Project wheel refurb

Well I've decided to refurb my wheels the best i can as the pitting is preventing a nice mirror finish,so I've got my self a three stage abrasives kit consisting of 180,240,320 grade bars after four hours of work i have got all pitting out with 180 on one wheel centre and I'm happy with the result,I've been using a drill and dremel and using a gross over action which I've found cuts the metal better,i have just started with the 240 grit which is getting the deeper scratching out.I will update progress in a year or so LOL

it takes its time dude... keep at it

Just paint the feckers phil

Haha, not really. I'll defo keep my shades on during the convoys , Bling

LOL i nearly painted the centres grey but i think th lines are best mirror polished so we will see.

mk1g60phill wrote:

LOL i nearly painted the centres grey but i think th lines are best mirror polished so we will see.

i think they will look good in rattle canned matt black tbh...

Big faced wheel + crackle black = awesomeness.
As long as the lip is polished though.

yeah the th lines on pete mcginleys mk3 20vt looked awesome with crackle black centres.

defo not the way to go with your car though phil, polished adl

yeah i wanted to do something different but why change things if your happy with em the way they are.Damm im boreing i have made some little changes in the engine though

Na why fix somethin that aint broke m8

mk1g60phill wrote:

yeah i wanted to do something different but why change things if your happy with em the way they are.Damm im boreing i have made some little changes in the engine though

Do spill the beans then sir

4 hours fook that, i would have painted em if it was me. once there as good as you can get em make sure u wack loads of sealer on them man! got the dishes and bolts to do aswel! will keep u busy i suppose lol keep the pics rolling in mate


just thinking, u must have gone through a few kilos of compound in 4 hours

VW Mike wrote:

mk1g60phill wrote:

yeah i wanted to do something different but why change things if your happy with em the way they are.Damm im boreing i have made some little changes in the engine though

Do spill the beans then sir

Dont worry mike its cosmetic.

curtis_caddy wrote:

4 hours fook that, i would have painted em if it was me. once there as good as you can get em make sure u wack loads of sealer on them man! got the dishes and bolts to do aswel! will keep u busy i suppose lol keep the pics rolling in mate


just thinking, u must have gone through a few kilos of compound in 4 hours

Well it was on and off throughout the day like.I am doing dishes but not the bolts as im buying stainless ones. Little but often with the compound

mk1g60phill wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

4 hours fook that, i would have painted em if it was me. once there as good as you can get em make sure u wack loads of sealer on them man! got the dishes and bolts to do aswel! will keep u busy i suppose lol keep the pics rolling in mate


just thinking, u must have gone through a few kilos of compound in 4 hours

Well it was on and off throughout the day like.I am doing dishes but not the bolts as im buying stainless ones. Little but often with the compound

yeh was going to say mate loads of polish, if your polishing wheels get clogged up, get a metal pole and screw screws in and out the other side, then ram that into the wheel and it gets all the excess polish out, thats what we do at work, trade secret or what ay i have loads of wheels i throw away a day at work dude so if you need any i can sort u some out, or once you have finished and you want a bitching shine come to my work and ile buff them for you, our compound is quite expensive and good shizzle so will bring them up a treat

OK cool what do u use to do the inner corners of the dish i have some cone felt bobs on the way.Does the screw thing work better than a wire brush then? I may take that offer up on the finish ill probs be fed up by then

mk1g60phill wrote:

OK cool what do u use to do the inner corners of the dish i have some cone felt bobs on the way.Does the screw thing work better than a wire brush then? I may take that offer up on the finish ill probs be fed up by then

i use skinny wheels mate, as i use a machine its easier to move the dish around rather than move the polishing wheel around the dish, as the polishing wheels i use if u apply enough pressure they bend. ha ok dude no probs

Well i did some more yesterday and finished with the abrasives and the tree polishes but somewhere i went a little wrong but still the metal quality is loads better i went over it with brown polish tonight and i took the light scratching out so i just need to do more with that.

I had some time to get on with some polishing as im on four days at work now. I went back to 320grit abrasive as was not happy before with the result it looks a bit better now.

u got the pits out dude?

Yeah i got some deep dings out that the lug bar caused in the past and pitting the only problem is i got three more to do i bet you could get the finish up better with the big bench polisher.

Liking the new centres phil

Cheers i had to have em as they were blue

only just saw this thread! looking good fillip