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Sep 12th, 2020, 09:02 | #171 | |
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The Virgo wheels on the RB had already been powder coated (a nice grey colour) by the PO (I don't know how long ago), they look very smart indeed and the finish seems to be most durable. Just an idea: if your 14" Torslanda alloy wheels are otherwise in good condition then £160 might be a good investment compared with buying a replacement 15" set? Alan Last edited by Othen; Sep 12th, 2020 at 09:09. Reason: Addition. |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 09:03 | #172 |
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I bought one of these sets of scrubbing brushes that go on a drill and the toilet brush one is excellent for cleaning wheels- although I have 5 spoke wheels so the brush can fit in-between the spokes easily.
If you can find a smaller version of the same thing it would probably work well on your wheels. Cheers |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 12:28 | #173 |
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THB I think refurbing the wheels on a Tors is not really worthwhile. It's not world ending, they do the job.
Whilst I had the wheel off I noticed a small bit of the underseal on the arch peeling away, so picked up some underseal this morning. No point in doing half a job, so Grace has her bum in the air on the driveway, both rear wheels off. I figured I'd do it properly, so off with the mudflaps, which led to broken rusted screws etc etc. A quick job yes!! I'm breaking for lunch now after drilling out and fitting rivnuts to re-secure the mudflaps when I'm done. |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 19:01 | #174 | |
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I've got the Scorpius wheels on my 1991 SE - they were a factory option, and in my view the most elegant of the alloys. Generally I'd prefer traditional steel wheels with chrome caps and rimbellishers. On a general point I thought alloys were meant to be alloy coloured - ie highly polished bare metal lacquered to stop them rusting? They usually end up patched up with filler and silver paint because of the expense of proper restoration with metal spraying, re-grinding and polishing. |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 19:19 | #175 | |
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I look out of the window as I write this and can see BMW (4 of them), Ford, Nissan, Volvo and VAG (my Skoda) cars parked in the street and on drives - all with factory painted wheels. The only one can I can think of in the street with polished and lacquered wheels is my Porsche - so I think it is just down to the manufacturer (and most seem to paint their alloy wheels). The issue I had with the Skoda Superb is that the factory do not paint the inside of the wheels or the inside of the rims. With all the VAG cars corrosion seems to start inside the wheels on the unpainted part. Not painting the inside of the rims led to an extremely slow puncture in one of the Trilogy wheels - which was completely solved when I had them powder coated all over. I have no idea whether the RB's Virgo wheels were painted from the factory, but I suspect the powder coating was not original - someone will know whether the Virgo wheels were painted from the factory. I have no dog in this fight: in my experience (of one Skoda and one Volvo 240) I have found powder coating to be a really good finish that looks smart, is easy to clean, much more durable (than just lacquer or paint) and makes alloy wheels very airtight. It is pretty cheap as well. Alan Last edited by Othen; Sep 12th, 2020 at 19:21. Reason: Grammar. |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 19:36 | #176 | |
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Hello Clifford. David's experience trying to strip Volvo Omega wheels back to bare metal to be lacquered found these wheels had filler apparently from new. I guess there would be less scope for the makers to use filler on Scorpius. Regards. . |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 21:12 | #178 |
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She's back on her wheels. I fancy a set of Adharas, they look nice, easy to clean too.
I'll look to get the front suspension arm done next week, I think after that I'll aim to get the heated seats working. At some point I may get some work done on my actual project car! |
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Sep 12th, 2020, 21:38 | #180 | |
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Adharas. Like this? https://i.imgur.com/Gaz2pi3.jpg?1 Should be easy to clean. . |
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