« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: money pit wheel restoration  (Read 503 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Online Lloyd Smale

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (32)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18262
money pit wheel restoration
« on: April 15, 2012, 11:04:41 PM »
Buddy gave me some alumiun spoked jeep wheels that needed refinishing. ive got slotted aluminum ones on know that the road salt has worked there majic on them so i figured it would be a cheap way to replace them. Little did i know. It cost me a 150 bucks for primer, paint and clear coat. You have to use special wheel paint thats 10 bucks a can, even the primer. Then i bought 25 bucks worth of blasting sand. the sand was having a hard time cutting the old paint and clear coat so we burned it off with a rose bud. Well the buddys tanks went dry so we went to fill them and i told him it was on me. I about crapped when the bill was a 120 bucks to fill his ox and act. tanks. So ive got near 300 bucks into this and thats not even including the labor. Got them all blasted yesterday and it was a job! I could have bought a new set of rims for what this cost me  ::)
Logged
blue lives matter

Offline oldsoldja

  • "what ever you do, dont smoke."
  • Trade Count: (149)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1114
  • endeavor to persevere
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2012, 11:09:23 PM »
but we do this because we enjoy doing it, right?
Logged
TDC, 2x TJC, 7x57, 3030mann,.356,300aac,.30carbine,2x50-70, 375win,243 fluted,30-06 ported, 454 casull,270 fluted.458wm,7mm-08 shorty,223 shorty,35 whel,16g folder, 357talo, 45colt carbine,35 rem,22250 fluted, 4570shorty, 22hornetshorty , 357max, 17m2,7.62x39, 12g fluted slug, 450 marlin, 22mag, 22lr,10g camo, 38-55, 17hmr custom, 410g, m48 16g,44 mag talo,410-12m, m8-12g, m158 20g, 22jet ,wh 45-70 bc,.280,58 50 45 MLS, 12g folder,4x 30-30,3x17hmr,m4816g,410,.308,45-120,3x204 fluted, 20gslug, 25-06,12g ported slug, 20g ribbed, .270ported, 22h mann, 500shorty .357.444,20g,45-70,223,12g, 7.62x39 shorty, 20g greenwing, 500sw talo, 4x 45-70 bc, 22khornet

Offline saddlebum

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1694
  • Gender: Male
  • "I ain't never been killed in my life."
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 02:52:47 AM »
Sounds like one of my cost saving projects........... ;D
Logged
" FIREARMS STAND NEXT IN IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF. THEY ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S LIBERTY TEETH AND KEYSTONE UNDER INDEPENDENCE."       George Washington

“OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE ONLY FOR A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. IT IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ANY OTHER."           John Adams

Online Lloyd Smale

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (32)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18262
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2012, 11:34:09 PM »
well they turned out nice but when i went to the buddys auto shop and had them mounted he found both my front u joints shot so it cost another 200 bucks!!!
Logged
blue lives matter

Offline charles p

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (1)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2374
  • Gender: Male
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2012, 03:57:36 AM »
I have a 2005 Z-71 and the wheels look terrible.  I live at the coast in a salt environment, and I drive on the beach as well.  You have given me a new idea.  Maybe I can have my rims sand blasted and powder coated, or just left unpainted.  Anything would look better than now.  It doesn't worry me much.  A tire and wheel have to live in the dirt and shouldn't be expected to look new.  Never understood the logic of whitewall tires either.
Logged

Online Lloyd Smale

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (32)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18262
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2012, 11:26:46 PM »
they wont last long unpainted in a salt enviroment. If you sand blast them and dont mind how they look just buy some clear coat and at least clear coat them. Powder coating is a good option if you really like the design but again like i found out for the money invested in blasting and coating or even painting you can probably buy a set of cheaper alloy rims new. I put american racing alloys on my silverado when it was new in 06 and there in pretty sad shape too but after this ill either run them or buy new ones. Probablly just run them until they start leaking are through the metal like the rims on my old dakota did.
Logged
blue lives matter

Offline charles p

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (1)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2374
  • Gender: Male
Re: money pit wheel restoration
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2012, 07:38:47 AM »
Not in the market for new rims.  Like you, I think I'll run them as long as possible.  At 65, I plan to make this truck last a long time.  I've probably got one more truck in my future but maybe not.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »