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HRE Wheel Painting Question

Old 04-27-2004, 01:01 PM
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Default HRE Wheel Painting Question

I just purchased some used 3 pc. HREs for my car. They have a full polish and clear coat on them. This is a little too much for me. I would like to have the centers of the wheels refinished to a charcoal gray color. HRE can do this, but they charge $200 a wheel.

Is there anywhere local that I can have this done, preferably without taking the wheels apart?

Here is a pic of the wheels I bought (not my car):



Here are 2 pics of what I would like:



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Old 04-27-2004, 01:54 PM
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you could do it yourself.
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Old 04-27-2004, 04:06 PM
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you could do it yourself.
But with wheels like HREs is it worth it?
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Old 04-28-2004, 06:16 PM
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hell nah, get it done professionally, youll make hot ass wheels look like butt
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Old 04-29-2004, 03:18 PM
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Default Re: HRE Wheel Painting Question

agreed, I tried to paint my wheels myself. But each turned out a different shade of grey...it sucked. I just took them to Tim's Custom.
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Old 04-29-2004, 03:23 PM
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Hey I got GunnMetal rims I want to polish the outer borderlines...how do these peeps do it? Sandpaper? What grain? Where can I buy equipment to do this?
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Default Re: HRE Wheel Painting Question

There is no way in hell I am going to try this myself. Where is Tim's Customs? Is this something that he could do? Do you have any pics of your wheels that Tim's Customs did?

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Old 04-30-2004, 01:52 PM
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some one explain how we suppose to do it?...imma go get some sandpapa tonight...
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Anodize
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Anodize
Who anodizes around here?
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