I think this may be what I might do, seems easy enough, and cheap...
How many cans did you use Allan? 400ml can on the bay, £8... You got a pic of the finish?
