Hey guys,
So a little while ago I picked up some old beater Riken mesh to replace my stock SC wheels. At the time it didn't seem like a great idea, because when I woke up the next morning after buying the wheels from Craigslists (and extremely haphazardly transporting four wheels with tires mounted in my Mk1- don't ask how I squeezed those in there) and they were...not quite as good condition as I had thought. And the tires were winters. It sort of felt like a horrible morning-after hang over.
Anyways,I mounted some fresh tires on them, Falken Ziex 912-whatever,which are pretty great,and finally got around to cleaning them up and painting them using Duplicolor wheel paint. I had thought about getting them professionally done,but thought it would be a bit overkill on a set of wheels I payed 100$ for. If anyone else has thought about doing this, it is a preeeetty difficult procedure,took a lot of elbow grease. I used a little hand sander to break down all the built up...crap...on the wheels,then washed,primed,sprayed and clearcoated. Fingers crossed they stay this nice looking. Let me know if you have any questions!