# DIY: Customized Wheels \*Pics RE-hosted\*

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-customized-wheels-pics-re-hosted/25490
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-customized-wheels-pics-re-hosted/25490 "2007-03-06T06:27:26Z")
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### Author: ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-customized-wheels-pics-re-hosted/25490/13 "2007-03-06T08:11:38Z")

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[quote=“num482,post:12,topic:25490"”]

Why did it take 6 hours to blast them? Should have flown threw that.

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the original primer coat was epoxy based and a hell of a time to blast off using aluminum oxide. I didn’t want to go crazy with a too aggressive blasting medium either.

I originally took 1 wheel to a sandblaster to see if they had a good method of removing it… charged me $150 for one wheel, so i decided to do it myself.

I even tried using paint stripper before blasting:

the light grey spots are the epoxy primer.

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