New rims for the Charger

[avenga]

I finally got my new set of rims for the Charger. I have been waiting for a year to get these bad boys off a 63 Dodge.

They are the same as my old mags except these ones are shinier. Before I put them on I want to paint inbetween the spokes black like my old ones are. what do you guys use for that?

I will put some more pictures up as I do them up and fit them.

[avengertiger]

they look smart are they polished alloy? what about black por15 should be good although its difficult to get a good finish with i bought some in a car shop in blenhiem cant remeber the name of it now but they do a lot of rubber trim to for classics.

[avenga]

Yeah they are polished alloy. They are a New Zealand brand of mags called Wormag so they are very rare. they were only sold in NZ and I have only seen a hand full of them.

I was thinking of masking it up and VHT make a spray can specially for that type of thing.

I am just going to clean them up and sand all the surfaces I am going to paint. I will put up some progress shots.

[azza1600]

Love them rims, They look great on Valiants, A mate of mine had a set on his valiant Limo many years ago, I wonder if they made them to if an Avenger that would be cool

[avenga]

Thanks. I think they are awesome mags and something a bit different.

Yes they do make them for an Avenger. I saw them on a Avenger on trademe years ago. I saved some pictures of it.

[hunted]

in terms of painting them, just mask off and paint with vht/any decent wheel paint

[avenga]

I have finish the first rim.

Here is a picture. Tell me what you think.



Here is a close up before and after.

Before



After

[avengertiger]

very neat they look spick and span now

[avenga]

Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with the way they came out. just 3 more to go now.

[avenga]

Finished painting all the rims today. Well pleased with how they came out. I will get them fitted this weekend.

Here are some pictures of the finished product.

[hunted]

its amazing how somethign simple liek that makes them look so much better! will definitely be respraying the black inserts on my new rims

[avenga]

Yeah I didn't think it would make as much difference as it did. I'm very please I made the effort to paint them before I put them on because they look tons better now.

Your rims would look great resprayed.

[avenga]

I gave the rims one last polish last night and got the new rims put on the Charger today and they look soo bloody awesome. I am just floored by how good they look.

Here are some pictures.

Last photo with the old rims



And after with the new rims fitted



Close up of the rims





Some more shots of the Charger with the new rims









This is what my charger would look like if it could hover. Please note: The anti-gravitational hover field is often mistaken for a really bad attempt at photoshop.

[avengertiger]

they look very well all the effort was worth it they look 100% lol at floating charger

[avenga]

Thanks. They came out much better than I hoped. the spokes really stand out well now with the blacked out parts. Well worth restoring them.

I might try tidying up the old set so I can have 2 really good sets.