nice color, they look great!

 

Wow, great work and an inspiration. I'm picking up a spare set of SSR GT3's today. I have been thinking about painting them and polishing the lips.

I have a few questions if you don't mind.
1. how did you polish them. did you use a small buffer? how did you protect the tire from all the polishing stuff
2. what did you use to protect the paint from chips and such?
3. are all 3 piece wheels siliconed together? I'm guessing they must be.

I'm wondering if a clear powder coat exists, that could be applied over paint. I'm thinking about painting the spokes on the GT3's Suzuka to match the car.

thanks

Mitch

 

Looking Great!! I can't wait to see more daytime pictures.

S2kSuzuka - my LMs are getting a clear from the powder coating shop over the black chrome powder so yes it exists.

 

 

excellent. I just got back from Naples with my spare set of SSR GT3's and now I can start the process of breaking them down and having them painted.

 

1) Polished mine by hand. I had to wet sand a few places, but it was pretty straight forward. The big thing is to make sure you have the right products for the job. You're never going to polish out a rough wheel with Nevr-Dul. I really recommend the Adam's #1 and #2 polishes I used. If you don't want to spend the money on Adam's products, Mother's Billet polish works almost as good, it's just harder to use.

2)The paint is clear coated and then I put a layer of sealer and wax on them. Other than that, nothing really.

3)All 3 pc wheels have 2 rim halves that are siliconed together. If you take your tires off, be careful not to put any stress on the rim halves. The bead is pretty tough, but I wouldn't want to risk messing it up.

 

Is it me or those rims look extremely big now? Looks like some big a$$ blades from a copter!

 

I like em.If you are gonna sell them PM me with your asking price and i'll see if we can work something out.

 

turned out great man, that color looks nice

 

I'll keep you in mind. I'm leaving Hawaii this summer. Shipping to you would be a lot easier then. I don't know that I'll sell these, but it's a possibility.