Cleaning wheels (different ways)

[paul]

As you can all see (and have probably seen already) form my thread that i had a go at trying to get my wheels perfect! as anyone used any wet and dry say 1200/1500 to try and clean up pittered areas (wheel cleaner only got them so good) just a thought! pics below of what im up against!!

 

[Rich]

Wet and dry wont help much as the pitted areas have eaten through the paint.

 

[Turkish]

Pitted area's = out of sight so quite frankly why give a s**t ?

 

[paul]

Wet and dry wont help much as the pitted areas have eaten through the paint.

they havent eaten though the paint as there isnt any paint! (i did think about painting the rear?! or just the centre part! to get a better finish?! just a thought!

 

[paul]

Pitted area's = out of sight so quite frankly why give a s**t ?

would just like to get the like new with out the cost of a refurb! i know im sad! lol but i enjoy it!

 

[Ali]

Sad b*****d!!

Virosol or Tardis?

 

[Rich]

The insides are painted in grey type primer - it is not bare metal. The pitting has gone through the primer.

 

[Tom]

There is a finish on the reverse of the wheels.

As rich says.

Why this deserves another thread is beyond me btw

 

[paul]

The insides are painted in grey type primer - it is not bare metal. The pitting has gone through the primer.

are you sure it primer i just thought it was bare alloy! and Ali i dont think they will help tbh but thanks folks!

 

[paul]

ok thanks think i may paint the rear inner part of the wheels then to get them perfect! thanks folks!! inner part in anthercite to mate the front face! mask off paint part of wheel!

 

[paul]

would be nice if i could get a match for the inner wheel colour?! o:

 

[Rich]

lol - Geek - it is hard enough to find the the front match let alone a colour match to some random grey etch primer.

 

[paul]

^^ i know im a fussy sod! (do i make you look normal Rich) could you imagine the conversation id have with the paint shop! LOL

 

[paul]

i could wheel a wheel round to the poeple next door or borrow there paint swatches :S but i think then they will still think im strange!! hahaha

 

[Rich]

I would just buy new ones tbh lol

 

[paul]

yeah but what the point of spending 500.00 on some new wheels - when i could rub down the slight impafactions of the inner wheel and spray them! (i was thinking mask up the main part of the wheel (inner) and rub down the inner spokes and spray the inner part in anthercite?! what do you think?! at least way i could keep them very clean!

 

[Rich]

The wheel place that did my Anthracite 106 wheels did them inside and out with the same colour and a gloss finish, look much better.

 

[paul]

oooh now your getting me excited! :approve: my kind of thinking! i could spray them inside whole! ......oooo what to do what to do!! exiciting times ahead!! any pics please haha (honest i would like pics)

 

[Rich]

No pics, they are stacked up in the garage till spring.

A pic on my friends car before she sold them to me.

 

[paul]

^ looks nice but i was wondering what they looked like inside! LOL i guess theres only one way to find out! + one of mine has a slight nick in it! on the inner part of the weel! what looks like someone has caught it when putting it back on so i could rub that down to!! all this for 10/20 pounds rather than 500 - sounds like a project!! ...awaits thread! LOL

 

[Rich]

FFS - They look the same on the inside as the outside like I said.

Imagine the finish on the face of your wheel, on the whole wheel and there you have it !

 

[Ali]

the 182 rims are rank...Sell them and buy Tunini's...Job done!

 

[paul]

lol @ FFS calm down Richard!

great thanks! looking forward to doing this! may try the inner part first and if that goes well do all the inner wheel!

 

[paul]

the 182 rims are rank...Sell them and buy Tunini's...Job done!

you have a point there! they dont corrode like 182 wheels! crap cheapo renault wheels why ooo why!! but that still is going to cost a fair wack then i will end up with lots of wheels unless i sell these! + i ever have to buy new or find some good second hand and there never going to be that good if there second hand! + i like to keep it standardish!!

 

[paul]

+ id be scared to buy second hand wheels tbh you dont know what someone has done with them!

 

[Turkish]

+ id be scared to buy second hand wheels tbh you dont know what someone has done with them!

I would imagine fitted them to a car and driven down roads with them

 

[paul]

yes and possibly crashed and there hardly going to tell you now are they

buckled ftl

 

[Brand86]

I think you should be able to see a buckled wheel when you see one though Paul in all fairness...use your eyes lad!!!

 

[Rich]

He is blind from beating himself raw over painted exhausts ...

 

[paul]

now now! i wouldnt know how to see a buckled wheel :S unless it had a chunk out of it?! :S thats why i have always stayed clear!

 

[Turkish]

If you're that cautious the simple way round it is getting a local tyre fitter to spin it up on the wheel balancer. Will take 30 seconds if you're that paranoid about it.

 

[paul]

^^ yeah thats sensible but a bit late if you had bought them :S

 

[H182]

wtf?

 

[paul]

:S ?? do you mind swearing im my thread please im sure your mother woudlnt be proud

 

[Rich]

My mothers potty mouth taught me all the bad f**king language I know !

 

[paul]

its not big or cleaver! :rasp: