filled n painted my curb rashed wheels with JB weld n Einszett Silber

**dasHotrod** · 07-15-2011 11:59 AM

This was my first time painting any type of wheel. Wanted to stick with the silver color. Read that Einszett Silber was the closest match to OEM. I refinished all 5(including spare) wheels. Every wheel had some sort of scuff - some worse that others. Got the car with these wheels and grew tired of looking at the curb rash so finally did something about it.
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Some of the curb rash I had to deal with. The others I just sanded down and didn't need filler. Was worried about the balance being off after but so far haven't noticed anything. I did the rears and spare first then the fronts after a week.

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Used JB WELD for the filler since that is what I found first. It's not too difficult to sand this stuff down. I used 100 grit to knock it down when dry then followed that with 400 and 800.

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PRIMED then Painted. After priming the wheels, I got confused which wheel was which - so can't really say which wheel you are looking at. But everything was smooth after priming. If you still see gouges with the primer on, I'd redo the work. I used 800 grit to wet sand the primer b4 the paint and again, 800 grit to LIGHTLY wet sand the paint b4 the clear coat was applied.

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Finally done

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I grew tired of that center rotor hub being rusty so I painted my fronts a satin black (was undecided with the satin or flat) - I like how they came out, though I still need to do a front brake job some time soon. Still need to paint the rear center hubs black.

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A few final thoughts: I know my tires don't match - have to replace those front Pirellis.
Take your time with it!!!
When using JB Weld make sure you feather those edges - when you apply it wet don't have so much at the edge - try to feather it wet so you don't have to sand so much when it's dry.
Don't oversaturate with the clear coat - I did with the front tires and then it started to drip (I became impatient) - then I touched it with my finger n fudged it then tried to wipe it off while wet w/mineral spirits and fudged it some more - after it FINALLY dried -> more sanding, more spray paint and it came out good as new.
The prep is a bitch especially with 5 wheels but the painting was fun.
I luv my new wheels!

**eMacPaul** · 07-16-2011 06:06 AM

Very nice! I'm going to have to do that sometime.

**$4c@b** · 07-19-2011 04:57 AM

looks great!

...wish you lived close to me so you could do my Avus wheels.

**Mike @ einszett** · 07-19-2011 07:23 AM

Great write up, great pics! We have customers who want to see a write up and pics like this. Would it be possible to reference your post (with credit of course)?

**dasHotrod** · 07-20-2011 01:34 PM

@ eMacPaul - Thanks

@$4c@b - Thanks. that's how I felt....I wished I knew someone who could do this for me....lol

@ Mike @ einszett - Sure. no problem.