Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
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Wheels were in a state laquer coming off and kerb marks also wanted them black ago so decided to spray them...
First off had to get the laquer all off cause where it had been kerbed the laquer had cracked and all shoot had got inside and underneath, used some strong stripper stuff, surface cleaner, rubbing compound and peek polish to get the laquer off and buff the lip back up that took most the day as the laquer was extremely thick, once it was off it was time to give it a good clean and rough up the surface a bit... after that had to mask up the bits to spray bit of a pain to get a straight line but got there in the end just about ...
Pic in primer basically it was just spraying from then on 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of gloss and 2 of laquer...didnt want to put two many coats otherwise it would raise the level off the paint compared to the dish, finally removed all the paper and relaquered the whole wheel ...
Quite satisfying the result was...
Only another three more to go
 
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Nath
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Looking good.
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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brilliant !!! wish i could refurb wheels 
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Ace work Rob. Good to see someone getting stuck in and doing the work themselves!
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Good effort Spraying's improved since you first tried it 
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jr
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would have removed the tyres and got them sandblasted persoanlly
ok though, but would have looked better anthercite IMO
better though
[Edited on 09-01-2006 by jr]
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K5-KYL
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Registered: 5th Aug 05
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they look mint!
cant wait to see them on the car. nice one.
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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looked miles better all silver IMO
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Voyto
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sxi16vjoe
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Would look much better on a ERST.
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VegasPhil
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All these replies within 2 minutes
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by c20let
looked miles better all silver IMO
Yeah did look good silver but a bit plain for me and they were all fooked with the lauqer flaking etc, plus i loved it when i had black wheels dunno why
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
All these replies within 2 minutes
Mazin
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Nick A
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Registered: 28th Nov 04
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looks ok IMO, will only tell properly when put back onto your car.
gd 2 c people getting stuck in and learning though
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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fair play, look to me like those wolfrace octanes now
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick A
looks ok IMO, will only tell properly when put back onto your car.
gd 2 c people getting stuck in and learning though
Oh well give it a few weeks to get them finished
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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They'll look ace on the car matey.
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stinga
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
Location: Towcester, UK
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personally i think your car will look absalutaly stunning with them back on it
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hitman2k
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Registered: 27th Aug 03
Location: West Midlands
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Luking good m8! in the process of refurbing mine aswell got last one left!black is the way forward are u going to mop wheels once done??
[Edited on 09-01-2006 by hitman2k]
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by hitman2k
Luking good m8! in the process of refurbing mine aswell got one last one left black is the way forward are u going to mop wheels once done??
[Edited on 09-01-2006 by hitman2k]
Probably deffinetly polish them, dont really have the facilities or tools to do it
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hitman2k
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
quote:
Originally posted by hitman2k
Luking good m8! in the process of refurbing mine aswell got one last one left black is the way forward are u going to mop wheels once done??
[Edited on 09-01-2006 by hitman2k]
Probably deffinetly polish them, dont really have the facilities or tools to do it
Not far from u m8 so if u wanna polish them useing poliser (mop) them aslong as u have some g3 dont mind comeing down 2 give u a hand once i've brought some tyres! for mine
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Rob B
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thats cool ive got some G3 aswell 
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MKC
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Registered: 8th Oct 04
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good job mate
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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Any chance of popping the finished one on the front and getting a pic to give us an idea of how the end result will look?
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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looks good
sprayin mine myself hopefully when i get them back
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