VW Golf Edition 30 BBS Pescara Wheel Refurb - Day One! Day Two will follow...

[RussZS]

As part of the expanding service offerings from MCC/SS we are offering wheel refurbishment.  We have chosen to not offer powder coating as we believe the best possible finish can be achieved from a paint/clearcoat route.

As a flavour of the work we'll be doing I thought I'd share a mini write up to show the step by step process we go through to get a wheel perfect again.  These are my own wheels from my Golf Edition 30, with some very minor cosmetic damage and I also fancy a colour change - so an ideal candidate for this write up.

This first part covers Day 1 which is up to the point of applying the primer.  Tomorrow I'll add Day 2 which will show the painting process and also the finishing touches.  I hope some of you find this useful and insightful.

So we started off at MCC HQ where my Golf was sat looking a little sorry for itself!  We initially cleaned the wheels on the car to remove the excessive amount of dirt and brake dust build up, ahead of removing the tyres and beginning the refurb process.

Some befores:


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(I've still not had the crack repaired which will be featured in a future write up!):


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Cosmetic damage on the wheels:


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The wheels were cleansed with IronX and AutoSmart Smart Wheels and various brushes:


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Next the Golf was moved into my unit, jacked up and the wheels were removed:


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Next the wheels were transported to SS HQ where they were cleansed further after being removed from the car.

**At this point the wheels would normally be passed across for chemical stripping meaning that some of the following processes would not normally apply but we were unable to do this today as the contract goes live from tomorrow so we progressed 'manually' for today**


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Once cleansed as much as we could, the wheels were moved inside to have the wheel weights removed and any further marking present ahead of the sanding stages:


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Surprising to see this bubbling from the OEM paint:


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Next we began flatting and keying the surface with various things including 180 and 240 grit paper:


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Via DA Sander and by hand:


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Bubbling and corrosion removed:


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Full flattened and ready for priming:


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Meanwhile, I was busy selecting a colour.  I wanted to go original OEM colour initially but I always liked darker wheels on a black car, so went for...


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LOTS to choose from!!


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All 4 ready for priming.


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Next the wheels were wiped down with U-Pol Degreaser to ensure that they are completely clean:


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Next Etch primer, followed by 2k primer:


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Etch primer:


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Finished:


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Followed with 2k Primer:


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That's it for Day One!

Tomorrow we will flatten the primer with 1200, then the painting will continue...

I hope someone has found this useful.

Thanks for reading.

Thoughts on the colour??

Russ.

[jedi-knight83]

looks like alot of work.

What will be the cost of this be?

How do you get on fixing bad curbing marks that are quite deep?

[maxload]

That ain't an easy job , hat's off for doing it the proper way. I look forward to seeing the finished article.
Great work mate  

[Tfsi_Mike]

That the wheel Ive been following on Facebook Russ??   

[Poppa Dom]

Looks like wheelie good work so far 

[Deako]

All that time? Id have waited for tomorrow and got them peened.

[eltel]

Waiting for day 2 

[Gene Hunt]

Waiting for day 2 

............get on Detailing World,all on there & they do look great.

[Gene Hunt]

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=280042           RussZS hope you don't mind?.

[RussZS]

Thank you Gene and sorry for the delay...

Sorry for the delay folks, here's Day2 and another set we've been working on in a different colour from an Evo9.

My car desperately needs a clean so when it next gets some love I'll get a load more decent pics....

So after the 2 stage priming was completed and baked we moved onto flatting the wheels to ensure the best possible overall finish:


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1000 grade used:


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Venom asked about this tool - some more pics for you, sorry for the delay...


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After sanding was completed, the colour I selected was mixed up ready for application:


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As flat as can be:


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Here is the finish after the first layer of colour, no lacquer as yet:


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2 layers of lacquer were applied, the second of which included some of this:


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The flake pop in the Sun is incredible... pics will follow!

and finally, some afters...


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I've not had a chance to clean them up properly yet or indeed wax them but when I do, I'll add further pics, but the finish is stunning.  Here's the only pic of them clean on the car that I have but some tyre paste remains:


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Also, alongside a number of other sets of wheels, I managed to get some pics of the process for these Evo9 wheels - the brief of which was to match the OEM finish as closely as possible:

This set was chemically stripped by a local company then work began at Spray Station by priming:


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Again they were fully wet sanded to achieve the best possible finish:


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Then wiped down with UPOL to prepare the surface for painting:


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Bright metallic silver was used on these to match the original colour:


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First coat, no lacquer yet:


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Final pics:


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I'll add further write ups as we do interesting wheels and colours.  Gloss black next...

Thanks for reading,
Russ.

[E30Dom]

Wow, i know where i'll be sending any wheels needing a refurb in the future...

[Frodo-anni]

My Pescara wheels have started to blister and corrode on the rear of each spoke, so not best please, but will be leaving until the spring to get sorted. The finish you have achieved is great.

[MC71]

WOW   

Without doubt the best Pescara's I've ever seen and the attention to detail is simply incredible, truly blown away by the finish archived. Mine are not looking good, the main dealer had them done as part of the deal in me buying the Eddy but did a less than sh*te job 

Would love mine in exactly that colour, will def' be in touch come the New Year regarding this.

Cheers, Martin

[RedRobin]

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Another WOW from me 

Totally stunning!

[chrisr763]

Beautiful work there! Very nice looking pescara's! Great colour choice, looks really deep