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anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:22 pm

a few photos of my latest project , 2 harsh winters and salty road have not been kind to my alloys so a re-spray and new tires

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after i sanded the rot away i had the new tyres fitted only to find the valves were leaking ( bubbles when i wet and dried ) :evil:Image
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i removed the old spath logos and found some gel ford badges from ebay and with a little trimming they fit :DImage
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby g-man » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:29 pm

lookin good 8) just need to re-size the pics now
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby Rumble bee » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:49 pm

I liked them green!
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby Vandalism » Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:49 pm

is the colour gun metal grey?
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:36 pm

yea pritty much gun metal grey :lol: only shiny :D
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby Eggski » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:42 am

Nice van, like the colour, the wheels finish it off well.
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:31 pm

cheers , im looking for some side bars now in black, which i will try and colour match the same as the bumpers . been keeping my eye out for side moldings as well, but they seldom come up on ebay and i'm certainly not paying ford prices .
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby belly » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:48 pm

Good job 8) Fancy painting mine ? :lol:
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby bags » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:07 pm

wow need some for mins now!
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:08 pm

belly wrote:Good job 8) Fancy painting mine ? :lol:

haha pro-bono ? :lol:
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby bigjohnthomas » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:37 pm

soprano1982 wrote:Image


an interesting use of a dogs nail grinder there
is it an oster :lol:
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:24 pm

haha does look like one :lol: cheap dremel type multitool vibrates like buggery :lol:
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby jefel » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:40 pm

soprano1982 wrote:yea pritty much gun metal grey :lol: only shiny :D



More like all grey. its quite cool to see this stuff now a days.

belly wrote:Good job 8) Fancy painting mine ? :lol:


He did a good job. I hope i can replicate his work :)
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby belly » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:41 am

soprano1982 wrote:
belly wrote:Good job 8) Fancy painting mine ? :lol:

haha pro-bono ? :lol:


That's a kind offer :D Where shall I bring them ? :P :lol: Roofrack needs doing the same colour now 8)
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Re: anthracite storm wheel refinish

Postby soprano1982 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:51 pm

lol now thats taking libertys chucking the roof rack in too :lol:
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