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Hi,
So far in 5000 miles I've managed not to kerb any of the wheels on my CTR. Think I made it to about 30K before I kerbed my EP3 also, so here's hoping I can keep the new one away from them too.
A few weeks ago I happened on a kerbed wheel for the FK2 on ebay. Might be someone off here, but got it for not much money and thought I'd have a punt at making good someone elses damage.
I wouldn't have liked to try this with a mounted tyre but with a bare rim repair was as follows:
The rim was damaged in 3 areas, mangling the outer portion of the rim into the red area
I then dressed the sharp edges and shaped where it had been pushed into the red area with a needle file.
Then I masked the work area to avoid any further damage during the rebuilding and shaping phase.
First blobbed on layer of chemical metal to start to build up the level of the damaged areas.
Once gone off the shaping started with a DA Sander and the needle files.
Then onto the second lighter layer of chemical metal to seek out the low points.
Then back on to shaping with the DA sander and emery cloth.
Happy with the shape it was time to properly mask the wheel before paint.
Now I know a place where you an still buy cellulose based paints rather than the rubbish acrylic or water based stuff normally available from the usual retailers. Starting with a good coat of high build primer, the repair to the rim is looking pretty good.
I exposed a bit more rim for the top coat to enable me to feather in the new paint avoiding a straight masking tape line.
With the masking tape removed I used autoglym super resin polish to bring up the shine of the new paint and blend in the edges. There is still a lot of dust on the inner wheel from the earlier sanding.
Now to deal with the red stripe.... I did consider masking and spraying this in but in the end decided to apply a vinyl pinstripe. This is the stuff your Dad used to stick on his Cortina in the 80's to make it go faster. 6mm is the size required. Also cut enough to go round the wheel twice and double layer it. Makes it a deeper colour on the newly pained black parts.
And there she blows... unless you get on your knees and stick your nose against the rim, you really cannot tell it's been repaired. Chuffed, just a little.
So far in 5000 miles I've managed not to kerb any of the wheels on my CTR. Think I made it to about 30K before I kerbed my EP3 also, so here's hoping I can keep the new one away from them too.
A few weeks ago I happened on a kerbed wheel for the FK2 on ebay. Might be someone off here, but got it for not much money and thought I'd have a punt at making good someone elses damage.
I wouldn't have liked to try this with a mounted tyre but with a bare rim repair was as follows:
The rim was damaged in 3 areas, mangling the outer portion of the rim into the red area
I then dressed the sharp edges and shaped where it had been pushed into the red area with a needle file.
Then I masked the work area to avoid any further damage during the rebuilding and shaping phase.
First blobbed on layer of chemical metal to start to build up the level of the damaged areas.
Once gone off the shaping started with a DA Sander and the needle files.
Then onto the second lighter layer of chemical metal to seek out the low points.
Then back on to shaping with the DA sander and emery cloth.
Happy with the shape it was time to properly mask the wheel before paint.
Now I know a place where you an still buy cellulose based paints rather than the rubbish acrylic or water based stuff normally available from the usual retailers. Starting with a good coat of high build primer, the repair to the rim is looking pretty good.
I exposed a bit more rim for the top coat to enable me to feather in the new paint avoiding a straight masking tape line.
With the masking tape removed I used autoglym super resin polish to bring up the shine of the new paint and blend in the edges. There is still a lot of dust on the inner wheel from the earlier sanding.
Now to deal with the red stripe.... I did consider masking and spraying this in but in the end decided to apply a vinyl pinstripe. This is the stuff your Dad used to stick on his Cortina in the 80's to make it go faster. 6mm is the size required. Also cut enough to go round the wheel twice and double layer it. Makes it a deeper colour on the newly pained black parts.
And there she blows... unless you get on your knees and stick your nose against the rim, you really cannot tell it's been repaired. Chuffed, just a little.
it's lowered too isn't it?