Alloy wheel refurb started

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Qx triple alloy wheel cleaner , did no spray them as just a quick refurb as be back on road Monday.

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This is a side view of the refurbed front and rear original waiting to be refurbed , I thought they looked grey at first but may have been the low light .
Actually look pretty much stock , which I thought looks great .
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[Happy Girl]

Nice work.... Need to get mine done!

[ghost00]

Nice job there Paul, and pretty fast work as well. Gonna have to put up some full pics of the car when you get the rears done.

[OLD DOG NEW TRICKS]

Nice job there Paul, and pretty fast work as well. Gonna have to put up some full pics of the car when you get the rears done.

Cheers Kev . yeah rubbed down with 120 grit then used aluminium filler , 400 grit, primer 2000 grit, base coat , degrease then lacquer, got the third one primered tonight .Ready for basecoat .
So should have them done fully tomorrow , masking is a ball ache but then spraying take minutes .
Full pics tomorrow buddy.

[Ben50n]

I popped wheel nut covers oto my locking nuts by buying some 19mm(?) ones (it was 2mm bigger than the standard vextra ones). Just finishes it off nicely.

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today I resprayed the really bad rear o/s alloy , this had a chunk taken out near one of the dimples making a difficult job , anyway heres pics of the rear o/s amd n/s which is drying overnight before final lacquering .

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£8.99 ebay 5 litre have been using this a lot it's good stuff for the price .
120 grit wet and dry and old paintbrush then wash it off.
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then turned it over did same and let the pressure down
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damaged section and also here as well
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after the o/s wheel had dried from the primer stage it had to be refilled as it was showing a little bit from where the chunk had been taken out , so now it was time to kill 2 birds at the same time and prep the n/s and refill the o/s rear .
O/s rear
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and filed and sanded both .
here is the now repaired n/s rear ready for primer.
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o/s rear now primered
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then base coated.
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and then finally lacquered 20140911_143816.jpg
and reinflated and refitted.
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and the now repaired rear n/s alloy .
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and then primered
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tomorrow finish the n/s rear needs lacquer .
Here is the filler I used loads left £8.99 ebay.
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and 16 new bolts which Wheelbase gave me by mistake when I bought the 17" alloys for the Sierra , fords use nuts and Vauxhall use bolts had them in a bag since 2003 .
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repaired area now good as new
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just base coated
here is the O/S now finished
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Finished photos , all 4 done and refitted , wash down and tyre dressing tomorrow.
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And before
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[GSiFan]

Nice job! Come and do mine!

Paul

[k9vnd]

Stunning diy job on the alloys, I would wait and let the paint settle for a week or two though before dressing the tyre's depending whats being used.