Aken's Painted Wheels Journey - Updated 1/21/06

Aken's Painted Wheels Journey - January, 2006

Thursday, January 5th - 11:30 PM

Ahh, yes. It has started!

So I called my good friend Nick (aka Bober) earlier this week, and told him something along the lines of "Bober, we're painting my wheels Thursday and Friday. Leave both days open." To which he responded "You better have Mountain Dew for me." Now if you know me at all, you know I have Mountain Dew.

Fast forward to this evening. Bober and I head out to our friendly not-so-neighborhood (we were across town at the time) Auto Zone to buy schtuff.

Ingredients for this project?

- Gray Primer
- Red Paint
- Clear Coat
- Emery Cloth (Sand Paper)

And already had items:

- Wheel & Tire Cleaner
- Good cloths, SOS pands came in handy, etc...
- Painters masks, tape, and plastic.
- Newspaper


Let the fun begin!

Two passenger wheels removed, just sprayed with wheel and tire cleaner, letting it soak and do its magic.



This was my right-front wheel. My brakes went nasty on me not too long ago, and enjoyed throwing brake dust and metal shavings all over my passenger side. The wheel took the most of it, obviously. It's just caked with crap.



Here's Bober working on cleaning dat sum'*****:



Aha, good as new! For now, at least....



And here's my car sitting in the driveway on stands. Appropriate glow added for coolness.



Now with Whelens, just for **** and giggles:



Couple photos of me sanding a wheel. What a freaking tedious process...





And here's one wheel fully sanded. It's only partially masked off like that because the point was to keep the "polished lip" from being sanded by accident. The tape will then be removed, wheel will be cleaned, then fully masked off ready for paint!




That's my update as of right now. I promise at least one more before bed tonight. Hopefully one with some painted wheels!



TO BE CONTINUED...

Thats not fair!!! I can't wait.

still with the red, huh? well, good luck i guess...

Yes...sorry for doing something different....to my own car....with my own money....

Aken wrote:

Yes...sorry for doing something different....to my own car....with my own money....

that sounds like a fighting comment, i hope you meant it as a joke.

Awesome..
I think the red will look cool

update, update, update.

alienyoungjr wrote:

Aken wrote: Yes...sorry for doing something different....to my own car....with my own money.... that sounds like a fighting comment, i hope you meant it as a joke.

LEE IS A HOMO!!!

i always wondered who that dude was. i think i saw him either up at the dells or in mil-town when i was down.

g/l w/ your endeavor. looks like a *****.

your car and wheels are as dirty as your swiss'

I think the red will look good if done right.

Quit making fun of my shoes

what's he using to clean the wheels??

looks like a steam cleaner?

justin wrote:

looks like a steam cleaner?

It is a steam cleaner, we have one just like that one. Works great for breaking loose grime or brake dust (Aken's pics are proof of that).

AKEN!!! What did i tell you? I think you seriously under estimate my ability to **** your world up...

more updates.

Bobby Lee wrote:

AKEN!!! What did i tell you? I think you seriously under estimate my ability to **** your world up...

Ka Bar his ass Bobby.....just don't kill 'im....I wanna see what this project looks like when he finishes.

its funny how I can tell which pictures Bober took

GL w/ that Aken

oh no

Friday, January 6th



bum Bum BUMMMM!!!

omfg mad pimp

roooofles.

now on the car.

Goph wrote:

now on the car.

after he gets those spots he missed

stasis- wrote:

Goph wrote: now on the car. after he gets those spots he missed

Eh?

I think you're just seeing the shiny reflections. There are definitely no missed spots.

you should get some of that tire shine stuff too, IMO it would look better with that.

I have it, and it will. But no sense in doing it when I still need to handle the wheels. I'd just get tire **** all over me.

how much longer till they are on the car? I'm curious now.

I'll snap some photos at work tomorrow, and hopefully have them posted by the evening.

Your wheels are bleeding

oh my ***

And do think, you have to look at them.

i think p0rk might break up with aken for this one.

Atleast you did it the right way, what did you sand them with ( grit? )

I dunno about you sometimes buddy

when you realize that looks bad repaint the red black ftw

alero wrote:

when you realize that looks bad repaint the red black ftw

Don't be an ******* with only 11 posts, plzkthx.

And Porky, I used 400 then 800.

how long did that take??

Looks like they turned out great... One thing is for sure.. EVERYONE will notice your car now

if i am ever in milwaukee and i see a white car with red wheels i will honk and shout .............












HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA that is aken hahahahahah look at those crazy wheels

not a big fan of painted wheels... unless their black on a black car.. buts thats my 2 pennys

hah like ill ever dole out undeserved respect because I don't have over 4000 posts

and you drive an alero.