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I just got for my Birthday yesterday a full set of MS03 Wheels



Love the PINK Miss Jeannie... MAN WHEELS!!!!! GRRRRR lol

Anyways, They have the typical small amount of gutter rash, chips and oxidisation..





I want to POWDER COAT BLACK the inside and have some Nice Shiny Silver DISH!!!

Is this possible and should i do something about the imperfections myself first?? or is there some MAGICAL other solution??

Hmmmm no one can recommend a good place to have them refurbished??

A lot of people recommended me magman at punchbowl:

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How much time do you have on your hands Dweezle? If you 've plenty, have a garage and access to water you can do it yourself. I did at little cost but I had the advantage of having the tyres off the wheels. I jacked up the back of the car, put a wheel on and started up in 1st gear. Then with the hose running I just held wet n dry on the rim until all the clear coat was gone and got down to a finish which cleaned up beautifully with autosol. Same for inside of the rim. The wheel itself I just roughened up, masked it off and then painted (in my case wheel paint). Its been over twelve months now and they still wash up perfrect.

OHH Thanks Mate

Weekends i can take all the time i want..

heck even after work..


Could you please show me some pics of yours??? Would love to see them

If you haven't come across it before, Green Comet has a damn awesome thread here on his DIY refurbishing of his wheels, great tips to be had.

AWESOME READ.. Thanks for that

Cant wait to get started..

I have to get the wheels to a tyre place to remove the tyres for me.. The tyres are just really old , hard , Crap..

Well i have been busy this morning.

Started Stripping the MS03's, and sanding back some of the blemishes.


Ps- Don't do this in the kitchen........ Nearly passed out


Lightly sanded the 2 wheels with 80 grit just to scratch them up a bit, and then painted on Paint stripper, left for about 20 minutes, Let it bubble up, washed off with a wire brush, and then repeated about 3 times.









One is basically fully stripped, the other has another coat to go.





Then i'll have the other 2 to do. it is taking a little while, but i am enjoying it so far.

Jaysus! You do this sort of stuff outside or in the garage (with the door open).

HAHA yeah i soon figured that out

Painted about half a wheel, and went WHOA!!! OUT TO THE BALCONY I GO..

it was about 5am, and i thought maybe i could get away with it, the laundry next to me had a open window. but clearly no where near enough ventilation.

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It is just a really soft brush, just to wipe away the paint. Seems to be working really well..

I just hold it under a hose and scrub it all off.

I have then sanded any remaining paint off, and even managed to get the MAZDASPEED logo clean with minimal effort.

Wish i didn't have to go into the damn studio today , would like to get into the 2 remaining Wheels.

But they will have to wait.

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Good to see you're having a go! Might as well strip the clear off the ring as well. Once you get that nice and shiny you only have to use autosol to bring it up once a year ie dont repaint it with clear.