had a go at refurbing the lip on my wheels

[waynos 0]

the back alloys have recieved some stone chips in the last few months and they started to turn into some thing worse!

 

 

after seeing this, i wanted to give up and get new wheels, but i thought why not try and repair it. so i got rubbing with some wet and dry paper. after that some brasso and a polishing rag gave me this

 

 

i could have gone further but i didnt want the wheel to be shinier than the others on the car. i used some silcone removal spray from halfords to clean up the crap the metal polish left ( you cant see it but when you look at the rag after you will thank yourself for doing it!) it should also give a good clean surface for the laquer to adhere to.

 

 

heres a pic of the wheel masked up and ready to spray (which i havent got round to as it decided to feckin rain!)

 

[VR6 South 0]

Nice work.

[AB 0]

I will second that, good work

[Nuggit 0]

If the weather holds, you've inspired me to do this to mine tomorrow... Excellent job!

[will 2 0]

very neat, how long did it take you

[Azz turbo 0]

thats really good work fella. might have to try that myself.

[waynos 0]

its not as difficult as it looks, to be honest the masking was the fiddliest job!

 

took me about an hour to get the lip gleaming again. Just take your timeand try to keep the sanding motion circular if you know what i mean, that way you wont see random scratch marks when you polish it up

[djmac56 0]

very smart fella! I'm considering some polished wheels for the summer for my car.