A little side project for me, i bought these wheels from Tommy a few weeks ago, super rare Veilside Andrews 3 piece split rims, 4 and 5 stud fitment, very classy but looking a bit sorry for themselves.
Anyway i knew the resto wasn't going to be cheap, but wheels like these need to be saved.
Work started with a full stripdown, which took hours! The split rim bolts were so badly corroded and seized, but eventually all 160 of them came out!
After shotblasting i treated them to a 4+1 highbuild primer coat, this takes out all dimples left over from the shotblasting and leaves the surface as a blank canvas...
Today i started the painting process and gave them a quick basecoat black covering, tomorrow i will lay a black 2k over this to make them pop.
The rim dishes have been sent away to a professional wheel restorer, i could do them myself but it's so time consuming and time is something i just don't have these days, sometimes it is just easier and more cost effective to outsource certain jobs. Imoc member "cardhore" restores wheels for a living, his workmanship is second to none...
An example of his work...
So my four dishes have had curbing dings welded and refaced, then polished to a mirror finish, they are due back anyday now.
I am going for gold bolts, to contrast against the mirror dishes and the black spoke centres....
Final rebuilding will happen next week sometime, i'm looking forward to seeing them completed, as to what i'm going to do with them i have no idea, they now owe me the national debt of Greece, so might keep them as a backup set for the 2gr Mk1.
More to come.
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Originally Posted by snowtigger
