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madonminis

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16th Aug, 2012 at 03:38:24pm

So I thought I'd have a go at refurbishing my wheels myself on the cheap rather than buying new ones or getting someone to do them for me.
I ordered an alloy polishing kit on the cheap from ebay and have tried it out on just one of my wheels for now to see the effects.



This is the before pic with 40 years worth of road salt, grime and general crap all over it.



This was after the first stage of polish, a big improvement but it really highlights where the damage is where previous owner has curbed it.



This was after the final stage. I'm happy that the wheel looks a lot better, definatly not perfect but it'll do me, my car is far from perfect so I don't mind the wheels being like this (for now).
Next step will be to respray the black inner and order some new centres. If it looks pretty good then I will do the rest.

Edited by madonminis on 16th Aug, 2012.

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16th Aug, 2012 at 04:03:17pm

any reason I can't see the pics or my avatar?

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16th Aug, 2012 at 04:10:45pm

You are using the wrong www code.

Use either the "IMG" or"Direct Link" code from Photobucket.
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16th Aug, 2012 at 04:15:34pm

cheers tom

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16th Aug, 2012 at 04:30:36pm

Take that valve out and finish the job ! New valves are always a good idea, anyway.

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16th Aug, 2012 at 04:31:47pm

The valve is out, where you looking Tadge? LOL

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18th Aug, 2012 at 02:04:59pm



And after 2 coats of Hammerite Satin finish.
Also ordered some original style new center caps

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18th Aug, 2012 at 04:37:58pm

Put it down to my age - the concrete showing through the valve hole fooled my old eyes -sorry !

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25th Aug, 2012 at 11:05:08am



New center caps arrived but I'm worried they'll go bad like the old ones rather quickly because it just looks like a thin layer of paint straight onto the spun alloy. Any any ideas how I could stop it flaking.
Was thinking about lacquer but not sure if that would work to well, any ideas would be great guys.

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25th Aug, 2012 at 11:17:26am

i was going to say something like vaseline, but you'd want something more permanent


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25th Aug, 2012 at 11:21:03am

Poor boys Wheel sealant *wink*

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25th Aug, 2012 at 11:28:21am

looks like a decent idea oli, cheers. still just thinking of something really hard wearing to protect the stupidly thin paint on the caps tho. I reckon i could get it looking like the old one if i sneeze near it

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25th Aug, 2012 at 05:37:10pm

http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-paint/ea...es-aerosol.html

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25th Aug, 2012 at 10:16:40pm

Nice one. Cheers sprocket

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