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24th Dec 08 at 19:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Liking the new rims mate

Are your sideskirts irmscher ones??
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Thanks, Yep they are Irmscher ones unpainted to match the arch's

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24th Dec 08 at 22:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice wheels. what size's danny?
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they look like 6.5j or 7j to me...

bbs rm's - good choice.
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25th Dec 08 at 01:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
currently 15x6.5 bbs rm's as aron stated.

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They will be really stunning when there done
Have to sort a photo shoot out in the new year!
Oh btw, i sore you the other day and the car sits perfectly now, looks realy nice! I was with my dad at the time and he agrees
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Cheers Mark will deffo get a few photos sorted, also have to pop out for a couple of beers sometime mate.
yeah, dont think it needs to go any lower, like you say i think it site about right looks lowered but still practical.

Got quite a few photos of the wheel refurb so far, spent a lot of time on them already the past couple of weeks so they are looking a little bit fresher now.
First off was to clean & polish the existing BBS rim bolts.. all 120 of them & what a ballache that was.

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The bolts were all covered in dirt, grime, rust & needed a fair bit of work to get them back to their former glory. I could have just bought a new set as they do, gold,chrome,stainless steel etc. but i wanted to keep with the OEM look and re-use the originals.

this is what i had to contend with



As you can see they dont look that great tbh lol the guy i bought the wheels off said he can get them re-chromed for £100!! swiftly decided against that and bought myself some coke for 40p - Tools needed: bolts, coke/pepsi & a tub to put them in.





I left these to soak for 48 hours changing the coke after the'd been in for 24 or so. I drained this off and began drying and wiping the bolts clean Very surprised with how much of the dirt lifted off using a sugary drink lol



Not good enough tho, i wanted some shine so set about using a dremel with a buffing/polishing pad and some G3 compound topped up with Meguires nxt metal polish then rinsed and washed off with a toothbrush to clean in all the ridges.
Done not 100% but they have scrubbed up well, good enough to re-use i think


[Edited on 26-12-2008 by Danny W]

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Looking good mate!! Saw it in Rushden few days ago and is looking awesome. Well jealous.
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Thanks Dan! yep she's getting there.
is that your GSI in your avatar?
swear i've seen a very similar car round rushden, irchester way.



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you thinking of using wider baskets at all? or are you sticking with 6.5j?
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so far i think im sticking with 6.5j for a bit more practicality. I had a look at getting a couple of 1" outers to make them 7j but it looked like i'd run into a few more problems with the arch & lowering

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27th Dec 08 at 12:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
More updates:

I recieved my flat round centercaps today, these replace the 'hex' in the center of the cap



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quote:
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Thanks Dan! yep she's getting there.
is that your GSI in your avatar?
swear i've seen a very similar car round rushden, irchester way.
Yea thats the one mate. GSI replica.
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27th Dec 08 at 18:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Great work on the bolts Bet they were tedious to do

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Dan: Nice from what i've seen of it i like i shall keep an eye out for ya mate.

Haimsey: tedious is an understatement nah it wasn't too bad do a few each night and you soon get through them

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Quick pic to show you the standard centers & the ones i shall be using. I've just put them together but they aren't finished yet, still dirty and still need to sort a colour.





I have also spent a lot of time working on the outers, 2 are finished so will sort the photo's out and post up the progress soon

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Looks much better mate
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i'm liking those centre caps, look really neat!
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Woow! Just noticed the rims. seems theres a few people with great taste on here!

6.5j will look great and transform it . tuck FTW

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haha thanks mate thats the plan, 6.5j .. just enough for a bit of tuck

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More Refurb progress

Outer Rims

As i am re-using the original 0.5 " outer rim they need a fair bit of work to get them looking a bit neater. Years of use has taken its toll and pitted the aluminum the worst areas are around the valve, where the old wheel weights used to sit & areas where the lacquer has chipped.

Pitting/corrosion


curb marks


Rim before


I started off by washing the rim in warm soapy water and scrubbed off all the old dirt/grime. Next is to set up for stripping off the old lacquer, i used good ol nitromoors for this .. harsh lol i recommend you use gloves as it can be quite painful stuff




next was to wash dry and start sanding, to sort out the pitting/curb marks i had to start off with 120 grit paper then onto 240 & as you can see it started to take the marks out.

pitted area:




Next was to work through the grades 120 - 240 - 400 - 600 - 800 wet - 1000 wet - 1200 wet - 1500 wet. The aim here was to make sure you sand out the marks left by the previous grade of paper till you end up with something like this



much better, after working round the rim with G3 i applied Meguires all metal polish and buffed it off with a microfibre cloth, now i feel like im getting somewhere





Next step, work on the baskets


[Edited on 30-12-2008 by Danny W]

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baskets are now cleaned, scotched and ready for a lick of paint .. not 100% decided on a colour yet i do have a couple of ideas but im unsure what would work best, do i go white, silver, grey dark like my current ones..pink shall have to do a few testers and see how they come out.



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Nice Work!

Ild personally keep it simple and have them silver. but grey colour *same as bumper tops* would look cool too.
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Cheers Luke, yep i want to keep the wheels fairly oem but would be nice if they were flashy at the same time. Im currently thinking either re do them in the standard silver or paint the baskets smoke grey to match the car, could look good with a bit of contrast between the spokes/lip

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Spray the baskets Smoke Grey to match the car then polish the face of the spokes, so only the inside edges are painted then laquer the lot!

Making good progress on those so far Danny



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