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as shown by this quote it didnt take me 3 weeks to do all 5 wheels but 3 weeks was the overall time it took as i was busy and could only do a bit each week
and as for you mrbillyUk how can you say the finish is crap..its the photo thats crap.
tyres were on the wheels when i bought them, were all bald and i didnt need them anyway so i just left them on the wheels when i sprayed them. ordered new tyres for them anyway
Method :
1. Using dremel hand rotary tool- scrape off any corrosion
2. using p240 sand down curb marks
3. Fill curbing with metal filler
4. when dried sand down metal filler and whole alloy with p240
5. then sand down with p400
6.repeat for p800
7. finish with p1000
8. wash wheel with pressure...
cost for 5 wheels : various grades of sandpaper- £5
primer,colour,laquer- £35
sanding and dremeling took about 3 1/2 hours
spraying took about 3 hours all together had to leave 10 mins between each coat and 24 hours between each stage of paint. I did it in the evening when i had spare time
i stupidly forgot to take a before photo :mad: but i have got the ebay link from it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120160938045#ebayphotohosting
they were badly corroded and curbed
guessed i should post it in this section as it is kinda to do with tyres.
has anyone had any experience with mobile tyre fitters. I have just ordered new tyres and have tick an option for them to come to me to fit the tyres with their van. Are they any good ??
Also...when they take the tyres...