thats bascally what mine looks like...plus 7 years of fading on the paint as well...lol

 

First a $#*! load of sanding down to the factory basecoat, followed by acid etch primer (green) where there was bare metal:



Then several coats of sandable primer with wet sanding in between to smooth out minor scratches:



Top coat with Rustoleum Wheel Graphite, color sand and then Rustoleum Wheel Clear:



Very lightly wet sand and polish with fine cutting paste:



Mount up Firestone FireHawks with my heavily modified Harbor Freight tire changer and No-Mar bar:



Balancing with heavily modified Harbor Freight balancer:



Here they are on the car, while other work is being done. This is an old bumper:

 

you did an exceptional job! I am unable to remove the rim from the tire, so I have to just spray paint it after masking it off, haha. But congrats, I would pay you to paint mines..

 

Thanks. That tire changer set-up cost me about $200 and some work to modify it. It changes tires at home, without a scratch.

 

Nice work indeed, that gets . . .

 

thats pretty sweet...

ps, how do you get in the car w/out doorhandles..lol
(im sure you have a window open somewhere or some "secondary" mechanism, to open the door...)

 

lol, no latches on the doors either, pulled everything while painting the door handles and mirrors to match the wheels:

 

you know what that means right..?

we need pics when you're done...
thats going to be a sweet looking setup it sounds like