wheel refurb..largish pics

[angryman]

Having just aquired a second set of league 037's, have set about refurbing them. Will post progress pics if any one wants them

Took one of them into Halfords and sat amongst the paints to find a colour match lmao ............settled on Fiat metallic silver

Had quite a bit of filling in of dings and scrapes to do









The dogs do dahs........

[Peachprformance]

Looking good

Where did you get that Devcon stuff from, I'm just starting on refurbing a set of Super T's at the mo and it looks like just the stuff I'm after

[BigbaRd]

lovely looking alloys, use can use normal filler on alloys without problems if you make sure the surface is heavily keyed for it to grab hold of, might as well use that stuff though if you already have it.

A really nice colour I can recomend is a ford mettalic silver called foxsomething or soemthingfox. Dun my alloys in that, came out nice.

[angryman]

Looking good

Where did you get that Devcon stuff from, I'm just starting on refurbing a set of Super T's at the mo and it looks like just the stuff I'm after

Got it through my work (Precision Engineer) ..... about £8 a pack, but took a bit of tracking down. You can get similar remetal stuff from motor factors ,but the Devcon is an Aluminium putty, so adhears/sets well to alloys and is fooking hard having just been trying to sand it

[angryman]

lovely looking alloys, use can use normal filler on alloys without problems if you make sure the surface is heavily keyed for it to grab hold of, might as well use that stuff though if you already have it.

A really nice colour I can recomend is a ford mettalic silver called foxsomething or soemthingfox. Dun my alloys in that, came out nice.

I sat in Halfords getting strange looks as I *ahem* test sprayed various paints on a wheel. The Fiat silver was almost spot on. As I already have a set of these wheels on the cav, I wanted to get a close match so if I have to use one as a spare (the original reason for trying to get a single one/set of these) then it won't be so noticeable when on.

Only thing is I won't be able to replace the Integral A2 sticker on the spoke

[Benn]

my word....
sure they'll be nice when finished

[wayne451]

Only thing is I won't be able to replace the Integral A2 sticker on the spoke

Any good decal place should be able to make you up a bloody good copy!

[Tom Williams]

have seen liquid metal used for filling gaps in alloys before

[angryman]

Any good decal place should be able to make you up a bloody good copy!

I got new League logo stickers made at Signarama to go on the stainless centre caps I made for the wheels on the car, but that was from a good jpeg off the net. Haven't found one for the integral yet. The ones on the car are good but don't photograph well

[Peachprformance]

Got it through my work (Precision Engineer) ..... about £8 a pack, but took a bit of tracking down. You can get similar remetal stuff from motor factors ,but the Devcon is an Aluminium putty, so adhears/sets well to alloys and is fooking hard having just been trying to sand it

Cheers for the info mate. I think i know where I can get some now

[swinny_015]

No offence or anything , but is it really worth doing

[angryman]

No offence or anything , but is it really worth doing

Errrrrrrr......yes

[swinny_015]

Errrrrrrr......yes

I know they will look good when there good. Was just wondering about how much time it will take you to do them/cost etc

[Peachprformance]

I know they will look good when there good. Was just wondering about how much time it will take you to do them/cost etc

For me it's just the time (4 or 5 hours) and the cost of the filler, my local body shop is then going to paint the wheels for me for £20 as long as i have done the prep work. They've done a fair bit of work for me so they just want me to cover the cost of the paint and thinners.

[angryman]

I know they will look good when there good. Was just wondering about how much time it will take you to do them/cost etc

Time.........as long as it takes..........no rush
Cost £50 wheels + Devcon I already had + Primer (3 large cans of Grey @ £11.98, Halfords buy 2 get one free, )
Paint 2/3 cans + Laquer
Under £100

[swinny_015]

Time.........as long as it takes..........no rush
Cost £50 wheels + Devcon I already had + Primer (3 large cans of Grey @ £11.98, Halfords buy 2 get one free, )
Paint 2/3 cans + Laquer
Under £100

Doesnt sound too bad really. Are they expensive to but brand new

[Peachprformance]

Approx £300-£400 for a set of 17 inch alloys without tyres

[angryman]

Doesnt sound too bad really. Are they expensive to but brand new

These are not available any more...............searched for ages...........was well pleased to get them

[swinny_015]

Approx £300-£400 for a set of 17 inch alloys without tyres

well worth it then, hope to see the finished product

[Peachprformance]

well worth it then, hope to see the finished product

Well this is what they were like \/



I'll post some piccies up of the prep and what they turn out like.

P.S. Sorry angryman didn't mean to hijack your thread

[angryman]

Well this is what they were like \/



I'll post some piccies up of the prep and what they turn out like.

P.S. Sorry angryman didn't mean to hijack your thread

No worries.......lets hope the tyre fitters don't feck em up when we get them done

[Peachprformance]

No worries.......lets hope the tyre fitters don't feck em up when we get them done

Mmmm, any hammering rim weights on instead of using stick on weights gen?

[angryman]

Short update for those interested...............fecking hard stuff to sand is that Devcon

One wheel now at the primer stage

[Mazz]

Looks good, nice work

[Byron]

Super work there...should look ace once there all done.