GT4Brody
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As above, bought sum alloys tonight for my pug, only trouble is they are curbed and slightly corroded around the outer rim, gonna have a go at tidying them up and resprayin just wonderin if anyone else has done this??
Cheers
Brody
[Edited on 04-03-2004 by GT4Brody]
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Munchie
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hi mate we have just been doing this on me mates subaru imprezia! i can get pictures if u want?! we just sanded the gold wheels down....primed dem (grey) and then painted them gold!!! can get u pics 2morrow!
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dave17
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yeh im thinkn of doing mine myself! some1 wrote a guide on here, but cant remember his username!
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AdiSRI
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yep done it to my mates fox alloys, painted them white and they look mint.
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GT4Brody
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
hi mate we have just been doing this on me mates subaru imprezia! i can get pictures if u want?! we just sanded the gold wheels down....primed dem (grey) and then painted them gold!!! can get u pics 2morrow!
Kewl if you dont mind postin the pics i would appreciate that munch, did you use cans or a proper spray gun??
I well put some pics up of the rims i got, they arnt bad and were a bargain too 
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GT4Brody
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quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
yep done it to my mates fox alloys, painted them white and they look mint.
sweet, same question i asked munchie, did you use cans or spray gun mate??
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AdiSRI
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Cans, from halfords where they sell 'special' wheel paint. I spect its just normal paint but it did a good job.
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GT4Brody
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Kewl cheers Adi, well have a looky tomaz
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Munchie
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just cans mate! ill get pics of the cans for u as well!
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R Lee
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i might have a go with my bros old ones.
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CorsaLad16v
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i may spray mine coz on 1 of them the laquar is all cracked.. dunno if i shud do them black or ne fin tho.. what u think?
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Neshol
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quote:
Originally posted by GoldPenguin
i might have a go with my bros old ones.
 Dont you trust yourself with your own? Weren't you gonna get yours chromed?
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R Lee
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my bro's old ones are kerbed to buggery so it would be a good project
i might just touch up my lil "kerbage" aswell actually.
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GT4Brody
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well been down to see my mate at quick fit and had tyres removed, bought some paint and sanding equipment, gonna make a start, well get sum piccys up of the rims in a bit
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3CorsaMeal
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do u need any gel coat etc, if u take em back to metal?
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Red_SXi
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Its not too hard to do, but make sure you get the tyre off the rim before you do it, or get the leading edge of the tyre pushed back by a tyre fit place.
Also remember that if you get the tyre taken off it'll have to be fitted again, and that the filler might not be strong enough to take the force of the tyre fitting machine
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Red_SXi
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Also, its not neccesary to take them back to metal, just use filler on the kurbs, and rub down til its smooth
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3CorsaMeal
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one of my wheels has a scrape right down to metal, on edge of rims.
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NovaGTE
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im gonna be doing mine next week; im just gonna rub the jaged bits out and then take them to be sandplaster £20 and powdercoated white £40
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Red_SXi
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Try and build it up with filler although it'll be hard. Otherwise i think it can be repaired by welding, but i don't know anything about that
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3CorsaMeal
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i'll bosh em up somehow bit of silly putty
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Thoday
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mine cost me £140 in total to melt down and powder coat black back to brand new condition
£35 a wheel
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GT4Brody
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Here are some piccys, filed most of the curb marks out of all four rims, and sanded two of them down around the outer rims)see pic wiv drill in)
This one shows you the corrosion and curbing(its the worst one), looks really bad but is only wear laquer is peeling off!!
This is how i am protecting the centres while sanding etc, and the other bad wheel
his one is of the two above wheels after i have filed and sanded the rims down
was gonna respay the rims with silver and use primer, then laquer
But now might try n rub down wiv wet n dry and polish wiv autosol then just use laquer, i well keep you posted wiv my progress 
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NovaGTE
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what size are they; how much they set you back?
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GT4Brody
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They are 15s mate they set me back the pricely sum of 55 notes  , all thats wrong is rim is curbed and corroded and need 2 new tyres, not too bad tho, reckon they sgould look quite sweet, temtped to get em powder coated but dunno if it is worth it???
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