White alloys - update post 20

[Robbo]

about to go to halfrauds now for the gear to spray my alloys..... a few things i want to know though........

when people spray them do you do the inside rim aswell or just the part you can see?

AND ive got some nasty curbage on one of the alloys...... what kind of filler would i use for that? Fibre Glass? p40? (i think its called?)

cheers people.

Rep available obv
:)

[John]

about to go to halfrauds now for the gear to spray my alloys..... a few things i want to know though........

when people spray them do you do the inside rim aswell or just the part you can see?

AND ive got some nasty curbage on one of the alloys...... what kind of filler would i use for that? Fibre Glass? p40? (i think its called?)

cheers people.

Rep available obv
:)

You can spray the inside of the rim if you want its up to you but you need to remove all dirt and prime and make sure its clean then spray

And for the kirbage ordinary body filler will do the job hope.

[Japman]

Id spray inside the rims mate,it would look alot better

[Robbo]

you reckon if i spray the inside though it will take more than 1 can of spray per alloy?

[Vinny_VSX]

When I do mine I spray the whole alloy. No point doing a job half arsed ;)

[Yates]

i never bothered with the inside of mine, but then i went black, and the alloys i picked up to do where black on the inside anyway

what alloys are you doing?

normal body filler should be fine, got a pic of the kerbage? as ive said before i went over them very lightly with the angle grinder and it got rid of all the kerb marks

[Robbo]

i never bothered with the inside of mine, but then i went black, and the alloys i picked up to do where black on the inside anyway

what alloys are you doing?

normal body filler should be fine, got a pic of the kerbage? as ive said before i went over them very lightly with the angle grinder and it got rid of all the kerb marks

only small curbage...... but still needs filling

and standard vts alloys, black car :)

took the alloys off anyways and whacked some steelies on... will look good for fotos at t-park, nice black steelies :panic:


question people...... CBA masking the tyres off etc, is it easy to get the tyres off myself? i can get someone to put them on for me so no worries there, just taking them off am i going to struggle?

[John]

Just buy a set from me

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/SP51JOHNSAXO/DSC00294.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/SP51JOHNSAXO/DSC00293.jpg

[Robbo]

Just buy a set from me

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/SP51JOHNSAXO/DSC00294.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/SP51JOHNSAXO/DSC00293.jpg

not a fan of vtr alloys, sorry mate :)

[John]

Ahh i see you have vts alloys lol ive got another 12 vtrs alloys in silver

[k2thecsaxo]

how come so many mate ???

[John]

keep buying them lol you intersted in a set

[Robbo]

question people...... CBA masking the tyres off etc, is it easy to get the tyres off myself? i can get someone to put them on for me so no worries there, just taking them off am i going to struggle?

any special way to do it or just let the tire down and try and ease it off?

[John]

question people...... CBA masking the tyres off etc, is it easy to get the tyres off myself? i can get someone to put them on for me so no worries there, just taking them off am i going to struggle?

any special way to do it or just let the tire down and try and ease it off?

you will need either a bread breaker and 2 tyre leaver or a tyre changing machine no way you can do it with damaging tyres other wise

[Robbo]

you will need either a bread breaker and 2 tyre leaver or a tyre changing machine no way you can do it with damaging tyres other wise

so i cant just let the tyre down and try and ease a crowbar in there then?

[Yates]

go down to local hi q or somethin ask if they will take them off, that wil be easier and you wont damage the tyres, say to them you will go back there and get them balanced

or if u have a mate who works at a garage im sure he would take them off

[John]

so i cant just let the tyre down and try and ease a crowbar in there then?

Lol nope a crow bar wont even break seal "bead"

[Robbo]

go down to local hi q or somethin ask if they will take them off, that wil be easier and you wont damage the tyres, say to them you will go back there and get them balanced

or if u have a mate who works at a garage im sure he would take them off


its going to cost though, not made of money :(


Lol nope a crow bar wont even break seal "bead"
what does that mean lol? basically it wont work?

[John]

what does that mean lol? basically it wont work?


Nope it wont mate no at all when filled with air the make a seal with the rim which is pretty hard to break you wont manage it with a crow bar easiest to nip to you local tyre centre as will cost more if you fuck a tyre.

[Robbo]

so anyone thats done there alloys white..... what colour did you use and where from... i.e. im going to use "Renault Glacier White" from halfrauds.

anyone fancy putting up a pic and telling me what colour they used?

Cheers :)

[John]

In my pics i used poly truck coat pure white

[Perky]

im on white wheels.... i used citreon white..........

[Robbo]

In my pics i used poly truck coat pure white

nice one mate, just dont want to spray them then realise they look shit or the wrong shade of white


im on white wheels.... i used citreon white..........

you got any pics mate?

cheers

[vipergfx]

robbo tyrespot remove + re-add your tyres for a tenner

[Dan]

I used halfords wheel spray, they sell it especially for wheels. I did my old vts wheels in it and they came out like this.....

Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/vts1.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/vts2.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/danvtr_9/white3.jpg

[djrem]

my whiteys

http://photos-436.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v63/81/114/503085200/n503085200_116436_834.jpg

[VTS_16v_Boy]

I sprayed the Turbo wheels on my XR3i (RSturbo looka-likey) white, It was much easier having the tyres off the wheels.

Make sure you give the wheels a good going over with progressive wet and dry so the paint really has good base to stick to.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i277/turpin2000ad/RSTurbo1.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i277/turpin2000ad/RSTurbo2.jpg

I was well happy with the result of mine, just take your time and make a good job of it and they will come out a ok :y: