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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Twitch
Saw a mint set of M3 wheels go for £900 alone on ebay without tyre and i recon you could get the same tbf look ace


i sold a set polished with no tyres for 900 recently too
Colin
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Nice to know, there worth a bit in good nick
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Jambo wsants
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i would... buy a cheap set of m3 alloys...

trade car in

sell m3s
sell csls
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Why anyone changes them, even for CSL's or whatever is beyond me. As someone already said, probably the best standard wheels on a car you can get.


Mainly because they fuck up very quickly & need lots of work to be kept good!


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as soon as they start corroding they make the car look like a shed no matter how clean it is
csls are winter wheels but i have them on at the min as i like the look, i think ill have to polish mine over the winter as they do look tasty, ready for next summer

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Mike GSi
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If you decide you want to get rid of the CSL's, drop me a u2u!

They look great btw
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I'll be selling the CSL's if I can get a reasonable amount for them, if not i'll just box them up & keep them in the loft until such times that I get a E92.
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Picked them up today :











wow

[Edited on 20-07-2010 by Colin]
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definatly going to have a play with mine, might get rich h to help
which tyre fitters are you going to trust with those bad boys
have you got a link to hassles step by step guide, want to see if the products he uses are the same i was taught to use

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Liam
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They look fully awesome!
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How was this done and how much mate?
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colin got rid of the old lacquer with nitro mors, then they were cut bact to rmove corrosion and then polished up on a orbital polisher/da polisher, going up through the polish grades from coarse to super fine.
something like tht anyway, no idea how much he paid

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Colin
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£30 a wheel
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Cool, what's a da polisher? Like a pencil buff?
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quote:
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£30 a wheel




I was thinking a ballpark figure of at least £500 for all 4, the amount of time spent on them if they've been semi-hand polished surely would have been mental?
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i have some Ferrari 612 wheels here done in the same way by my wheel guy


they are about 2 months old now, the guy doesnt like them so they are going shadow chrome with polished lip

[Edited on 20-07-2010 by Tomnova16]

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Originally posted by Colin
£30 a wheel



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Do you laquer over them or just have to clean them 3 times a day?
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elbow grease every weekend

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Colin I hate you, I thought it might have been a wee blacksmith in a shop you took advantage of seeing as you're from the sticks take it my estimate was a bit closer?

[Edited on 20-07-2010 by alan-g-w]
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
definatly going to have a play with mine, might get rich h to help
which tyre fitters are you going to trust with those bad boys
have you got a link to hassles step by step guide, want to see if the products he uses are the same i was taught to use


You should, they look a bit mental when polished!!

Hmmm takin it to the same place but Jades cousin will be doing it, not the young oik that mashed my CSL rim.

There is a guide on cutters, I cant seem to find it though but the way you described below sounds about right!!
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heres the link from the guy that does them
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9901&highlight=polished+wheel

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This is where i learnt to do it
http://www.bradleysmart.co.uk/Category241/WheelRepairalloy.aspx

and this was the machine i learnt on, looks like the guy uses similar products but on a free hand polisher rather than a "lathe set up" where the wheel spins one way and the polisher the other, is much quicker.

I did the rims of my nova wheels on it.
My old place sold it for £500 i wish i bought it now
http://www.bradleysmart.co.uk/BProduct/7016/8500WheelDoctorMachineOne.aspx

[Edited on 20-07-2010 by Tomnova16]

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Tom get yours Tripple Chromed

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jesus, you know i never even thought of that
could chrome up the CSL's

[Edited on 20-07-2010 by Tomnova16]

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