19comanche86 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Dropping the turbines off this morning to be blasted and powder coated silver metallic. Sold the rubicon wheels / 33s Going to lower the truck down a bit. AC was working great when I parked the truck in November. Guess I have a leak somewhere because it’s not working now. Sucks everything was brand new, custom lines etc. held fine for almost a year. I will leak test it next week maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19comanche86 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Tires came, already lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Going to look great on turbines again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19comanche86 Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Well, got some disappointing news today. The wheels got blasted and they are in really bad shape. Tons of pitting and imperfections. All 5 wheels are rough, to the point the shop said repairing them would be more than they are worth. I told them to get them as smooth as they can and it is what it is. I'm hoping to have the finished product close to the bottom picture. We will see 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I've had 2 sets of Turbines restored by a professional wheel shop. Both were pitted similar to yours and the came out great. After blasting them, they sprayed them silver and then turned them in a lathe to remove the pits and bring back the shine. They only took off what they had to and it wasn't much. The final step was to clear coat them. The cost was $125 CDN per wheel; less than $95 USD. If you get the wheels cheap enough that's a good deal when you consider what modern wheels cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19comanche86 Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Shop was able to repair the pitting with a high build primer, sanded them smooth and coated them. Pretty happy with how they turned out I’ll be picking them up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19comanche86 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Considering how bad they were, I’m happy with how they turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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