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geraintthomas · 05-27-2016, 02:09 PM

I've had this week off work, hence why I've had so much time to wire that damn thing up. I found some cans of primer, lacquer and three tins of anthracite from when I had my last car - I bought them to re-spray the wheels anthracite but never did.

And then I thought, f*** it. I'll re-spray the Porsche wheels anthracite to see how they'd look. It may update it quite a bit, and if I don't like it, I'll just re-spray them back to silver. Simple. I've got tones of primer, spray (both anthracite and silver) and tons of lacquer, so I can re-spray them back for free if need be.

In total this took me around 3 hours, from absolute start (getting all the things from the cupboard) to complete and everything tidied away.

Washed and ready to go

Rubbed the curbing and chips back

Primer is primer, no need to photograph.

First coat

Many coats later with lacquer

Also Did the centre caps

And finished.

And on the car

All done with spray cans. Please excuse the car too, it's filthy.

They need another couple of coats of lacquer to make them ping even more. I'll take them off one evening in the week to give them a quick blast of lacquer. I'd do them on the car but it'll probably run as I'd want to coat it quite thick.

What do you guys think? Yay or nay?

05-27-2016, 02:09 PM	#184
geraintthomas Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 852	I've had this week off work, hence why I've had so much time to wire that damn thing up. I found some cans of primer, lacquer and three tins of anthracite from when I had my last car - I bought them to re-spray the wheels anthracite but never did. And then I thought, f* it. I'll re-spray the Porsche wheels anthracite to see how they'd look. It may update it quite a bit, and if I don't like it, I'll just re-spray them back to silver. Simple. I've got tones of primer, spray (both anthracite and silver) and tons of lacquer, so I can re-spray them back for free if need be. In total this took me around 3 hours, from absolute start (getting all the things from the cupboard) to complete and everything tidied away. Washed and ready to go Rubbed the curbing and chips back Primer is primer, no need to photograph. First coat Many coats later with lacquer Also Did the centre caps And finished. And on the car All done with spray cans. Please excuse the car too, it's filthy. They need another couple of coats of lacquer to make them ping even more. I'll take them off one evening in the week to give them a quick blast of lacquer. I'd do them on the car but it'll probably run as I'd want to coat it quite thick. What do you guys think? Yay or nay? __________________ Porsche Boxster S Type 986** Bi-xenon Headlight Upgrade \| 987 S 18" Anthracite Alloys \| Android Head Unit \| 5000k 55w HID's \| 5000k Cree DRL's \| 5000k Cree number plate lights \| Cree LED Indicators \| One-touch roof operation \| Bypass exhaust pipes \| Parking sensors \| Ambient footwell lighting Last edited by geraintthomas; 05-27-2016 at 02:14 PM.