35th Anniversary Wheel Project

[kammi10]

this is still much cheaper and ust takes a bit longer

[GETGONE]

I'd rather spend a few more $ and have it done sooner than spending days with nasty paint stripper to save a few $. Sometimes it's just worth spending the extra money. I wish I had never bought that damn spring compressor for $30 and just took the struts to Napa to have them changed like I did before!

[JoeliusZ28]

I'd rather spend a few more $ and have it done sooner than spending days with nasty paint stripper to save a few $. Sometimes it's just worth spending the extra money. I wish I had never bought that damn spring compressor for $30 and just took the struts to Napa to have them changed like I did before!

I will probably have this done within 24 hours of the start time. Use my original post for reference, i was quick to get it up after applying the stripper. If not oh well. Im already making better progress than i expected so im happy.

The other thing is, you cant get high using media blast!!!

[GETGONE]

Paint stripper just makes me sick, which is good enough reason to avoid it for me! Did you find a place that sells the center caps? Have you seen the Z06 wheels that are done up like the 35th wheels?

[JoeliusZ28]

Paint stripper just makes me sick, which is good enough reason to avoid it for me! Did you find a place that sells the center caps? Have you seen the Z06 wheels that are done up like the 35th wheels?

GMPartsDirect... $80

i cant complain i guess, the conversion will still probably only cost me about $100.

[94_LT1_Z28]

Just imagine the face and lip of those chrome and make them motorsports and thats what I'll be doing this spring

[TSTONE]

looking fwd to the final product - coming along nice

[Naterman35]

I love having access to a media blaster. Things go by so easily and its freee. thats what i like. But if i didn't have thats free access.. I would defently go with the stripper. I can put work in but its hard to put more money in.

[SoulTerror]

Looking good.

[cobalt camaro]

paint stripper isn't bad until you get it in a cut on your hands, then it burns pretty good. Anyways good luck on the project, and remember to only brush the stripper in one direction also i've noticed if there is a breeze or wind it helps alot more.

[WMCCjames]

Good progress Joel! Don't listen to these yahoo's about media blasting.....they don't know what they are talking about. You would never be able to preserve that machined surface under a blasting enviroment. And even if you were to uses a super light media such as walnut or poly it would still eff up the machined surface...aluminum is just to soft to withstand that type of abuse. Chemical stripping is the only way to do it without having to refinish the machined surface.

[Naterman35]

FYI... Tape over the machined surface with some decent tape and use soda and don't directly hit the tape and your totally fine. Soda couldnt even get a sticker off of my air cleaner. And i made a super man emblem the raise parts are machined and the inside part is all media blasted. That worked just fine all out of aluminum.

[WMCCjames]

FYI... Tape over the machined surface with some decent tape and use soda and don't directly hit the tape and your totally fine. Soda couldnt even get a sticker off of my air cleaner. And i made a super man emblem the raise parts are machined and the inside part is all media blasted. That worked just fine all out of aluminum.

That's great, but you would have to be able to GET to the machined surface in order to be able to mask it.....hard to do that when PAINT and CLEARCOAT are covering it.

[Naterman35]

lol too-shay. I completely forgot about that.

[nascarnate326]

Good luck joel. I hope the finished product looks great!