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I have a set of the nice Suzuki 5 spoke wheels that I am going to put my all terrain tyres on. They're old but in reasonable condition with the odd spider of corrosion but not bad. You would call them 10 foot wheels. Do I want to get into refinishing them with a colour change to something lurid like yellow or blue? It would be a scotchbrigt and rattle can job if I do it and they'll only ever be 5 foot wheels at best. Or do I leave them and embrace the rat look?
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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That's a conundrum!
I would try the lurid rattle can finish, if you like what you see you can always get them professionally finished in the same colour and keep them for posterity.
If you don't like it just rattle can them many alternative colours and embrace the multi colour rat look.
Life is too short to be beige.
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I refurbished 4 new alloys over Xmas (my new winter set), had to do some filling with putty on a couple and then spray painted and lacqured, it wasn't a difficult job, in fact I was surprised how easy it was to get a good finish. A tip I got was to use playing cards pushed in to the rim, then you can spray the wheels without spraying the tyre.
Prior to changing for the summer set, I re-sprayed a couple of the summer wheels, again not difficult to do, took a couple of days.
Since I bought a bumper pack of wheel paint, I am going to take the allows off my other car and give them a refresh, I will have to do them one at a time and put the [space] saver spare on, so it won't be driven whilst a wheel is been done. I can see this taking most of the summer, one wheel at a time.
Robin
2020 blue SZ5 (one of the last to be registered in the UK)
Ex 2011 Blue Jimny SZ4
Northumberland Jimny Blog
A suggestion has been put forward of black with one gold spoke which I like the sound of? It also helps that I happen to have some gold paint and gloss black is cheap enough.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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