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miggy

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Wheels
« on: 26 December 2007, 12:22:23 »

Sh"t, my very expensive wheels are getting Bollo"ked, the road salt is stuffing them up, i am having to clean them everyday.

As they are polished alloy, the last owner decided to clean them with what looks like an abrasive material and has took off some of the clear lacquer. where it is missing the alloy is pitting. Gonna have to take them off to do a top clean then try and recoat them myself.

Any tips.

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Re: Wheels
« Reply #1 on: 26 December 2007, 12:44:01 »

Stick some old sh1tty ones on there and put yours in the garage :)
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Re: Wheels
« Reply #2 on: 26 December 2007, 14:28:53 »

give them to a good trustable painter for covering them with 2 coats of colorless lack (the lack must be of hard-tough style)

otherwise will be useless..
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Re: Wheels
« Reply #3 on: 26 December 2007, 14:58:39 »

Send them to me, i will fix them up nicely ;) ;)
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« Reply #4 on: 26 December 2007, 15:23:05 »

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Send them to me, i will fix them up nicely ;) ;)


 ;D ;D
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« Reply #5 on: 26 December 2007, 15:27:57 »

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give them to a good trustable painter for covering them with 2 coats of colorless lack (the lack must be of hard-tough style)

otherwise will be useless..

This is what i was going to do, i will spend next weekend getting them up to top notch then take them to the chap at Melton Mowbray for a spray of clear.

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Re: Wheels
« Reply #6 on: 26 December 2007, 18:04:20 »

i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
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Re: Wheels
« Reply #7 on: 26 December 2007, 18:22:56 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
Car won't move very well without the wheels on  ;D :P
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miggy

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Re: Wheels
« Reply #8 on: 26 December 2007, 18:23:16 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??

I usually do but i thought i would leave them on this time to see how it goes.

 >:( >:(
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« Reply #9 on: 26 December 2007, 18:25:10 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
Car won't move very well without the wheels on  ;D :P


 ;D ;D ;D

I still have my origional CDX wheels but they need tyres.
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« Reply #10 on: 26 December 2007, 18:26:14 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
Car won't move very well without the wheels on  ;D :P


 ;D ;D ;D

I still have my origional CDX wheels but they need tyres.
Good for driving on a railway track then ;D ;D Sorry :-X
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miggy

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« Reply #11 on: 26 December 2007, 18:28:09 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
Car won't move very well without the wheels on  ;D :P


 ;D ;D ;D

I still have my origional CDX wheels but they need tyres.
Good for driving on a railway track then ;D ;D Sorry :-X

No mate the car is the wrong guage, width that is for all you none train spotters ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D. No i aint a train spotter.
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Re: Wheels
« Reply #12 on: 26 December 2007, 22:52:10 »

I had the same issue with my W plate Omega - polished alloys that went white with the salt  :-[

I had them stripped, sanded and repainted with star silver paint to match the car - and they actually looked better than before. :)

But they were only Vx standard ones on my GLS - so not quite so shiney as yours. :P

My top tip - put it in the garage and use the bus until March  :y
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« Reply #13 on: 27 December 2007, 10:25:50 »

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I had the same issue with my W plate Omega - polished alloys that went white with the salt  :-[

I had them stripped, sanded and repainted with star silver paint to match the car - and they actually looked better than before. :)

But they were only Vx standard ones on my GLS - so not quite so shiney as yours. :P

My top tip - put it in the garage and use the bus until March  :y

 ;D ;D ;D ;D, would not know how to use a bus ;D ;D ;D, I was thinking along those lines of having them painted / coated, shame to lose the shine, i will have a go at polishing them myself then take to Melton to get them clear coated.

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Re: Wheels
« Reply #14 on: 27 December 2007, 13:10:23 »

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i thought you usually removed them for the winter??
Car won't move very well without the wheels on  ;D :P


 ;D ;D ;D

I still have my origional CDX wheels but they need tyres.
Good for driving on a railway track then ;D ;D Sorry :-X

someone's in a witty mood ;D ;D :y
« Last Edit: 27 December 2007, 13:10:47 by D4NNY »
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