How To Refinish A Set OF BBS Multi Piece Wheels On A Budget!!!!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2020
- Today I'll show you guys how I refinished a set of BBS RC090 (aka. Style 5's) on a budget. This process can also apply to any wheel refinish.
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I’ve watched probably 15 videos tonight on this subject And not only was this helpful because you have the same wheels as me but this is the Best quality walk-through by far! Thanks a ton!
3-piece BBS mesh wheels like these are never played out. Really nice work there, you've inspired me to try my hand with a set of old Etoile 455's I've had sitting around.
Probably the best video on youtube restoring the bbs rc 090 wheels
I have refurbished BBS wheels a few years back on a MKVII I had. After I split the wheels apart I washed the centers and barrels in citrus engine wash and followed up with wheel acid like is used on tractor trailer aluminum wheels followed by a similar paint stripping product. One tip if you use a chemical stripper place the rim in a plastic bag to keep the stripper wet and stop by a carpentry shop and beg or buy a big trash bag of saw dust to clean the stripper off the wheels. I used a couple of ice scrapers to clean off any remaining clear coat. I cleaned up my centers and wheel centers much the same as you did but took my barrels over to a local truck wash and paid to have mine polished. I think I paid the guy 15 or 20 bucks a barrel for him to polish them which if you consider the cost of sandpaper and polishing compound etc plus my time I would have spent more than what I paid and still would not of been able to do get the barrels looking as good. Like you I painted my centers and wheel hardware. One thing you did not mention is to apply a thread locking compound on the bolts before reassembling them. Additionally a friend of mine who works at body shop at a dealership highly recommended that I paint the outer portion of the barrel from bead to bead with several coats of clear, his reasoning for this was to seal any pin hole defects in the barrels that could cause a slow air leak and to prevent corrosion. Like a dumb ass I did not take his advice and one of my wheels was plagued with a slow air leak which I solved when I dismounted the tire and cleared the barrel of the rim.
They look fantastic, love the color! Very much enjoying watching the build. Been watching for a bit now and I'm glad found your channel. Keep up the great work!
Your diy tips are awesome, I especially like the bolt in the drill polishing trick, cheers mate. 👍👌
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First video I've ever seen on how to paint 2 piece wheels and I'll say this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the in depth video.
Beautiful job, beautiful wheels! Love the color.. I had these on my '85 Fox body 5.0 Capri GS, sharpest looking wheel ever IMOH!
Great how to vid Ben thanks for the great content.
definitely learned something even as far as being practical great job Bayside thanks for the share
Hallo.
Dankeschön für's Zeigen. Top. Toll.
Das beste was gezeigt wurde. 👍💯
Günter Aus Deutschland.👍😄
AWESOME RIMS..GREAT COLOR ..LOVE THOSE BBS RIMS
Well you did it. You got me motivated to clean my N90 Monte Carlo rims that go on my 78 z28. Looks great.
As a huge BMW fan and someone who loves watching fabrication and DIY work, I'm super pumped you have your own channel. This was really interesting to watch, I might have to peep some junkyards for wheels for my E36 now
Thank you. I had a cosmos e36m3 with these wheels refinished and silver centers and they looked really good on that car.
And if you find any 9” wide ones let me know I’ll buy em!!
@@baysidefabrication That's awesome, Cosmos and Dakkar are probably my two favorite colors for E36s - I hope to buy another M3 in one of those two colors in the somewhat-near future. I can only imagine how nice that combo looked on your car!
The first thing you do is go round to Fasterproms and steal all of Georges Superclean 😁😎
They do have a 55 gallon drum just sitting there 😂😂😂😂
Those wheels turned out awesome dude, nice pick on the color!!! 😎
Great work Ben.
This hits home, im restoring a set of racing hart type C's while spending as little as possible, I even found a rattle can paint thats a shade off of the oem silver 🤣 curre tly working on getting up an electrolysis bucket to remove rust from the nuts so I can re plate them
Oh, and supposedly a can of CRC gasket remover will strip powder coat, havent tried it but watched a video of it working
Nice job! (again)
Tip: when using brush-on paintstripper on hard coatings like on those wheels, cover/wrap it with some plastic film or shrinkwhrap foil or something like that.
Directly on the product, that way the stripper doesnt get the chance to dry out before it has eaten all the paint/coat off the metal.
Its looking bad ass. i love the 90s color feel of it.
Awesome vid! Gonna use these tips to refresh my BBS RX-II's. My first go with my Ronal Alioth's was half assed
Seriously brilliant job
Love your video I now know how these rims come apart without damaging them having a set of Simmons which are assembled the same way even showing me how I can hand polish the aluminium as mine are dull like when you rubbed them down with wet and dry paper
You have a skill sir beautiful house by the way too cheers from Australia
Hey today is the day isn’t it,? Congrats!!!!
Nice job. I did some polished wheels and yes it's a time consuming job but the shine at the end is awesome. I used autoglym metal polish and it works really well. Ofcourse you gotta sand and wet sand first to 1500 or 2000 grit and then use it.
Wheels looks gorgeous
awesome video, very thorough, lots of hard work, but that's just the way it is, like u said, u got to have patience. Keep it up.
I think a some black lights would go great with this car's theme. 😉
PS - You just gave me the motivation to clean up the wheels on my 330i. They're 5-spoke wheels, so it should be pretty easy.
Great job! Patience is key.
Sweet great job
The car is coming along amazing! What is the plans for the side skirts I feel like that dimple died part of the frame stands out.
My thought was make a super aggressive set of aero (side skirts diffuser and splitter).
Those rims, look awesome, especially considering they are painted yellow instead of the usual color.
Surprised George did not pop up when u said super clean.
amazing...just amazing!
Nice job👌🏽
When are going to start the bash bar for the rear and what idea do you have for it?
Awesome video how-to. I've been procrastinating on my own wheel resto. I have much simpler one piece mesh wheels I want to strip back and paint up. Did you literally just use a wire brush to strip the faces? I love the mesh style wheels, and your tennis balls look epic. Well done!
These look amazing um about to this to my E46 wagon
I would suggest to do a Degreaser Bath (hydrocarbon degreaser) then acid bath (Hydrofluric acid) using a high pressure washer before you start pulling the wheels apart will save you a sheet-load of time. Just a suggestion from a Car Detailer. Love the video mate! They look sweet as!
Where did you find the drill attachment to scuff the openings? I can't find those anywhere.
Beautiful wheels and great job. I would have recommended using some true aluminum sealant on those lips before you reassembled. I still haven't figured a way to polish between the rivets on my Works. So the oxidation just stays there and it looks horrible close up. Thinking of just chroming the lips for this very reason. Maintenace is a b----.
These wheels will always be my top choice
I appreciate your dedication to detail here. A GTI spray gun being used for a set of wheels from a German car. I see you my brother. 😎 If you would've ran a white baee coat before the crazy highlighter cooler would it have made it extra bright? Or is that just plasti dip?
Would Cerakoat be a good option for refinishing wheels?
sick dude!
Can you comment on how you don’t crack or mark the freshly painted heads of the assembly bolts when tightening. Much appreciated thank you.
The factory bolts are splined. Aka they bite into the hole and don’t spin. If I recall they only take about 22ftlbs of torque
What color is that you used on the wheels? If you dont mind me asking ya. Appreciate your time great Video good info and tips.
Did you clear coat the lips after polishing?
did that wirebrush left marks on the aluminium?
Where did u get the bolts?
Just my opinion and don't get me wrong they look awesome but I'd paint the bolts black. Would accent the center BBS cap better. Just my thoughts if I had to critique anything. But in all great job on the restoration, they look great!!!
Was my original thought on it and in hind sight i think it would have looked better as well
Good job! Greeting from Russia..
I have an old set of RS’s… they are staggered 12” and 9”… my dad bought them 20 years ago or so for one of his Porsches but they didn’t fit lol… he also just bought them for some charity auction…. Anyways they are gold and I need to refinish them and rebarrel the 12” to get them to fit on my 911…
Would Cerakoat be a good option for paint/ finish??
I just saw your post on the Porsche pages. I want those wheels!!! Powder coat would be great. Cerakote is more for high heat applications like headers and stuff. Would definitely work but it gives you much less color options.
@@baysidefabrication ya there’s some good color choices for me for cerakote, and the series that doesn’t need baking so it would be easier for me to do in my garage than out source them.
Someone DM’d me and offered me a set of Fuchs for them which is very tempting lol
What polish is that?
Do you have any 17 in 18 in 4 x100 bbs rs wheels for sale for a nissan maxima
Good video but how did u do the center piece, changing it from the bmw logo
for real though, RB did you find another solution?=
Zkart looks ridiculous and I love it
Just picked up a set of the RC090s myself for my e46 sedan. Curious why you stopped with 1500 grit? I see most go to 2000. I am looking for a little better polish personally because my car is for show. Also any info about how you did the BBS caps?
I find the polish I use you don’t see a difference with 1500 to 2000. But it certainly wouldn’t hurt to go to 2000.
Bayside Fabrication ahhh okay, definitely a great diy video none the less. Like I said, curious how you did the BBS caps, that’s something I’ve seen as well and want to do
Bbs emblems are just cheap ones off eBay. Just have to order the right size. These ones were the 70mm version.
Nice match for the funky paint . What would they look like if you splatter painted them as well
I suggested he did that to the barrels of the wheels a few videos ago. He said "he was going to do something similar"
I have a couple sets of wheels to play with 😎
@@baysidefabrication cant wait to see what you do with them
@@baysidefabrication try doing a polished or brushed face/spokes and do the same black and 90's neon splatter paint in the barrels. Maybe some engraving on the lip/bead region with gold/silver leaf in some classic lowrider scroll work. Ehh? Thatd be pretty sweet huh?! 🤔
Did you use silicone/rtv when you re assembled?
No need. These are not 3 piece wheels.
How did you hide curb rash? just cut out with sand paper?
Weld, grind then sand out if its really deep. Small rash can be sanded out but will look off because there will be a dip in the aluminum.
@@baysidefabrication thanks for reply. did you consider aluiminum putty? i have no idea whether aluminium putty shines or not
You'd be surprised how bad of curb crashing you can fix without using putty or bondo. Although I've considered using metal infused jb weld before or that liquid steel (I think is the name ). But you can use a file for the bad stuff. If you have a drill or any sort of rotating tool you can put some sort of flat sanding attachment to make quick work of anything. Usually you'll be alright with just some sanding, filler primer, then paint. Hopefully its not a complicated color to make it easier on yourself
Did you clear coat the polished lips? If so how do you do that and what clear coat did you use
No clear. First it would never adhere to the polished surface and it would dull the finish and not look polished.
@@baysidefabrication ahh you’re right. Thanks for the help! I just started a refinish on some style 19! Also if there is rash, in what step would that be sanded?
Where can I buy the base coat and clear coat ?
im taking a wild guess. a butcher.
Can I removed the centres but also leave the tyres on .
Yes you can. I’ve done it multiple times in the past.
How much do you charge to do them I have a set I want done just not enough time
I don’t😂. Wayyy to much work.
@@baysidefabrication i might mess with mine
For the really small areas I buy pew pew wire brushes by the dozen and just use them with a drill. Gets in really tight spaces and come in a variety of sizes from 12 gauge all the way to 22/ 223 556 lol
Why put used tires on them?
Well.... I guess I'm gonna attempt doing my 2pc volk Ray's gt-n
You got to get a helmet to match the wheels Ben.
now they worth upwards of 1500 for brand new like condition :)
50/50 Acetone/ATF is the BEST penetrating lube. No special magic and nothing special in a can, make it all day and can buy it anywhere
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Not digging the color but still looks great
I wish I would have watched this before I did my wheels I struggled for 2 days lol
id skip the paint stripper. if you have a compressor use a soda blasting gun.
To save tons of time,bead blast the entire wheel disassembled. Powder coat centers and polish the lips yourself. Those wheels refinished are worth two grand easy,the blasting and powder coat $400. I refinished a set of OZ rims just like this video, very time consuming and nasty. Never again!!! Great video
Want to sell them ? I’m in Texas and pay for shipping .
Yeah… on a budget with a press. Hahaha ridiculous
I cried and had to stop watching when you took that wire wheel to the centers. 🤢🤢🤢🤢
ONLY a $800 dollar set of wheels....😆