Another one on the Duplicolor Bandwagon...

**RowdyAudi** · 08-09-2008 09:29 PM

I picked up some B5 S4 wheels a while ago as an affordable upgrade from my stock 15's.... but the wheels were so thrashed they totally made my car look like a beater.... After seeing so many people on the zine with pristine wheels and feeling jealous of them, I decided to try and clean my wheels up a bit.... overall it's not a perfect job, but it beats having curb rash... here's a couple pics....

**Bee Five** · 08-09-2008 11:21 PM

Nice job man, those look great. How long did it take you?

**RowdyAudi** · 08-10-2008 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by Bee Five

Nice job man, those look great. How long did it take you?

Hey thanks a lot... yeah it's my first time attempting any type of project like this so I just tried to take my time so I didn't mess anything up too bad.... most of my time was spent doing the prep work i.e. cleaning with a degreaser, then sanding, sanding, and more sanding.... to better answer your question though, it took about one day to prep and then the following morning to paint them.... and then I let them cure for 48hrs. before I put them back on the car....

**the4ringer** · 08-10-2008 03:00 AM

those came out dope! nice job man.

**Daddy MO** · 08-10-2008 09:40 AM

Looks good!!!

**auditi** · 08-11-2008 04:09 PM

those did come out looking great! nice work...

**RolledMySTi** · 08-12-2008 10:02 AM

Looks nice.

**96A4FwdJimmy** · 08-12-2008 12:17 PM

Oh, I wanna start my project away after watching what you have done. How many layers there?

**RowdyAudi** · 08-12-2008 09:32 PM

Hey guys thanks so so much for the positive feed back... I really appreciate it!!! Like I said its not a perfect job, but I am pretty proud of how well i was able to do it myself....

Originally Posted by 96A4FwdJimmy

Oh, I wanna start my project away after watching what you have done. How many layers there?

Hey good luck, it really is not as hard as it looks, just take your time... I really concentrated on the prep work so that I didn't have to put as much paint on... I pretty much just did a TON of sanding and then 3 light coats with about 20 -30 minutes between them and then 2 heavier coats with about 35 minutes between them... and then about 48hrs. to cure before I put them back on the car....

**NoFear4285** · 08-12-2008 11:07 PM

did you say you used duplicolor? like the spray paint from kragens?
cause if so that came out damn good

**RowdyAudi** · 08-13-2008 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by NoFear4285

did you say you used duplicolor? like the spray paint from kragens?
cause if so that came out damn good

yeah, you read it correctly.. lol I did use duplicolor wheel paint I got it at Pep Boys but basically the same as Kragen.... Seriously, it's not bad paint... its all in the prep...

**HardPark'd TT** · 08-17-2008 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by RowdyAudi

yeah, you read it correctly.. lol I did use duplicolor wheel paint I got it at Pep Boys but basically the same as Kragen.... Seriously, it's not bad paint... its all in the prep...

+1. Great job