Stripped the Sawblades! Pics
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SrBigbutt;1597916 said:
i did mine about 8months ago, they are still nice and shiny and i live near the coast
I left it on about for 5 minutes maybe less. I wanted to leave it on longer, but I get impatient!
I have stripped, sanded, polished a set of sawblades and painted the interior parts that you cant get to black and they looked NICE! Sold the car so no pics.
I've used this to repaint some mk2 supra wheels for my corolla. I think I used some aviation paint remover called "Tal Stripe" or something like that, works very well. Just spray it on, wait a few minutes, and wash off with a hose. It takes the old paint off real quick.
They look great for the OEM supra look. I would paint them to protect them though with silver metallic rim paint, like the 91-92 come in and spray the center both so it all matches and so it's protected. At least clear it.
Powdercoating, that's something else, up here it's $200 for a set of 4, I would put that towards rims or good tires.
Powdercoating, that's something else, up here it's $200 for a set of 4, I would put that towards rims or good tires.
Hey guys just did a test here on a few different years and types of sawblades and you need to be slightly careful.
If you have the "White" package this does not work. The finish under the white paint is NOT machined, just your basic raw mottled bare aluminium in a very dull matt finish.
Other than that though all silver mags seem to have the very nicely machined shiny "radial" appearance under the silver factory finish.
So as long as you don't have white factory colored mag wheels I would say its a big improvement over the silver coating from the factory. I would recommend painting them with something like the dulpicolor clear mag wheel finish or similar ASAP after stripping though as that bare aluminium will not stay shiny long otherwise. And due to the machining marks will not be as easy to polish up every now and then as a mirror finish would be.
On the plus side for the white package wheels I feel they would be easier to polish up to a mirror finish than the silver mags due to the mahcining groves being deeper than the raw aluminium surface.
Just thought I'd share the result of my tests, even though I don't even run sawblades.
If you have the "White" package this does not work. The finish under the white paint is NOT machined, just your basic raw mottled bare aluminium in a very dull matt finish.
Other than that though all silver mags seem to have the very nicely machined shiny "radial" appearance under the silver factory finish.
So as long as you don't have white factory colored mag wheels I would say its a big improvement over the silver coating from the factory. I would recommend painting them with something like the dulpicolor clear mag wheel finish or similar ASAP after stripping though as that bare aluminium will not stay shiny long otherwise. And due to the machining marks will not be as easy to polish up every now and then as a mirror finish would be.
On the plus side for the white package wheels I feel they would be easier to polish up to a mirror finish than the silver mags due to the mahcining groves being deeper than the raw aluminium surface.
Just thought I'd share the result of my tests, even though I don't even run sawblades.
Wow, it's crazy how much better your car looks just from the striped sawblades. It makes the entire car look mint! My bro did the same on his black 89. I'll post some pics...
I've done the same thing on a few past cars with the same awesome finish. With my 4th gen Prelude I did the same thing without clear coating in anyway. I know a few have mentioned it, if its not clear coated, it can look bad, quick.
wow that looks really good. i moght have to give this a try on some rims i ahve in the garge that i want to repaint
northdakotakid;1698005 said:
I was thinking the same thing. I just put all new tires on last fall. I guess this will have to be a winter project when the supra is parked. Not worth the chance of ruining good tires but it looks like it would be worth the wait!
Yes aircraft stripper will damage tires. If you strip the rims with tires on the car, wedge flashcards bewteen the rim and tire all the way around when spraying the stripper.
I did this. Turns out good if your silver paint wasn't peeled at all. One of my rims was and it was all corroded under the paint. I just got the cheapest paint stripper they had at walmart and put it on with a cheap paint brush. An old toothbrush will loosen the stuff up without scratching the wheel up.