I’d clean them, tape everything off carefully, and spray them with some of that chrome or mirror finish. Sidewalls don’t get banged up that often riiiiight?
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I got Stuart samples mirror on hand actually. It sucks. Expensive, hard to use, rejects every coat you could put on it, and rubs off by hand. Got Hella vinyl too, so without having to get any extra materials I could probably pull it off, but id want to look into clear adhesives with a bit more flex than this can of min wax if its going on rubber.
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i know white walls use some kind of paint, so maybe there’s a touch up product for white walls that could be used. Then its just a matter of masking.
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oooooooooh shit. Might have to make some raised letters white on the bergs i have on these rims.
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Spin them wheels and hold a steady hand and it’ll be just like a lathe! Nice find.
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I ask my car guy stuff before you guys on a lot of stuff cuz he usually has a good answer. I also use a lot of supplies that I learned about when I used to detail boats. We do good work, but we’re hobbyists, and we don’t borrow from other professions as much as we could. I haven’t seen a single one of yall mention ceramic coating, and the one I use is 10H and takes at least two years submerged in salt water to wear away.
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I’ve even used those fucking pens before to mark tires and still didn’t consider them. My father in law owns an auto shop and towing company 
What would you even want to ceramic coat? A deck?
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In particular, the bottom of integrated decks, since its a rare opportunity to have some deck art. Also, I paint a lot of my truck hardware, and use it over that. My gold and copper ones are sprayed with plain old rustoleum, let em sit for a week, then coated. Adds a nice glossy finish, too. Enclosures as well, as it provides a pretty serious level of waterproofing. All around great stuff. But its a SERIOUS pain to remove, and takes a bit of technique to apply. One bottle does multiple boats, so for our uses its still cheap, too.
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Motor cans.
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here, some things you might want to ceramic coat, or cerakote:
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Motor cans, indeed.
Edit: LOL. I didn’t even notice the bottle and sponge were in the picture til it posted.
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That was my first thought but may interfere with heat transfer a bit. Science time.
Eh they use it on cooking shit so it has to transfer well
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yeah i’ve been thinking that the whole time. cans get hot but ceramic is an insulator… sooo…
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Marsha Marsha Marsha
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I was gonna say how in the hell are you achieving a profit?
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I think I read somewhere that it also includes a warranty with free labor, if it has a problem you ship it back to @longhairedboy and he will fix it for you.
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as a rule, yes. The only exception i can think of is later-in-life battery replacements and maybe some types of fixes that require modifications to the way it was originally built. but 99% of the time, free labor for life and customer buys the parts when they fail.
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dont mind me im contemplating torture tests to put an lhb build through since i wont have to fix it
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