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Will give it a go tomorrow...
Kudos for doing them yourself. I wouldn't have the patience (or a spare set of wheels or axle stands!).
As for the centre caps, couldn't you prize the centre "S" Sticker off, spray them up and get some more? Or mask them up and refurb around them? Bit fiddly but would look good!
What colour were you going to do?
As for the centre caps, couldn't you prize the centre "S" Sticker off, spray them up and get some more? Or mask them up and refurb around them? Bit fiddly but would look good!
What colour were you going to do?
Wheel refurb Part 3
Gettting the colour on today and sorting out centre caps!
Step 16: Gave the wheels another rub down with wet 1200 grit paper
Step 17: Light dust coat of colour to the inside of the wheel
Step 18: Built up two more layers of colour. Not too fussed how the inside of the wheel looks in terms of finish as it won't be seen much!
Step 19: Light dusting to the face of the wheel.
Step 20: Building of layers of paint with rub down between each (wet 1200 paper). Leaving about 20 mins between coats of paint.
FINISHED WHEELS
And some picytures of the progress on centre caps...
THOUGHTS... Not sure how many layers of paint is enough on the face of the wheels? (There are about 4 good layers at the moment!) How long should I leave them before getting them back on the car?
Gettting the colour on today and sorting out centre caps!
Step 16: Gave the wheels another rub down with wet 1200 grit paper
Step 17: Light dust coat of colour to the inside of the wheel
Step 18: Built up two more layers of colour. Not too fussed how the inside of the wheel looks in terms of finish as it won't be seen much!
Step 19: Light dusting to the face of the wheel.
Step 20: Building of layers of paint with rub down between each (wet 1200 paper). Leaving about 20 mins between coats of paint.
FINISHED WHEELS
And some picytures of the progress on centre caps...
THOUGHTS... Not sure how many layers of paint is enough on the face of the wheels? (There are about 4 good layers at the moment!) How long should I leave them before getting them back on the car?
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liking that!maybe its the light / camera, but it doesn't look as if its a full cover coating, because of the "lightness" of the colour......... but if you've got 4 coats on there then i imagine it must be fully covered
looks good though!!!
i'd leave them a couple or 3 days for the paint to go truely hard to be honest....its damp and cool at the moment so it will take longer to go off than the can states.
maybe its the light / camera, but it doesn't look as if its a full cover coating, because of the "lightness" of the colour......... but if you've got 4 coats on there then i imagine it must be fully covered
looks good though!!!
i'd leave them a couple or 3 days for the paint to go truely hard to be honest....its damp and cool at the moment so it will take longer to go off than the can states.
Cheers mate. Yeah, the camera isn't great and has picked up the light shining off some of the rim's spokes! They look much better in real-life though...
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I guess I will have to leave them for a few days now then! Problem is going to be finding time to get them back on the car now...
Will get pictures up as soon as they are on the car again. 
look really good, and great effort for doing it...guess half term was usefull for you!
all in all would you say it was hard work? i have some really scuffed up ones in my shed that i wanna try and refurb....looks pretty straight forwward just quite time consuming
all in all would you say it was hard work? i have some really scuffed up ones in my shed that i wanna try and refurb....looks pretty straight forwward just quite time consuming
You will soon enough! I think these will make a big difference to the look of my car...
You do need time! I'm just lucky I have had this week to get them done. You can do it a little at a time, in evenings or something! I definitely think its worth having a go at refurbing them though! I guess the hardest part is prepping the wheels beforehand. I haven't gone for show quality finish with the curb marks, just made sure they are all pretty smoothed out. Give it a go, if I can do it I'm sure you can!
yea, they are my old three stud ones i had on my first car (106)!....proper old school haha, im gonna and do them once i have sorted my shed out!
I had a 3-stud Citroen AX. Always wanted the Compomotive MO alloys...
you reckon these is a much of a demand for 3 studs...they aren't bad alloys if i cleaned them up!
Clean them up a bit and stick them on ebay... see what happens! What alloys are they? I bet some one will take them off your hands!
they are 5 spoke ones..15"...cant remember the name, but they look ok, just really scuffed up from my poor attempt at driving when i was 16 (with my dad) and 17
they look a lot better than i imagined them too.
do you have any pictures of the kerb marks since they have been sanded and painted?
do you have any pictures of the kerb marks since they have been sanded and painted?
Only this one really... half way through sanding down!
You can still see them on the finished wheels if you look really, really closely... I haven't gone for "show'n'shine" spec!
im really liking the look of the finish you have gone for.
will be good to see pictures when there completly dry and on the car.
will be good to see pictures when there completly dry and on the car.
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