How to DIY refurb the flakey rims on my polished Azev A 's ?

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Mon May 22, 2006 2:33 pm

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Mon May 22, 2006 3:01 pm

Can anyone tell me the easiest way to DIY on a wheel refurb. In 100k they hav'nt been kerbed :cool: . However the polished rims have nearly all flaked off. I'm dont want to pay the refurb costs because i am sure sorting the rims can not be too much work.

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Mon May 22, 2006 4:05 pm

Firstly get the tyres taken off,then coat the rims with Paint/ lacour remover,each time the paint remover is doing it's stuff,takea stanley type blade and scrape away, repeat untill it's all gone, then i used a stainless steel pan scourer to clean the rim,lean more elbow grease with the metal polish :D
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Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:35 pm

yeh i surpose paint stripper etc would work, it would just be the type of prep required to get a sensible finish

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