How To Restore Vintage Wheels! American Racing Equipment Wheels!

[@apexdetail85]

Do you like these vintage racing wheels...or the classic rally wheels?

[@KrispyKarl7]

Personally I love the vintage look for this car at least. Really digging the vintage patina look rather than making them stupid shiny. Love the content as always, can’t wait to see it when you’re done with it!

[@MNpicker]

I like the vintage style 😎👍🏼

[@vetteboy1024]

Apex Detail both look good, it’s personal preference mostly. I mean it’s a C3 as long as you don’t go crazy anything stock or close to stock look good.

[@chadj8349]

Apex Detail I like the vintage wheels, great turnaround. Good tip about clear coat that stuff is strong.

[@254JROCK]

I really didn’t think you would Go with chrome wire wheels ( aA detailers nightmare) 2 keep clean. But you did refurbish those 2 new

[@jamesbiedlar590]

I like the rally wheels...but like what you are doing here.

[@vetteboy1024]

Looks amazing. Makes me want to get to my 87 Monte Carlo SS’s wheels that are in desperate need of a refurbish.

[@danmorrissette4814]

Wow! Great Turnaround ~!! Love those wheels!!

[@lifeofbrian9511]

A man of many talents!

[@appydaze9419]

Those wheels are sick Brian, leave them on.

[@flipfloplogic]

I like watching vintage cars being restored. Its exciting and interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@Clint_L]

Love it B. They look great.

[@sylvainmarier4818]

Just amazing upgrade Brian, look awesome on the Vette !

[@qrtrscale]

I use to have those on my 1972 Datsun 510! Nice job.

[@bloodtearssweat1373]

Love this vett build, and I love those rims. Keep up the good work.

[@chrisrhoads8256]

I always like the rims / I wish set for my truck/ I need a 8 lug wheels / nice job sir

[@tomb9727]

I like them. Great job on the refurb.

[@icurt06]

Nice job restoring your wheels. I prefer the rally wheels!

[@loopsandthreads5028]

Great work B! You are a machine!

[@theplayernkc]

The wheels look awesome! Very Nice!

[@lorenreyes2855]

Dang! Brian! They look Really good to me! Rally or Vintage? It's a really Nice Sting ray! And since your the Owner, Customer and The Service! I have no doubt! That it's Your decision! LoL! Great Video! Thanks again for another great video!

[@MNpicker]

Great transformation!!! This gives me hope for the vintage mags I have in the barn😎👍🏼

[@FABAutomotiveDetailing]

Those look great! I have one question for you. When do you sleep? You are a machine working full time, making videos, editing and doing voice overs and putting videos out pretty much daily. The wheels look awesome!

[@apexdetail85]

Sleep is highly overrated!😜

[@johnrafferty5266]

These wheels look good gives it a period correct look and you won't look like every other vette

[@holybusiness9624]

I knew you were an awesome Detailer, but now an outright car restorer. The man who never sleeps. #EarlyBirdGetsTheWorm

[@bigd9848]

You did a nice job on the wheels ✊Always appreciate your uploads 💎

[@rumrunner1756]

Nice job Brian. I like these wheels best. ☮️

[@tomd1301]

looks great can't wait to see the end results

[@tonylee7254]

Love the Vector's

[@chriskotaska8124]

Looks awesome!

[@jameshutchins3396]

Love the vintage aftermarket wheels. Don't see them much anymore. They were not my favourite at that time (was a ss, and true spoke fan) but on your vett I think it will really make her pop.

[@GM-cm3qc]

Looking good! Enjoying the content :)

[@willoverkill]

I might have done red inserts, love colour coordinating the wheels with the paint, but the black definitely looks handsome with raw machined accents

[@apexdetail85]

Good point.

[@tytaylor8762]

I had a set of these rims on my 1978 El Camino SS back in high school

[@scottrasmussen8258]

Looks good! Can't wait for the next video!!

[@shanooby4359]

I'm a huge fan of these American Racing Vectors I think they make any car just come to life. Now I know how to restore them TYVM. Second favorite wheel would be Cragar SS followed by Keystone Classics.

[@wesleystevens7283]

Like wheels man Really enjoy this type of video,something new all the time. PS if your married you have a damned good lady there,able to put up with long hours and making videos for us to enjoy. Give her hug from me

[@apexdetail85]

I truly appreciate the kind words.

[@ipdjbt]

I think they look pretty good for what they are. Spraying the backside would really make them pop for those of us who notice such things.

[@mikeyp2447]

Looks great B!

[@acts2211]

Nice job

[@eddiel7033]

What primer, paint and clear did you use? I recently blacked out the grill, trim and emblems on my truck and getting ready for the wheels. Thanks!

[@apexdetail85]

Diamond Coat. The primer is just a sandable black primer.

[@richardseem7948]

what's not 2 like.only u can turn lemons into lemonade...great content..b well

[@jayzayas3425]

Wheels look great I would’ve sanded more

[@victorpirsoul3979]

I like the AR wheels (reminds me of the aluminum wheels on my '87 Turbo Regal) but I would've painted the inside a light grey/silver and not black - but that's just my preference. Cool vid.

[@VooDooV6]

Fantastic job, i have the same wheels on my buick regal..but some yahoo powdercoated them all grey..any thought how to remobe thenpowder coating from the polished parts...and whats the wheel spinning tool called...apex auto detailing tire rotator..love it

[@Anthony-qj7qe]

Great job... what center caps can you use with these rims?

[@Ike-yq3gf]

Thanks

[@MyGuyKirby]

Brian, did you use 180-grit sandpaper? Can you also add the link for the tire stand!

[@PetesZ400]

Loving this series. I'm curious if you could have used an acid wheel cleaner to clean things up since you were going to sand anyways? Wheels look great.

[@apexdetail85]

That would have been a great option...yes.

[@Neur0bit]

Thanks for posting. Fantastic Results! Just wondering... Wouldn’t have been easier to sandblast these? Seems like you would have done it in a fraction of the time while preserving texture. Cheers.

[@apexdetail85]

An option...absolutely. I think it would have over restore them from what I was personally looking for.

[@supercharged00gtp]

Those look great, lots of patience to get those knocked out. Is there anything you can't do???? :)

[@apexdetail85]

Yeah....take a vacation.😜

[@Mark-p6q3n]

How wide are these wheels? 8 or 10"?

[@Big_Old_Dog]

I remember seeing lots of these and variations back in the day. They were very popular. I think they scream Mopar though...

[@FABAutomotiveDetailing]

BigOldDog Mopar or No car! 😂

[@shanooby4359]

@@FABAutomotiveDetailing Probably cause the General Lee used these wheels. But they first were made famous in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, They were on the Corvette. they were also used on K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, under the Bowling Ball Hub Caps. , and on the A -Team Van. The Vectors never go out of style.

[@harleyguyinmilw]

these Vector's were available with either black or gray between the spokes

[@bobpendergraft8422]

I love them had them on my 69 Charger.

[@300DBenz]

They look magnitudes better! (but I still think Turbine wheels would kick ass on the red ‘vette!)

[@apexdetail85]

I cant argue with that.🙂

[@MrRoman-lo6ih]

I got them on my 79 Chevy van. My question for you is............... How much will you charge me to get mine done the same way? :)

[@davetires7300]

L👀X SweeT 🤓👍🇺🇸

[@Piglet6256]

Well it sure is better, but more sanding was needed to get it all smooth, also repair the curb damage, then after primer, sand again, then paint with base coat , sand, clear, sand , polish and coating would be my way :)

[@apexdetail85]

True.....they are rough and heavily textured naturally. I wanted to keep that look personally.

[@shanooby4359]

Well if you got the $$$ and feel like splurging just have them Powder coated. I'm guessing you can do what was done in this video for under $50.

[@Piglet6256]

mmm a comments commenter, just comment on the video pls, nobody cares what you think about what i thought :S

[@shanooby4359]

@@Piglet6256 Apparently you do. I'll comment when what and where I feel like . But hurt much :S

[@Piglet6256]

i feel sorry for you, shame you didnt get breast feeding from mama, resulting in this need for attention and frustration your dealing with.

[@fulldimensionalstation]

it looks super weird when its not on the general lee

[@davidwilliams1478]

Rallys are cool but everyone has them. I would stick with the american racing wheels because they'll help make the red paint pop alitte better and they look good..

[@jorgemarquez328]

Lavados con acido en el color original y las patitas pulidas se ven mucho mejor......

[@tonys623]

Oh man you're a glutten for punishment. If I was doing that, I would have used my Dremel with the sandpaper cylinder attachment and made quick work of it.

[@zapwatt]

Two tone powdercoat is better.

[@wrzl1675]

American Racing wheels aren’t vintage... it was just a cheap wheel us hot rod guys used back then because they were cheap and the avg. Joe could afford them. They were crap.

[@adero9]

To each there own but those look awful and cheaply done after repaint. Good effort but the materials didn’t mesh well at all