RS allies

[c1arke]

i got a set of RS allies and i was thinking i like the polished with black insert. is it possible and if ye haw hard is it to do this myself and haw??

[Muttley MK2]

Most examples of these wheels are diamond cut on the face and then polished. The polished bit is then masked of and the rest painted. You could do this to you wheels yourself but it would be a long and tedious process. You would have to rub down the rough casting in increasinlgy finer wet or dry paper till it was smooth and then start to polish it. Very hard work!! I did this myself on my bandit m/cycle wheels and it took a week per wheel! Best of luck mate

[c1arke]

there no like grinder or drill attachment to get them smoothe and like a good rubbing then spray then lack-er

[m1c]

you can get drill attatchments but i doubt it do a good job. if you have plenty of time to do it then go buy a dremel plenty on ebay and in hardware stores/hobby shops.

 

im gonna do it eventually an use a thin layer of engine paint in the inserts wont be profesional but it cant look any worse than it does now

[Trevmk3]

i have a set that i need to start at some point, then another set might rub them down myself then find a company to polish them. there was a thread on this last month with a few places that do this if anyone fancys searching the archive

[antz]

i used paint stripper to get the paint off adn back to metal. then some good old tcut and auto sol every week they were very nice but a bugger to keep clean!

[Vista]

You'll be there for ever trying to make a really good job of polishing them yourself.

 

I used paint stripper (Nitromorse I think) to get all the old paint of mine, then took them to a local metal polishing firm and got them machine polished for £20 a wheel. Brought them home and masked them up and painted them myself.

 

before (the one on the right)

 

 

After

 

[antz]

vistas idea sounds better than mine used to take me forever to shine my wheels every week but they did look smart! got fed up in the end and went for steels

 

vistas idea is a good-un though

[Trevmk3]

Ant find that thread i was on about will you, you always seem to have lots of spare time

[antz]

Ant find that thread i was on about will you, you always seem to have lots of spare time

 

what me?..spare time?....bag of it matey

[Muttley MK2]

When you have polished and painted your wheels spray them with clear laquer I use a petrol resistant type. This will stop the bare ally oxidising and they will stay shiny!!!

[Trevmk3]

thought so do you remember the thread or was i dreaming it

[antz]

thought so do you remember the thread or was i dreaming it

 

i have no iea what your on about

 

 

laquering them is a good idea! i never did mine and they pitted in winter from the salt and shit. had to rub them up again and it took forever!

[Trevmk3]

think im going to get some of that stripper then try and find a polisher nearby, then paint and laquer (cheers for the tip mr whizz )

[flyingbanana]

i used a drill and polishing mops + compounds....1st one is before and 2nd one is after

 

[Trevmk3]

they look good nana mate

[c1arke]

i used a drill and polishing mops + compounds....1st one is before and 2nd one is after

 

 

WAYYYY NARNA TO THE RESCUE AGNE thanks mate that's the type of thing i was looking for wat you use?? and how long it take??

 

and thanks vista but i don't no of any metal polishing places up hear in crap north wales and i cant be assed looking and want the pride of going "i did that"

[flyingbanana]

i used metal polishing compounds with different type of mops...they are on fleebay but they only seem to have the small bars which dont last no more than 5 mins......some thing like these

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canning-polishing ... dZViewItem

 

they look like the big bars but not 100% sure....when i find the details for the co i brought mine from ill pm it to you,you will also need the mops....only took a day to do 4 wheels......but i also cleaned and re-painted the inside of the wheels has well

[c1arke]

all 4 in 1 day kool and RSes are less than that and i got to do 5 and i want to lacquer then as well

[flyingbanana]

oh mk1-xflow is the co you were thinking about

 

http://www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/

 

if i recall £50 a wheel

[capriaddict]

Or you could buy a set allready done

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=

[Trevmk3]

oh mk1-xflow is the co you were thinking about

 

http://www.pristinealloywheels.co.uk/

 

if i recall £50 a wheel

 

there was a full thread about this, but dont recall seeing that place, someone from round notts r somewhere got them polished for about £20 a wheel or something

[c1arke]

Or you could buy a set allready done

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=

 

the trading thing looks quite good

 

ye their nice but wat i do with my old ones and i want a black and white car

 

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