Can't wait to retire to do these projects on my 9-3 and 9-5. Time is a precious commodity.

Nice to see you taking good care of my future rims! Man, I am still watching for a set of those to pop up somewhere. Perfect rim for an NG9-3.

They look Fabulous!!!! 👏👏👏

Final product looked pretty good. Metallic paints have a habit of being chalky or dusty that you got. Some metallic paints also do not want a clear coat applied over top oddly. Either way always learning and came out well for a "quick" DIY. Also the mask you wore does not filter out the harmful chemicals in the 2 Part clear you have. You need a respirator rated for isocyanates, ideally the 3M P95 respirator.

Been waiting for a 93 vid 😁

Looks fantastic! My experience with that kind of "dusting" effect (and other weird spraypaint outcomes) has been that it's a combination of the temperature, the distance held from the surface, and how fast you sweep around with your hand (sweep too slow and you get run, but sweep too fast and far away and you'll get flecking and powdering too). I like to practice on a junk surface the day I'm painting to dial it in. But - in the end it didn't matter - you got a great finish!

This is what I'm doing today (though I'm doing only simple vinegar wash). Thanks for showing the whole meticulous and tedious process - of doing and redoing it. The wheels look great!

It's admirable. Look like very cool! You are awesome! 👍🏻

Well done Jacob! Mistakes happen and it’s great you shared them. I’m sure the video doesn’t do them justice!

Awesome

Nice job on the wheels mate

Big fan of Black Magic Bleche-Wite for tires. Any browning brushes away, leaving the rubber brand new like they were just mounted. Will really set off the new wheel finish. Works for rubber floor mats as well.

They look fantastic. I'll send mine over to you, lemme know when they are ready ;)

Wheels look great Jacob, After market SAAB badges look great for 6months to a year then fade worse than the originals did after 15 years. You would have been far better off wet sanding the old ones with 1000 grit and hitting them with the rest of that 2k lacquer before it cured in the can. BTW you'll get about a day or two out of the can before it cures. Watching this makes me want to do the double Ys on my 93 Aero again did them about 7 or 8 years ago and they are looking a bit faded. That said I had the Audi ones powder coated 3 or 4 years ago and one of them is f*%ked. Unfortunately the place that did them is no longer there (wonder why?) so I'm looking at getting the whole set redone ( this time in the gun metal grey) I don't envy you the task of cleaning off a failed paint job. I sprayed the side skirts on my Audi and even though I activated the can of 2K it didn't cure (dodgy can) The result looked like glass but it hadn't dried took 2 days to get all the paint back off to bare plastic to start again. The end result however was perfect and looked factory.

🫡👍🇸🇪❤️ Wery nice wheels!

My 9-3 rims have have some serious caked on brake dust that I haven’t had much luck removing. I wonder if that Iron remover might help.

Hey! I appreciate your teachings I've absorbed a lot of your Saab knowledge I can't thank you enough. I'm no mechanic but I've learned to do things with my 08' Saab 9-3 2t. I don't know how to reach you but would it be possible to purchase a cap for my pump reservoir that you might have kicking around? I can't find any that aren't ridiculously priced or overseas and it's stressing me out lol. If not please let me know I'd appreciate it.

Try to get Ace C036 Aviator rims 18" for your 9-3. 😀 Edit: Also... for the center caps I went for Chinese ones (I don't really value center caps) and used nail varnish over the stickers because the original Saab ones the transparent cover of the sticker end up opaque.

Dude crazy I remember back in 2017 or 18 when I saw the video on you first getting these wheels! Man time flies. I'm glad that out of the fleet your first 93 stayed. Kinda makes me wish i would've kept my first 93 😭 but oh well just gotta fill the void with more Saabs!

How often do you do a oil change

Looks good but you should have done the barrels too. It's going to annoy you after a while, especially when you have such clean and rust free brake calipers and discs.

Gotta ask! What wheels are those? They look very nice. Would like to get one of those for my 9-3 1:33

Nice. But looks like some of the paint ran of the barrels. Shouldn't you masking them as well?

What was the cause of the bad result in the first place? Was it the primer?

What size rims are those 17 or 18 inch

Saab. What is Saab? Saab is an infection ending up in an Dependency/Afhængighed. I have 3 now! 900 NG 1996 9-5 2001 Vector station 9-5 2007 station Hirsch performance with some extras as automatic and fully leather interior. If someone offer's you to drive his Turbo Saab, say no but thanks! Best regards from Denmark.

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You have not seen filthy wheels if you think yours are filthy at the start of the video :D And the best choice is not to go and hide the wheels by painting them black!