Z Rims **now finished** for my adidas build.

[deeman]

You should lace them with blue and white spokes,A third blue,a third white,a third blue,a third white and so on so you end up with a 3 spoke effect.would look cool

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Rims look real nice but dont lace with white spokes mate as it'll look like a Clowns bike 

  sorry, they're going to be white

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

I was offered these z'ds and passed them up as I wanted to dye them blue, they looked too good to mess with them

The sun is shining on them in the photo, making them look whiter than they were.

[pickle]

I thought all 'white' Z rims were an off white colour 

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

I thought all 'white' Z rims were an off white colour 

Maybe...? - mine are the first set in white that i've seen in the flesh so can't compare to anything else

[NORTY40]

Turned out nice them Andy 

They did look like they came up nice and white in the pics , could have done with them for my Haro sport 

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Rims look real nice but dont lace with white spokes mate as it'll look like a Clowns bike  

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Clowns bike or not, they're finally done  

[dp and Chopper Dude]

Looking great  What type and colour dye did you use?

[Retrodan72]

They look great Andy, I would have replaced the ACS decals with Adidas ones of my build.

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Looking great  What type and colour dye did you use?

Royal Blue Rit. Got them off ebay, and used 5 packets to do these 2 rims. Took about 3 hours in total. I previously tried it using Dylon madonna blue dye, but it was a failure.

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

They look great Andy, I would have replaced the ACS decals with Adidas ones of my build.

Thanks Dan, I thought about that too. I think as these are my first and only set of zeds, I wanted to put the correct logos on them. I may change them at some point (when they rub off!),  and get some adidas ones made up. See you in Chester - hope you can still make it

[brummie]

I thought all 'white' Z rims were an off white colour  

they did white rob, i have a set for my haro sport
mike buffs came off white

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

I thought all 'white' Z rims were an off white colour  

they did white rob, i have a set for my haro sport
mike buffs came off white

That will explain why they weren't white when I got them then! 

[Chromo Buzz]

Those Zed's look bang tidy fella   Out of interest what size length are the white spokes and where did you purchase them from?  As i have some lavender Zed's i wanna build up with white spokes, any help much appreciated

Buz

[Jaan]

Nice job, when will the bike be finished? 

[dp and Chopper Dude]

Looking great  What type and colour dye did you use?

Royal Blue Rit. Got them off ebay, and used 5 packets to do these 2 rims. Took about 3 hours in total. I previously tried it using Dylon madonna blue dye, but it was a failure.

I'm going to have a go at dying a set of acorns baby blue and I was going to use dylon madonna blue. Have you got any pictures of how it went?

[GavinDavis]

Spot on  ....They look great!!

[spyderpit13]

the look sweet those and, its a nice colour scheme, i have it on my robo.  who biult them up for ya fela???

[Taipan]

In all honesty the white spokes on the blue rims looks far better than the orange did 

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Those Zed's look bang tidy fella   Out of interest what size length are the white spokes and where did you purchase them from?  As i have some lavender Zed's i wanna build up with white spokes, any help much appreciated

Buz

I used 192mm spokes in a 3 cross pattern, but they were slightly too long on one wheel. 190's might be better. I bought rhe spokes and nipples on ebay from a seller based in Taiwan. Here's the listing for the spokes
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEWSONSPORTEC-CUSTOM-LENGTH-STAINLESS-14G-SPOKES-WHITE-COLOR-/170995046274?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d0195782

and the nipples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEWSONSPORTEC-150-white-aluminum-spoke-nipples-for-bike-parts-16mm-/170996457860?pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27d02ee184

Basically, just contact them using the contact seller option and tell them how many spokes and nipples you need, and what length. They make the spokes to whatever length you want, and you can order how ever many you need. The same with the nipples. Ask for a price, and they will send you a paypal invoice. Postage was about £3, and they arrived in under a week. Excellent service, and I would recommend them

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

Looking great  What type and colour dye did you use?

Royal Blue Rit. Got them off ebay, and used 5 packets to do these 2 rims. Took about 3 hours in total. I previously tried it using Dylon madonna blue dye, but it was a failure.

I'm going to have a go at dying a set of acorns baby blue and I was going to use dylon madonna blue. Have you got any pictures of how it went?

Hi, no I don't. I think the problem was that the small pots of dylon seem to contain less dye that a packet of rit, hence the concentration will be lower using dylon. I'm sure that dylon WILL work, but you'd have to buy a fair few pots of it. Madonna blue is the colour you want though. Personally I wouldn't use dylon again, plus it's becomming increasingly difficult to find the small pots as I think they have been discontinued. You can now only buy multi purpose dylon in large containers costing about £50. I would only use rit in future. You could use royal bue rit, just keep a close eye on how long you leave them in for so the shade dosn't go too dark. Or you could use aquamarine, but i don't know if that would be too light. Bear in mind that any colour will appear darker by a shade or two when the mags are wet. The colour will appear lighter once they have dried. Here's the rit colour chart

http://www.ritdye.com/store/

I buy my rit dye on ebay.

[dancetothedrummersbeat]

the look sweet those and, its a nice colour scheme, i have it on my robo.  who biult them up for ya fela???

Have tried a few times to lace my own, but with varying results. Didn't want to mess these up, especially as the spokes & nipples came from Taiwan, so I took them to a local bike shop. They charged £40 to lace & true them, but is was worth it as they did a great job

[Retrodan72]

the look sweet those and, its a nice colour scheme, i have it on my robo.  who biult them up for ya fela???

Have tried a few times to lace my own, but with varying results. Didn't want to mess these up, especially as the spokes & nipples came from Taiwan, so I took them to a local bike shop. They charged £40 to lace & true them, but is was worth it as they did a great job

That's about the going rate a LBS will charge for wheel building.

[Badbaldie]

look awsum them Andy