Alibro
Well-Known Member
Been busy last few days refurbing wheels.
On Wednesday I took four old Freelander wheels to the tyre shop to get new tyres fitted. I've never been that happy with the Nissan Leaf tyres as they are kind unforgiving, give the car a firm ride and I feel every bump.
I had set the four aside a few months ago as they were the best of bunch, the rest went to the scrap metal place and fetched £15 each after paying to have the tyres removed.
As soon as the tyres came off the tyre fitter advised the wheels needed refurbed so after an hour with the wire wheel on a grinder and a few more hours with 400 grit wet and dry this is the undercoat.
Two quid a tin from Home bargains so I cleaned out the local store then drove to another and cleaned them out too.
It is a bit thin but still did the job.
This is it with alloy wheel paint. Home bargains also sell this for £2 but I already had a few tins of the Autoglym brand. From what I've seen any alloy wheel paint will be fine, you don't need to pay extra for branded but I already had it so...
Of course I was pretty much finished the four when I remembered I should probably do the spare. It has a decent tyre on it already
so I got the masking tape out and got it done.
I plan to mix 2K lacquer to give the toughest possible finish so wanted everything ready. I'm rubbish at spraying with a spray gun so want to ensure everything is as ready as possible.
The other job done was to fit the rubber bobbins to the PS pump.
It only took 10 minutes or so and the difference is surprising, much quieter now.
These are the ones I ordered.
On Wednesday I took four old Freelander wheels to the tyre shop to get new tyres fitted. I've never been that happy with the Nissan Leaf tyres as they are kind unforgiving, give the car a firm ride and I feel every bump.
I had set the four aside a few months ago as they were the best of bunch, the rest went to the scrap metal place and fetched £15 each after paying to have the tyres removed.
As soon as the tyres came off the tyre fitter advised the wheels needed refurbed so after an hour with the wire wheel on a grinder and a few more hours with 400 grit wet and dry this is the undercoat.
Two quid a tin from Home bargains so I cleaned out the local store then drove to another and cleaned them out too.
It is a bit thin but still did the job.
This is it with alloy wheel paint. Home bargains also sell this for £2 but I already had a few tins of the Autoglym brand. From what I've seen any alloy wheel paint will be fine, you don't need to pay extra for branded but I already had it so...
Of course I was pretty much finished the four when I remembered I should probably do the spare. It has a decent tyre on it already
so I got the masking tape out and got it done.
I plan to mix 2K lacquer to give the toughest possible finish so wanted everything ready. I'm rubbish at spraying with a spray gun so want to ensure everything is as ready as possible.
The other job done was to fit the rubber bobbins to the PS pump.
It only took 10 minutes or so and the difference is surprising, much quieter now.
These are the ones I ordered.
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