wheel refurb thread

[Laura]

thought id put up a ongoing thread on how i do my wheels for people to follow and copy if the so wish

so anyway -

picked them up like this

needed a good scrub, so with washing up liquid and a brush i cleaned them, using baby wipes to get the caked on dust off

doing 2 at a time to stop me getting bored and doing a half arsed job

then started to sand using grit paper, but then it started raining

 

[Gaz_]

Fook me, there tatered!!!! I've just done two of my 197 ones, just curing before i fet them. What colour they going?

 

[Laura]

that one is by far the worst others are just lightly kerbed

ot sure what colour yet

 

[Gaz_]

Welcome to the world of dry hands, inhalation of paint fumes/dust and plenty of swearing/cursing

 

[Laura]

in that world already .. been there for a long time, isnt often that im not in the shed with some project or other

 

[Jungle_Jim]

Laura if you need it i have written a how to for wheel refurbing in the guides section, good luck with the project, im sure you will do a decent job seeing the other work you have done

 

[Hazza]

Spray them the bathroom color

 

[Final Maxim]

what grit sandpaper you using?

 

[Laura]

Laura if you need it i have written a how to for wheel refurbing in the guides section, good luck with the project, im sure you will do a decent job seeing the other work you have done

its ok thanks, ive done 5 sets now i just thought it would be interesting to post it all up.ill have a gander at yours no doubt there are places youve done stuff differently

 

[Laura]

what grit sandpaper you using?

just normal semi cource stuff think its about 400 atm as its just to get it down to the metal before i start correcting the imperfections on the rims and smoothing them

 

[Gem]

Laura watch the coarseness of your glass paper IMO. Too coarse will cause you more problems than good when it comes to spraying. 400 seems a bit rough. 800 would be better....then go to say 1500 wet and dry maybe?

 

[Laura]

seriously its fine ive done so many sets this way and all of them have been spot on, i wont be changing my methods, this thread is just to show how i go about it

 

[Gem]

Fair enough Laura....you're the expert....

 

[Laura]

well tbh the finish that is going on these wheels you wont notice if they are smooth or not underneith anyway hehe, im just going a bit mad with them

 

[FlameR]

my 172 came with those wheels. sold them for 50 quid with tyres lol. They were badly kerbed though like those ones.

 

[Final Maxim]

what grit sandpaper you using?

just normal semi cource stuff think its about 400 atm as its just to get it down to the metal before i start correcting the imperfections on the rims and smoothing them

kk, it just looks about p120 in the pics, very deep scratches, just wondered why you was using very coarse sandpaper for prepping

 

[Laura]

nah the pic still has all the dust on it, ill update tonight when ive spent a bit more time on them

 

[Final Maxim]

i mean this, looks very deep for p400

 

[Gaz_]

Yep, i'd say p120 imo. I've used various grades over the last few weeks. That looks super coarse. 400 ftw

 

[Laura]

it looks like that because of the paint underneith...
ill take a pic of paper if you really want lol

 

[manicmonkey]

im just doing some superturismos, 4 more spokes than those mega pain in the arse. do you need to take off all the paint down to the primer?

 

[Laura]

sanded one whole wheel now then started to correct the kerbing

to

but now its going dark lol

 

[moggy]

their not telling you how to do it....

they just care... ahhh

 

[Jungle_Jim]

laura are you using p38 car body filler, if so i would recommend using the isopon metalik filler as it sets as a metal compound, making it structurally more stable. p38 may crack and effecting how long the wheel refurb lasts for.

i you just want to tart them up to sell on then it should be ok but if your keeping them i would recommend looking at the other filler

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

^^ how expensive is that filler? i really wanna do mine now tbh, myne av got some nassty curb marks on them an need doing. Is it easy to do them any colour as i wanna do em williams gold.

Seeing as ur the pro wat sandpaper should i use and in which order?

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

^ Forget that, just looked at the guide once again an realised its got the grades of wet/dry that i need so will go with that. Cheers very much

 

[Laura]

jim, ive used this whole method several times before and honestly ive never had any issues with over a years worth of use.
its only for the very thin layer to smooth of kerbing, for the deeper stuff i use AC

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

^ whats ac?

 

[Laura]

It comes in like a superglue bottle, with an aerosol activator, I get it from motorfactor shops such as Brown Brothers or Autopaint - I'll get pics when i'm not naked

as i found out yesterday so when i do my bros ill use this as its a pretty deep

 

[Laura]

all preped and tyres covered

primered

1st coat of colour

 

[cat171]

Coming along nicely.

 

[Laura]

something inside me really likes primer grey lol, i was very tempted just to leave them at that

 

[Russ_16v]

lol looking good,im still deciding what colour to do my f1's

 

[Laura]

only doing 2 at a time , my sheds big but its not quite big enough/got enough floor space to do all 4 lol

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

looks excellent so far, u make it look easy. Do u not do the backs of them or do they not need to be done??

 

[Daniel]

They'll look very nice once finished.

 

[cat171]

Black with some pink details would look funky I reckon. I've not been drinking either !

 

[Laura]

ouch.. my shed just tried to eat me

 

[Final Maxim]

want a tip? dont want you to think im telling you how to do things as i know you can do it yourself you independant woman you

 

[Brand86]

Looks good but to do a "proper" job you should be taking the tyres of really to do the whole thing.

Saves all the taping up too!