Recoating wheels

[just-n-time]

Need a little help from my Friends,or who ever will answer this,may be a new Friend ship ya just never know! Enough already,My question is who in central Louisiana can I get to resurface the wheels on my wifes 420sel,1990. Is powder coat the way to go and to whom can I pose the question,HOW much. just-n-time

[87tdwagen]

Do you want the wheels reconditioned, meaning trueing a bent rim, and repairing curb rash, or just a paint refinishing?

If you want new paint on the wheels I would highly recommend buying some Wurth silver wheel paint in spray cans and some Wurth Clear coat Lacquer and just do them yourself. Wurth has been making this paint for years is the OE supplier to BMW and probably MB as well, the color match is perfect, even the rippleing flake in the paint looks OE. Easy to do. Figure 2 cans of paint for 4 wheels and 4 cans of clear to be safe, you will need more clear coat than paint.

If your wheels are damaged physically and need work than a professional wheel shop may be able to help, or just buy a used replacement set.

Good luck

[MattBelliveau]

Slightly off-subject. But where can wurth paints be purchased locally? Any ideas?

[MTI]

Powdercoating has advantages and on disadvantage. The advantages are that they look great, are much easier to clean and more resistant to scratching than regular paint. The thickness of the coating material hides minor surface imperfections, so the final prep doesn't have to be as critical as with painting.

The disadvantage is that if they get "curbed" then you'll have to have the whole wheel re-done, since there isn't a "patch and paint" fix. You will have to find a coating shop that can do "low temp" coating, since the 400 degrees for the standard coating might damage some delicate wheels. You should consult with an experienced coating shop.

I had my wheels powdercoated silver with a clear powdercoat layer and the cost was $75 per wheel.

[just-n-time]

Originally Posted by 87tdwagen

Do you want the wheels reconditioned, meaning trueing a bent rim, and repairing curb rash, or just a paint refinishing?

If you want new paint on the wheels I would highly recommend buying some Wurth silver wheel paint in spray cans and some Wurth Clear coat Lacquer and just do them yourself. Wurth has been making this paint for years is the OE supplier to BMW and probably MB as well, the color match is perfect, even the rippleing flake in the paint looks OE. Easy to do. Figure 2 cans of paint for 4 wheels and 4 cans of clear to be safe, you will need more clear coat than paint.

If your wheels are damaged physically and need work than a professional wheel shop may be able to help, or just buy a used replacement set.

Good luck

PAINT, they are true wheels that part is fine, they need to be re coated,just-n-time

[87tdwagen]

Originally Posted by MattBelliveau

Slightly off-subject. But where can wurth paints be purchased locally? Any ideas?

You can easily find this product at Eastwood or through Griot's garage (which relables them as their own, same stuff just a few cents more) and many car parts shops online that cater to German cars will carry Wurth products. I've even seen them on e-bay. Just google and see what's closest and best for you.

Paint quality is superb as is durability, easy of use and OE match. Plus Wurth has a whole line of products for body, rust and finish restoration, top quality.

[MrOnline]

Originally Posted by MattBelliveau

Slightly off-subject. But where can wurth paints be purchased locally? Any ideas?

Hmm dont you have Würth shops ??
I was at my local Würth shop today buying pop rivets and a pop rivet plyer (if thats what it's called in english)

[just-n-time]

Originally Posted by 87tdwagen

You can easily find this product at Eastwood or through Griot's garage (which relables them as their own, same stuff just a few cents more) and many car parts shops online that cater to German cars will carry Wurth products. I've even seen them on e-bay. Just google and see what's closest and best for you.

Paint quality is superb as is durability, easy of use and OE match. Plus Wurth has a whole line of products for body, rust and finish restoration, top quality.

I have delt with Eastwood in the past I will look it up in one of my old magazines.
thank you for the info, just-n-time

[Strife]

For what it's worth, now is the best time to do this work. I painted my wheels (before I had my present set chrome plated) out of a Wal-Mart set of cans and they turned out very well, albeit not the "correct" color. A trick is to paint in the garage and then leave them out in the June sun. This really bakes 'em and the paint gets very tough very quickly; I machine-buffed them 5 hours after painting/clearcoating with no problems.