Enkei Competition 8 Rims

[PDXAccord79]

How am I doing so far? I'm painting outside so of course some things have gotten into it. Still not much.

http://i.imgur.com/wLbOy8Xl.jpg (http://imgur.com/wLbOy8X)

[Dr_Snooz]

Looks good!

[2ndGenGuy]

Oh I HATE you! ;-) Where did you find those?! What size are they?

[PDXAccord79]

13 x 5.5 x 120. I got them off a guy in Salem for $200. He didn't know what he had :D They're in really good shape beyond the tired paint.

[import racer]

looks good man!

[2ndGenGuy]

$200!!!!!!!!!! You know those will probably sell for like a grand... wow nice score man!!

[79cord]

Congratulations, a rare find. Should look good, will be interesting to see the gold on beige car.

[PDXAccord79]

Ya, it will be interesting. I've seen these go for upwards of $1500 on This Old Honda restored so I am taking my time. Each wheel takes about 10 hours to do from start to finish. When I get home I'll post some pictures of the process. I'm taking them down to bare aluminium, polishing the inner and outer lip by hand then applying 2 coats of etching primer, 2 coats of black enamel primer, 1 coat of gold (stuff goes on thick and fast), one coat of clear, then a remask of the polish and one more shot of clear to seal the edges. The color is very close to original color for matching via paint can caps. All rattle cans so far!

[PDXAccord79]

And some pictures of the process:

Etching primer:
http://i.imgur.com/CpILq2Xl.jpg

Black primer:
http://i.imgur.com/Acxk2RUl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/C9Rd7wul.jpg

Gold with polished rim, back:
http://i.imgur.com/6Xhzp5Nl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Fdn5zyNl.jpg

Front of the wheel with gold and clear:
http://i.imgur.com/8VpVTksl.jpg

[2ndGenGuy]

Looks great! You really went all out and did the whole wheel!

[PDXAccord79]

I really didn't want a painted ring on the tire side of the polished edge so I polished the whole thing. Did paint for it all as well but didn't go nearly as thick in the area that's going to be covered by tire. Still I think it turned out great.

[Hazwan]

Ooohh pretty (Y)

Can't wait to see them on the car. Nice work!

[79cord]

Absolutely beautiful.
Well worth the effort.

[klubvintage]

Ever get these mounted?

[PDXAccord79]

Not yet. The weather hasn't been cooperating and I've been stuck on a jetting issue. I'm back on these once I get my jets figured out. It's getting close.