Austarion

I've got myself a set of Celica Supra 15"s:



How does one go about getting the inset bits blackened? Do you get the whole wheel coated black and then polish off the coat? Or is it as straightforward as masking the shiny bits and attacking them with a can of matte black? Surely that approach wouldn't last? I'm looking for an end result like below (pic shamelessly stolen from Rainey)

I reacon you could mask it off with a good PVC electrical tape, then get in there with a airbrush of black paint.
After remove the tape while paint is still tacky so it won't chip.
Any overspray etc could be rubbed off with thinners.

A scotchbrite pad then a metal polish cream can bring up alloy pretty well polished and I found when doing my wheel center caps that brasso makes a good finishing product.

Thanks heaps for the tips Starion_Turbo, I tried your method and very pleased with the result so far:







There's a couple of places that I'll need to attack with thinner, and they need a good polish to get the stickiness from the PVC tape off, but so far, so good :beer

After polish, spray some clear over the whole lot. Proper stuff if you can get hold of it and have a compressor/gun etc.

I would use metholated spirits to remove the sticky marks as it won't damage your paint like thinners will.

retro wheels

We need pics of them on the car now.....

cleaned mine up 2day
600 wet then clear coated
not bad for stockas i think

So I got lazy and got a pro to do it. SO pleased with the job:



Now I just need to find some rubber!

oooooooh hotness, hurry and get them on the car!

Just got myself a set of these rims, how much did it cost to get a pro to do em?