18" monza refurb

[v2brett]

hi all, i had a spare wheel which was badly corroded due to being dropped which chipped the lacquer and caused this;


so then i masked the wheel, and carefully applied paint stripper


after cleaning and neutralising the wheel i then sanded it, starting with 800 wet and dry working up to 1500. after the 1500 i used autosol metal polish and this was the result,



hope this helps anyone planning on a wheel refurb. i have lacquered the wheel now and it looks excellent, i amazed myself with the results

[182_blue]

Looks very good , does it match the others ?, or did you do the same to all 4

[SteveP]

^^^ Wow Brett that's great work  

[Top Cat]

WoW your going to be popular on here.  
I can see red robins little nose twitching already.   thats going to be a good fix me thinks to a big problem.

[v2brett]

cheers guys, it took around 6 hours so its time consuming. ive just had 3 new wheels fitted under warranty so ill post some pics with this 1 next to them for a comparison.  any queries just ask

[Greeners]

Nice work there fella! Makes sense as from what I've seen the whiteworm issue is with the laquer, so removing it and re-applying should do the trick! 

[T88OMM]

Thats a great job there. Dont think I would have the balls to give that a go but im sure this thread will be very useful to other forum users 

[billyboy]

thats what ive been toying with but changing to black inserts, has the CD DISC effect been lost
billy

[Top Cat]

thats what ive been toying with but changing to black inserts, has the CD DISC effect been lost
billy

Do you mean the diamond cut face. 

[v2brett]

thats what ive been toying with but changing to black inserts, has the CD DISC effect been lost
billy

it has slightly but all sanding was done following the lines on the wheel so it didnt effect it that much

[billyboy]

thats what ive been toying with but changing to black inserts, has the CD DISC effect been lost
billy

Do you mean the diamond cut face. 

yeah diamond cut is wot i meant, CD DISC also works to get across, i love the side view of these wheels with the sun/night lights catches the blue (if thats right) CD DISC effect shine, cool
billy

[RedRobin]

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Wow!! I'm impressed! My Monza's are now as bad as yours, but 6hrs x 4 of the sort of manual labour I'm cr@p at isn't realistic for me. Great for someone else though - A very useful post 

[Abz001]

Just came across this thread and im very interested, so im going to give it a shot - not tried nothing gained 

[bodger00]

Good work, it's amazing what a bit of wet and dry can do and bucket loads of patience

[neiller]

What sort of paint stripper was used here ? Any1 any ideas

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