gs 850 wheels

[Guest]

i want to tidy up the wheels on my gs has anyone done this and how easy is it ,thought to polish the alloy bits first and then mask off the alloy with making tape to repaint the black sounds easy i know has any one done this ? am i on the right track thanks in advance Andy

[Nessism]

Many have done just what you suggest. Masking is tedious.

Nicest set I've done were on my KZ (similar wheels to the GS). I polished the rims and highlights and then masked and sandblasted. Then the wheels were painted with Gunkote and baked to cure. Gunkote is very tough stuff and chemical resistant. I didn't want to use rattlecan paint which would get damaged by chemicals used to clean off chain lube.

P1010490 by nessism, on Flickr

P1010491 by nessism, on Flickr

[Steve]

I have cleaned up the rim, then painted everything, then scraped the spokes with a single-edge razor.







I used VHT satin black epoxy paint. Yeah, it's not the original color, but I was not doing a restoration.

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