Those wheels on your 98 turned out good!

I'm still working on removing all the pitting on the wheels and trying to achieve a uniform polished finish. Once I find my camera I'll take more pics.

Thx, I'm really happy with them. They don't look as pretty as when they were new, but what the heck. Next year I'll have a whole bunch of free time on my hands. Maybe I'll get energetic and blast them again, then polish them up like yours. Add a coat of wheel clear and presto (maybe). Hope yours turn out the way you want them. You've put in a ton of work.

re: the little pits? just like when you paint a wall in your house, flat paint hides a lot of imperfections. Are you sure you want the high gloss? A less glossy finish will allow you to use a sandable primer and build up the layers to fill in those little pocs and craters. Then see if you can get them powder coated. I saw an episode of pimp my ride with powder coated silver wheels that looked just like chrome.

Looking forward to seeing how your project turns out.

update

somehow my wheels have gotten scratched in a few places. Have no idea how as I've only driven it 20 miles this year so far. Decided to powdercoat them. Did some samples with a reflective chrome and acrylic clear from columbia coatings, not exactly the look I want but it will have to do. I can't keep re-polishing these wheels every time I take the car out. I could just clear over them but any imperfection in the metal would show up.


after some trial and error with powder thickness, this is the best so far;

finished product, looks silver here but Has a much better look in the sun.