Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bulldog67 on September 11, 2010, 05:54:58 PM
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The J10 is running 33' muds (which will be for sale once i have stuck the baja claws on) but the wheels arent floatin my boat. So i have just fished out some that I have which will look better (once painted black), but they spent a few years outside when i rescued them and so are v rusty (but solid), so, does anyone know i nice easy way to do them? preferbably not expensive otherwise i may as well replace them (JCS £240 a set). All do i have to resort to manual labour :011:
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if they are steel prob about £30-£40 each to get them shot blasted and powder coated, if alloys then just think money pit :hysterical:
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shoulda said, they steel, was thinkin just bout removin the rust before i slapped on some paint rather than powder coatin etc
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just depends on how many times you wana do it? wire brush and some hamerite will last a year and only need minor touchup if you can be arsed, powdercoat could last 5-10 years depending on
abuse use
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i dont mind the touchin up, its the wire brush im tryin to avoid :003:
i do have a drill attachment tho :icon_super:
and a grinder with a metal sandpaper thing (yup, no idea what its called)
so, there is no magic potion i can apply? :010:
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I would go for the powder coat root as they generally blast them so they are rust free to start with so they will last a lot longer and there are loads of colours /effects you can get now.
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but that is 200 notes, so i may as well go new at 240, or keep lookin at fleabay
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get a price for blasting only, then paint them your self
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Nah - don't do any of it!
Get em galvanised and sealed then they will be a nice grey colour and you can drive through mud, crud AND salt water with out a second thought.
Suppose you could even paint them if you wanted - different colour for each season maybe, or just a nice bloodshot effect to match Saturday morning eyes, just dont rub em down :icon_biggrin:
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go the whole hog and hard annodise them they will look great to start with
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i be lucky here, work has powder coating department and a fair few things have gone thro the ovens as a foreigner :icon_biggrin:
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.................... preferbably not expensive otherwise i may as well replace them (JCS £240 a set)..............
i think with anodizin and galvanisin i may be exceedin the "not expensive" option
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most likely but anodising looks nice and you have a varied colour choice.
wire brush and a tin of hammerite
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found a shotblasters near me who will do £10 a wheel, so im gonna go outside right now and see how far i get in 10 mins, and if i get nowhere, then im taking them off to be done
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bollox :banghead:
first wheel took bout 20 mins to do usin the metal sander attachment on the grinder, so ended up doin the bloody lot, which was inconvenient coz i had 2nd coat of paint to go on
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1st coat of swimmin pool paint is on the wheels, lets see if its uses stretch that far
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if its a rubberized /bitumen paint it could go up in flames literally!
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the man from vosa speaks truth there, brakes get hot
also, regarding the 20 mins hard work, havn't you learnt yet that hard graft put into a jeep makes it more part of you. I put loads of hours into my trucks and i love it, i also know every nut and bolt pretty well and know when something is broken/wrong
have you checked yours since CF, do you know if you broke anything etc
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Very tough, formulated to withstand aggressive interior and exterior conditions including harsh chemicals, oil, salt water, mould and fungus. Suitable for use on iron & steel, non-ferrous metals, concrete, plaster, brickwork and wood.
Non-flammable when dry.
Cheers for the heads up tho :greggmo:
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and nothing broke as far as i can tell, nowt obvious anyway, was a bit creaky for the first 50 miles afterwards but it all seems to have settled back in place :icon_super:
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you been under and checked, always good :icon_winkle:
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o mocaj you a very funny man dood if he looks underneath it means he bni runover :hysterical: :hysterical:
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:hysterical:
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if you were near birmingham then £80 a set to powder coat from city powdercoaters as long as there is no tyres of valves on :icon_super: