Rob B
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Hi guys,
I have some new wheels with quite large dishes, i'm getting the faces polished and what to do something a bit different and get the lips done like the picture below.
Can anyone who's more knowledgeable than me on this give me some info on how i could go about getting it done
Thanks
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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I would imagine take it to a place that does anodising
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taylorboosh
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looks cool as fook mate. dont know how its done though
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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Not sure they would suit the BMW?
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Nath
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Baller as fuck.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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i wouldnt mind getting my lips done like that
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Rob B
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Not sure they would suit the BMW?
For the s2000 mate
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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THat dosent look like anno More of some sort of chrome.
I haver heard alloy wheel annoing is dogey due to the quality of the Aluminium
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
i wouldnt mind getting my lips done like that
pmsl
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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RCS
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quote: Originally posted by glb
THat dosent look like anno More of some sort of chrome.
I haver heard alloy wheel annoing is dogey due to the quality of the Aluminium
Yeah annodising comes out different with different grades of al.
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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look up rainbow polishing, they may be able to help.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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quote: Originally posted by Nath
Baller as fuck.
lol
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It's electroplated, but 'gone wrong'. A friend of mine had a prototype of something done once but the platers made a mistake and he ended up with a shadow chrome type effect which was fairly similar to do that.
A quick search about tells me that you achieve that effect from titanium plating that has been overheated. That makes sense as when you heat certain titanium alloys during welding you get a sort of rainbow around the joint.
The next problem is finding someone who can do it on purpose.
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