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ie rims refurb

30 Mar 2013, 08:21

So I bought these ie rims in black from this rim guy Zain,cool guy,got. Excited and decided to refurb it myself since I can spray. Prepd and cleaned and came out great! Paint costed me R70 half litre and I had hardener. Had a compressor and mini spray gun.
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320 grid paper.
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Wiped down with petrol
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done!.jpg
Very proud

Re: ie rims refurb

30 Mar 2013, 08:49

Looks leka!

Re: ie rims refurb

30 Mar 2013, 13:03

Damn man, looks good. Nicely done

Re: ie rims refurb

30 Mar 2013, 16:47

8O hey hey, where's the old rims, those are new

Re: ie rims refurb

30 Mar 2013, 19:49

nice work wayne. still need to have mine refurbed.

Re: ie rims refurb

31 Mar 2013, 08:19

Thanks guys! DIY dj!

Re: ie rims refurb

31 Mar 2013, 10:02

Wayno wrote:Thanks guys! DIY dj!


5th rim has a buckle, so need to have that repaired.

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 07:33

nicely done man,,,

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 07:44

Thanks DV.
@dj- ok cool,wheel works did that to CA's rim dunno howmuch they charged though.

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 09:24

All I can say, is @#%^& nice work buddy. The Rims look brand new.

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 11:23

Very kwaai :respek:

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 11:24

Great stuff wayno..
Now we know to whom we have to go to...!!
Those rims look brand new..

Re: ie rims refurb

02 Apr 2013, 20:23

Was also supprised with how it came out,its a standard issue silver they have and I only used 250ml of the 500ml I bought,the harderner and little thinners makes it more obviously. But I meen if I scratch it I can just go buy again without having to mix it specially so I'm glad for that.

Re: ie rims refurb

05 Apr 2013, 12:18

@dj7 wheelworx charged R450 a rim for buckling when i went there.

think i'm going to DIY my mx6 rims to get them back to original colour. how long did you leave them to dry?

Re: ie rims refurb

05 Apr 2013, 12:41

1Hour in the sun. Baked. Then I could touch them. But left it out all day.

Re: ie rims refurb

05 Apr 2013, 12:43

On the burn outjie

Re: ie rims refurb

05 Apr 2013, 17:34

lekker !

Re: ie rims refurb

09 Apr 2013, 10:05

cool one day it is
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