If you've ever run your wheels into a curb (curb rash) you are familiar with the awful feeling you get knowing you've just removed a chunk of metal off of your wheels.
If you have stock wheels from Audi, BMW, VW, or Mercedes Benz, einszett can help you restore the original look to your wheels. Because it's made in Germany, einszett Silver Spray paint will give your wheels an exact factory color match with an extremely durable finish that can survive rock chips, road salt and the sun's UV rays.
Silver Spray is also a good match for original stock wheels on domestic and other import car brands. If you'd like to compare the color, just request a color swatch by contacting us.
What You'll Need:
- Silver Spray wheel paint
- Self-etching primer paint [NOTE: einszett Haft-Grund Primer was used in this tutorial but has since been discontinued. Use any self-etching primer found at auto repair stores. Make sure it is compatible with acrylic-based paints like einszett Silver Spray]
- JB Weld brand filler
- Automotive sandpaper (100, 400, 800 grit) - found in the car care section of auto parts stores
- Acrylic-based clear wheel paint (optional - for extra gloss). Wurth and Duplicolor's wheel paint (acrylic based) are both compatible with einszett Silver Spray.
Solution
We'd like to thank Joe (Screen name: dasHotrod), a member of the Audizine forum community, for granting us permission to re-post wording and pictures outlining his restoration process.
This was my first time painting any type of wheel. Wanted to stick with the silver color. Read that Einszett Silber was the closest match to OEM. I refinished all 5 (including spare) wheels. Every wheel had some sort of scuff - some worse that others. Got the car with these wheels and grew tired of looking at the curb rash so finally did something about it.
Some of the curb rash I had to deal with. The others I just sanded down and didn't need filler. Was worried about the balance being off after but so far haven't noticed anything. I did the rears and spare first then the fronts after a week.
Used JB WELD for the filler since that is what I found first. It's not too difficult to sand this stuff down. I used 100 grit to knock it down when dry then followed that with 400 and 800.
PRIMED then Painted. After priming the wheels, I got confused which wheel was which - so can't really say which wheel you are looking at. But everything was smooth after priming. If you still see gouges with the primer on, I'd redo the work. I used 800 grit to wet sand the primer b4 [sic] the paint and again, 800 grit to LIGHTLY wet sand the paint b4 [sic] the clear coat was applied.
Done!
