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Number: 3458
From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Tue Sep 2, 2003  10:11 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Wheel Restoration

Body:
My two cents... or at least 1.34 cents Canadian ;)

Best laugh of the week! Thanks, Marq !!
Yes, those GTA wheels were nasty to keep clean.....{What were the
designer's thinking?}

S A N D Y



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "SNP Marq" <infosyssec@i...> wrote:
> Up here in Ottawa, you can take your rims to any GM dealer and they
can send them out for 'refurbishing' back to original spec. Not a
bad deal.
>
> There is a company located in Montreal, Quebec Canada, that has
made quite a name for themselves with their rim restorations. They
charge $75 Canadian per wheel - which is like $50 US per wheel. I
had them refinsihed the lace pattern rims on my GTA ( which is even a
more complicated pattern than the McLaren rim ).
>
> The problem with doing a 'home job' on the painting of the rims is
that you are practically ensuring that you will probably be doing it
again the next spring. I wish I could give you more advice on doing
it yourself, but I figure for the low cost of getting it redone by
rim pros, the time, effort, cost of materials, etc make their charge
quite reasonable for a long lasting, original mint looking end
product.
>
> I don't know if I would ever trust a rim to 'just any paint shop'
though. I believe a lot of bodyshops would be willing to take a
crack at doing it, but frankly most of them do not have the right
tools or equipment to do a 'decent' restoration to 'like new'. They
will probably bead blast the rim, mask it up and spray the puppy.
You might even get lucky and have some kind of clear coat slapped on
it to protect the shiny metal. But if I had my 'druthers' than I
would 'druther' let guys who only work on rim restorations handle the
job ;)
>
> My two cents... or at least 1.34 cents Canadian ;)
>
> Marq
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom G
> To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 7:11 PM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Wheel Restoration
>
>
> Does anyone have any tips for restoring the wheels?
>
> I'm thinking of using a masking marker, like what you
> can use on windows, then spraying them with paint. Has
> anyone tried this?
>
> Also, what have you tried to restore the unpainted
> areas to original luster. Mine are dirty and corroded
> enough that I'm not even sure what original luster IS!
>
> Tom Gentry
> Life is too short for ugly wheels!
>
>
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