wheel refurbs, custom bits pinstriping and more!......

Ok cool i thought you may be a bit busy.

mk1g60phill wrote:

Ok cool i thought you may be a bit busy.

your not in a hurry are yah tho mate?

No m8 ill wait to hear from ya

any idea when spigots will be ready Joe...??

nelds wrote:

any idea when spigots will be ready Joe...??

will let yah no tomo when i run your wheel over to the machine shop dude

Shiny bits and pin striping FTW

Looking good sir

VW Mike wrote:

Shiny bits and pin striping FTW

Looking good sir

why thankyou sir, be your turn soon aye

curtis_caddy wrote:

VW Mike wrote:

Shiny bits and pin striping FTW

Looking good sir

why thankyou sir, be your turn soon aye

my turn for pinstriping

Only shiny bits will be under the engine bonnet and tastefully done

best way mike, im not having many polished parts in my bay i dont think, want it standard lookin g but really clean.


nelds-dans doing your spigot rings tonight and will be ready tomo mate, not bad service as u give me friday ay ha

nice one dude, what's the damage..??

nelds wrote:

nice one dude, what's the damage..??

£40 dude i believe, let me no when yah wonna collect em

it'll be one night this week, i'll let u know

nelds wrote:

it'll be one night this week, i'll let u know

ok amte just picked one up and had a looky, hope they fit ok as i have nothing to test them on as all my running gear on my caddy is off. ooops

can you not slip it onto the hub that you have (even tho its not attached) to check the 57.1 fit. then take it off and slip it into the wheel i left with you...???......i dont wanna travel all the way over to found that they don't fit

any news Joe..?

i got one mate but gonna do it over the weekend if thats ok, its dark once im home so i cant see much. will sort the garage out and slip one on the rear for yah, it fit fit just not sure what the rear edge shouldl ook like. will upload a pic ina mo of some new stuff we doing too so check back later please peeps

righty oh then more progres on a dish, didnt get a before shot unfortinatly! was kurbed most of the way round as you will tell from the pics. looked like it was driven along hard too! massive indent gash in it too, hence a tiny flat spor from that in a small place. anyways all was filed down then weled most of the way round the dish, filed then a softer file then sanded with two different papers, still loads to do but this is the progress after an hour just over.



the golden colour is where the lip has been welded, can see how much it needed due to the amount of kurbing!

filed down





and after filed the sides and had a quick whip over with some sand paper


still couple holes to be filled in but its getting there now, then have so remove all the laquer of the dish then shiney shiney polish time

that last pic is in the wrong place! oops to save me editing, this is how it looks now............

good work there, how many hours in it do you reckon and will it work out cheaper than buying a new dish? What did you do about the outer edge, spin it down on a lathe?

Tiz wrote:

good work there, how many hours in it do you reckon and will it work out cheaper than buying a new dish? What did you do about the outer edge, spin it down on a lathe?

probs looking at half the price tbh dude, special for a 17" dish, 16" rs dish's at 3" wide i see on ebnay for like £180! all sanded by my fine hands and a file mate, can be turned down on the mill if i wanted it perfect and just on a lathe and sand it but wont turn it on just rock it back and forth

goood work joseph! im so prouddddd

Top job mate

cheers guys, will hopefuly get a bit of it polished tomo or early next week, cant wait to compare it to the other rear dish as its nearly as bad as this one was

did you get time to check my spigots Joe ?, I really want to get my Caddy booked in for an MOT

dishes look awesome mate, let me know when ones dun id come av a look