Cleaned, silvervisions and wheels refurbed...

[Ads_172]

Got closer to sorting the car for next Sunday today, 2xEGP and P21s just for fun - will do the same again on Friday!

I'm impressed with the flake popping I'm getting, normally I find Titanium 647 difficult to get a decent flake.

Have also been refurbing my wheels over the last couple weeks. Am really please with the results for a DIY job considering it's my first attempt. Think I used too harsh a sandpaper in the early stages, so they look scratched up a bit, especially on the inside, but I like them...

Sanded and filled:

Masked:

Primered:

Finished:

They're not getting fitted until Friday, because I'm guaranteed to kerb them within hours.

Oh, and got some silvervisions for the rears...

 

[Clio Adz]

very smart mate, good job on the wheel referb

 

[Gareth]

good work

 

[Craig]

good work mate

 

[GarethM]

wheels look awesome fella

what process did you use to do the wheels

 

[Ads_172]

Cheers guys.

I cleaned them, sanded down, used P38 to fill in all the curbing, and then sanded that down.

Then I masked them up, including the tyre valve, sprayed about 3/4 coats of primer on them and let it dry overnight. That was then wetsanded down and then I sprayed about 5/6 coats of the colour, very lightly at first and building up to thicker layers to ensure full coverage.

THEN, that was left to dry for a couple days, wetsanded down and then lacquered. About 4 coats of lacquer went on, left for about 10 days, then used a compound polish and my own wax for shine!

Have probably missed something out, but basically used "The Detailer's" guide that's on here somewhere...

 

[Nafoff]

all looks good mate, mine is in the final stages of cleaning, thinks its had about 4-5 coats of EGP now...lol, its also had its first coat of natty's blue too....

the rear silvervisions look good, where did you get the bulbs from as i need some for my fronts really...

wheels look good too, will look forward to seeing them on saturday....

 

[dannyboy172]

Top stuff!

Skills for doing the wheels with the tyres on...it aint easy to get it just right, very well done fella :approve:

 

[Ad]

wheels look super. Know exactly what you mean about polishing titanium.

 

[JR]

wheels look spot on fella. looking forward to seeing them on sat.

 

[Ads_172]

Cheers doods, I didn't find masking the tyres too difficult, just lots of little bits of tape right down under the rim and then larger strips of paper right around seemed to do the job. The tyre valves were buggers to get right though! There are little signs of the old silver where the tape overlapped a bit.

The P21 seems to have gone down in people's estimations in recent months with all these higher end waxes being released, but I love it for the flake pop it gives. This along with the EGP for gloss works really well IMO.

So now for Friday, all I've gotta do is wash again, change wheels over, clean under arches and maybe hammerite my calipers if I can be bothered, all trim, windows, EGP a couple times again, interior.... oh dear Lord.

 

[Nafoff]

lol...the list goes on.....

i redone my calipers yesturday, also eleviated my squeaking problem i hope, need to get 2 new tyres fitted though and clean my arches

 

[Has]

Very Tidy!

Looking nice and clean. Will be worth seeing next week.

 

[Ads_172]

If you turn a blind eye to the chips, dents, etc then yep, she's a stunner!

 

[Ads_172]

Already muddied up with a nice spirited drive...

 

[Mikey]

lovely ads, lol at not fitting them, ive been the same with my turinis, just my look to cerb them lol

 

[Fletcher]

I'm very Impressed with wheels, good job.

 

[Rob's172]

have you added silver flake? or is that normal? coz it looks ace, like the wheels as well

 

[Ads_172]

Lol, I live in a road where you have to drive on the curb to get up and down it, so these wheels aren't even touching the curb until after the weekend.

I'll park it in a car park opposite my street on the Friday night just to make sure!

And the flake in the silver is normal mate, every Titanium silver will have it, think I've got lucky with the sun today in catching it in the pictures. It's a stunning colour when clean and the sun's out.

 

[JR]

fancie refurbing some 16" oz f1s ? really like the colour

 

[Ads_172]

I enjoyed doing them but I won't be doing it again anytime soon! I've not got the space at my place so it involved driving to the folks' house everyday last week, much to the annoyance of my missus and parents!

Plus, it's about £60 in materials, so would need to charge more to make it worthwhile and then you may as well pay the bit extra and go to a proper company and get a better finish. I'd say close up, it's really no more than 6 out of 10 in places, really quite scratchy. But, miles better than what they were like before!

I'm liking the colour more and more though - Peugeot Cossack Grey - it seems quite dark initially but think it'll look just right when on the car surrouded by black trim and silver paint.

 

[DH_GTI]

very nice, really good job on the wheels looks amazing !!!!

 

[R20 CWH]

guid diy refurb there china.

liking the flake chat

 

[Ads_172]

On the car now:

 

[Nafoff]

look poo






lol






nice job i spose

 

[GarethM]

looks awesome fella

cant decide to get this colour or white

hmmm?

 

[clio_luke]

nice
good work!

 

[Ads_172]

look poo

gheyness

Was just trying to think and, after failing, was wondering if any other OZ F1's have been done in anthracite... would've thought it was common, but can't think.

 

[xxxic3xxx]

what fog lights you got there... red lol where you get them and how much?

 

[ollie]

Good stuff fella!!

 

[Ads_172]

what fog lights you got there... red lol where you get them and how much?

They're from PiperX, part of the Viper I/K. Cold air feed trumpets.

 

[JR]

fag

take some proper pics

 

[Ads_172]

Lol, I did: they came out blurry...

An yes, it's on stilts. I hadn't released the handbrake yet...

 

[JR]

about the same arch gap can be seen on tuck's tractor.

Looks good though despite the blurred vision

 

[Nafoff]

love this south west banter now, rumble at fcs

 

[Ads_172]

Blatently the closest group in CS, just keep all your willy's out of my bum.

 

[Tucks]

Look out for 'Vader' tomoz on the m5

 

[Ads_172]

Vader?

 

[Jayb 172]

looks awsome really good choice

 

[JR]

Look out for 'Vader' tomoz on the m5

Vader?

A split personality from Tucks ?