Wheel refurbing ............... DIY Styleeeeeeeeeee

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:55 pm

Well went up home at the weekend so one of my mates could get my car on the ramps and give it a good service

So i went at it and refurbed his wheels for him

I just wish id taken before pics to show you the difference!! The lacquer had peeled and the lips were brown, pitted and scored looked absolutely disgusting and chris was getting hacked off with the car, (it hadnt been washed since last year when he bought it!!)

Started out with the nitromoors, then out with the scraper, onto 400 600 800 and 1200 grit sand papers then out with the PC and cutting paste

Final step was PC and metal polish then a couple coats of lacquer

Hes going to send the centres away for powder coating and theyll be done

anyway, i spent all day yesterday doing these so be nice

lol

Split, polished and centre sat back in on tyre machine

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:00 am

That looks really good, top work!

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:05 am

They look great! Just needs some new VW caps now...I have a brand new set Â£20 if you want them?

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:05 am

ill let chris know, think he was going to go for some black bbs centres, see what hes saying

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:16 pm

absolutely cracking mate!

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:55 pm

top dog mate look alright it takes forever rubbing down the rim i got the hump after 3 so i got spit & polish to do the other 2 i cheated lol

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:39 pm

I was pleasently surprised, wasnt as much work as i thought they would have been, we were only planning doing one but after seeing the result the others were off the car pretty quick

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:41 pm

these loook awesome mate, i think mine need doing during the summer when i get my 16"'s on in the summer

only wish i could have seen these before you did it

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:43 pm

Is ir a reasonably easy task to do yourself?

Or do you need alot of experience and need to know exactly what your doing?

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:33 pm

Chris doesnt have a before photo, im kicking myself now

And i didnt find them dificult mate, first time ive done anything like that, just did my homework and read other people guides and that

I really like working on car related stuff and trying things myself, my advice is give it a bash, if they need done then theres no harm at all having a try and i dont mind helping out if you need to ask anything, pretty limited in what i know but if i can help

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:53 pm

The DIY guide by bstardchild is very useful on refurbing RXII's.

And having done a couple of sets myself, I'd say its pretty easy.

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:02 pm

Yeah agree with redline, i read that guide, pretty handy

I cant wait to get in and do my 16" RX11's think i will polish the lip after all and have the centres done properly

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:38 pm

Redline wrote:The DIY guide by bstardchild is very useful on refurbing RXII's.

And having done a couple of sets myself, I'd say its pretty easy.

Alot of the links to the pics are broken

, I get the general idea though,

It's not something I need to know or do, just broadening my knowledge!

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:21 pm

the main thing i would say is don't rush take your time. ive got a few pics of mine before and after will try find them,