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saudivette

saudivette

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Here's the idea I've been toying with for a while. I had some of those cheap arse Chinese chromed pot metal (read shit) spinners on my wheels. I liked the look but the damn things corroded away in about 18 months. I bought a new set of the same ones but clear powder coated them before I did anything with them - hopefully that'll stop them dissolving again!

Ages ago, I found the CE wheel centers on eBay - advertised as "Collector car hub cap badges". From memory, I was the only bidder and got them for $20 and they're brand new, never been fitted to a wheel!

So, after drilling a couple of holes in each spinner, I mounted the "badges" and I reckon they look ok :thumbs:

And yes I know the rims need polishing - that's this weekend's job...

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Looking good there Wayne :thumbs: I have been using clear pc on a lot of my alum parts,it protects them and makes clean up a cinch :smash:
 
saudivette said:
Here's the idea I've been toying with for a while. I had some of those cheap arse Chinese chromed pot metal (read shit) spinners on my wheels. I liked the look but the damn things corroded away in about 18 months. I bought a new set of the same ones but clear powder coated them before I did anything with them - hopefully that'll stop them dissolving again!

Ages ago, I found the CE wheel centers on eBay - advertised as "Collector car hub cap badges". From memory, I was the only bidder and got them for $20 and they're brand new, never been fitted to a wheel!

So, after drilling a couple of holes in each spinner, I mounted the "badges" and I reckon they look ok :thumbs:

And yes I know the rims need polishing - that's this weekend's job...

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They look SAND blasted.:quote:
 
You may need more than a weekend to clean those wheels up! :tomato:

How about a set of cones too???? Cover up the bolts and give it the fuax knock off look?
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BRUTAL64 said:
saudivette said:
Here's the idea I've been toying with for a while. I had some of those cheap arse Chinese chromed pot metal (read shit) spinners on my wheels. I liked the look but the damn things corroded away in about 18 months. I bought a new set of the same ones but clear powder coated them before I did anything with them - hopefully that'll stop them dissolving again!

Ages ago, I found the CE wheel centers on eBay - advertised as "Collector car hub cap badges". From memory, I was the only bidder and got them for $20 and they're brand new, never been fitted to a wheel!

So, after drilling a couple of holes in each spinner, I mounted the "badges" and I reckon they look ok :thumbs:

And yes I know the rims need polishing - that's this weekend's job...

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3548fc53722c110.jpg

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They look SAND blasted.:quote:
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Well, I guess they are :lol:


blckslvr79 said:
You may need more than a weekend to clean those wheels up! :tomato:

How about a set of cones too???? Cover up the bolts and give it the fuax knock off look?
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Maybe a weekend per wheel? :eek:h:

Probably sounds a bit weird, but I don't like the cones on there. Got new lug nuts coming and I'm going to paint the center of the wheel black and maybe the spinner extension...
 
SmokinBBC said:
Cool looking skull peeking through the wheel.:)
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That's was my son's input. I had stencils made so I could pc crossed flags on the rear calipers but it all turned to shit so my young bloke suggested a mean looking skull. He puts in nearly as much time as me on the BOSS so I thought he was entitled to have his way (some times!) :lol:

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Did I mention B4 that I like those...well if I did, it's worth saying again...that's some cool work:thumbs:
 
Hi

Probably sounds a bit weird, but I don't like the cones on there. Got new lug nuts coming and I'm going to paint the center of the wheel black and maybe the spinner extension...

Well, I don't like spinners with too obvious wheel mount nuts .
Looks kind of pimped.

The cones really make this wheel look like real center mounts with the spinners.:thumbs:

Great idea.

Rgds. Günther
 
Wesch said:
Hi

Probably sounds a bit weird, but I don't like the cones on there. Got new lug nuts coming and I'm going to paint the center of the wheel black and maybe the spinner extension...

Well, I don't like spinners with too obvious wheel mount nuts .
Looks kind of pimped.

The cones really make this wheel look like real center mounts with the spinners.:thumbs:

Great idea.

Rgds. Günther
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Ok, that's fine. We all like different things...
 
Hi

Yes, and this is what makes this hobby so versatile.

By the way, I forgot to say that I like your spinners. ;)

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Also the wheel nuts are visible on through my spoke wire rims, they aren't as much as on your alloys.

Have fun. Günther
 
saudivette said:
These spinners are chrome plated but after I put the clear pc on, they came out with a brushed aluminium look :confused:
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I've done a lot of parts in the chrome powder and ended up with the same results. Looks great until I clear it then it gets the satin look once the clear is applied:cussing:
 
I finally finished polishing the damn rims. They really had the shit beaten out of them and they all took some serious polishing - there's still a few small dings here and there on all 4 but if I'd tried to remove them all, I don't think I would have had much of the rims left!

The rim centers were really scratched a banged up and I really couldn't be arsed trying to polish those parts up too so I masked them up and painted them black. With new lug nuts on each wheel and the spinners mounted, I reckon they look pretty good now :thumbs:

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Those wheels look really nice,good work there Wayne. i need to get after mine again,so much work,so little time :zzz:
 
Did you install those in case you have an encounter on the freeway with the Joker?
 
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