DC:51:VE
15-02-2011, 03:32 PM
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Aim: Clean up these for my car
Required: af followed below
Steps: as followed below
Other comments
ok.. i did do this a while ago but thought id share it with a few other peeps...
been a member here since 2008 and still havnt recieved members status which sucks..
ok.. 1st off im going to apologizes for maby not being as discriptive as i could be..
Started off by pulling the wheels apart one by one.. Using the appropriate star key to remove the wheel studs one by one..
They were all Lock Tighted so had to be cracked.. then easyly un-screwed..
also having to be very careful while doing so as the wheels have some sort of silicon joining them.. haha wanted to keep it intact..
after removing all the study we put 4 in.. one at each end of the wheel to hold them together..
Two of the studs got damaged and had to be Grinded off while removing:cry:
ill be buying a donor pair of wheels so i have spare studs and the rest for these..
We then god out the sanding blocks and sanded the inside of the wheels down.. removing the caked up debris.. brake dust, road tar ect...
Pretty grose how wheels this nice were treated so badly..
the 1st wheel *before discovering Anodized coating could be removed by using an over cleaner/Caustic acid*
we sanded for FOUR HOURS TO REMOVE THE COATING..
we sanded by placing the wheel on the tyre changer.. pressing GO and simply holding the foam sanding pads full handed.. from the inside of the wheel all the way out to the lip :)
Starting with the more corse obviously *100 Grit* sanding wet and dry all the way to around 600 grit Jumping threw every differant type of sand paper inbetween and sanding for roughly 15 - 20 mins.. then using the files.. sanding blocks ect to remove the bigger chips from the wheel..
BTW yes i have a fractured hand atm lol..
the 2nd time round we learnt of the caustic acid and its ability to remove Anodizing from wheels, parts ect.. so after handing the wheels down we sprayed them with the oven cleaner.. 1st coat using Easy Off Oven Cleaner
2nd using the home brand stuff from woolies labled Caustic Oven Cleaner
Again.. after giving the wheels a hit with the Oven cleaner we rinsed them down, and begain the big ass process of sanding..
Base Of Operations :D
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01465.jpg
Sleeping In The Back Room..
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01443.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01444.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01445.jpg
Centers And Tyre Remover/Put-er-on-er-er lol
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01486.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01487.jpg
Spraying With Oven Cleaner.. Ft My Bro Inlaw :)
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01468.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01470.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01440.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01441.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01471.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01472.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01440.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01442.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01473.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01447.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01448.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01446.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01449.jpg
Sexy Sexy..
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01467.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01490.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01488.jpg
Aim: Clean up these for my car
Required: af followed below
Steps: as followed below
Other comments
ok.. i did do this a while ago but thought id share it with a few other peeps...
been a member here since 2008 and still havnt recieved members status which sucks..
ok.. 1st off im going to apologizes for maby not being as discriptive as i could be..
Started off by pulling the wheels apart one by one.. Using the appropriate star key to remove the wheel studs one by one..
They were all Lock Tighted so had to be cracked.. then easyly un-screwed..
also having to be very careful while doing so as the wheels have some sort of silicon joining them.. haha wanted to keep it intact..
after removing all the study we put 4 in.. one at each end of the wheel to hold them together..
Two of the studs got damaged and had to be Grinded off while removing:cry:
ill be buying a donor pair of wheels so i have spare studs and the rest for these..
We then god out the sanding blocks and sanded the inside of the wheels down.. removing the caked up debris.. brake dust, road tar ect...
Pretty grose how wheels this nice were treated so badly..
the 1st wheel *before discovering Anodized coating could be removed by using an over cleaner/Caustic acid*
we sanded for FOUR HOURS TO REMOVE THE COATING..
we sanded by placing the wheel on the tyre changer.. pressing GO and simply holding the foam sanding pads full handed.. from the inside of the wheel all the way out to the lip :)
Starting with the more corse obviously *100 Grit* sanding wet and dry all the way to around 600 grit Jumping threw every differant type of sand paper inbetween and sanding for roughly 15 - 20 mins.. then using the files.. sanding blocks ect to remove the bigger chips from the wheel..
BTW yes i have a fractured hand atm lol..
the 2nd time round we learnt of the caustic acid and its ability to remove Anodizing from wheels, parts ect.. so after handing the wheels down we sprayed them with the oven cleaner.. 1st coat using Easy Off Oven Cleaner
2nd using the home brand stuff from woolies labled Caustic Oven Cleaner
Again.. after giving the wheels a hit with the Oven cleaner we rinsed them down, and begain the big ass process of sanding..
Base Of Operations :D
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01465.jpg
Sleeping In The Back Room..
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01443.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01444.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01445.jpg
Centers And Tyre Remover/Put-er-on-er-er lol
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01486.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01487.jpg
Spraying With Oven Cleaner.. Ft My Bro Inlaw :)
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01468.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01470.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01440.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01441.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01471.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01472.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01440.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01442.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01473.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01447.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01448.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01446.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01449.jpg
Sexy Sexy..
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01467.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01490.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/jdmdc2rr/DSC01488.jpg