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Offline benno

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Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« on: June 29, 2014, 07:58 PM »
so i got these Z's on a TA i bought and i don't think I've ever seen a set as bad ,
 i thought it would be good to try and save em , and this is what i did .
It turns out they are actually Mike Buffs dated 29/8/84
The first thing i did was scrub the hell out of em to remove the first layer of crap ,
  Then i used a small orbital sander to remove the brake rub and reshape the rim ,
They were quite perished so sanding was the only way , starting with quite rough grades and getting finer each time ,
and although much better they were still discoloured , so as they are only gonna be for show , i got some
white vinyl dye spray and dusted loads of coats on em and they came out great along with new decals .
For the hubs i couldn't find a set of Z hubs and i couldn't find any white NON flip flop hubs ,
so i bought a set of pink suzue hubs from the bay for 20 quid stripped em and etch primed then painted white ,
This was also the first set of wheels I've ever laced and although not perfectly true they are plenty good enough for show .
anyway heres the pics

























« Last Edit: July 06, 2014, 11:06 AM by benno »
It comes out of the ground!

Offline Retrodan72

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2014, 08:01 PM »
Now then Sir, that is a superb job mate, cracking results.  :coolsmiley:


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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2014, 08:06 PM »
Cant beat a good resto  :4_17_5:

Good stuff that vinyl dye and far more hard wearing than you would think  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2014, 08:30 PM »
 :4_17_5:

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2014, 09:05 PM »
That is an absolutely amazing result  :4_17_5:

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2014, 11:42 AM »
Wow they look great.  :4_17_5: Another old skool item saved from the bin.  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2014, 05:28 PM »
Top resto job that they look amazing,not sure those hubs are dead centre though  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2014, 06:27 PM »
 :daumenhoch:  Beltin

Offline wilsey72

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2014, 07:01 PM »
Now THAT is what I call the dogs bollocks!!
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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2014, 07:43 PM »
love a bit of z'd rimmage...top job :daumenhoch:

Offline chubby

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2014, 10:56 PM »
Foooooooookin bob on them fella, crackin resto  :bow:  :bow:
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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2014, 12:16 AM »
They came out great Mike  :4_17_5:

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2014, 03:23 AM »
Great restoration, they look like new  :4_17_5:


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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2014, 06:47 AM »
+1 on all of the above!  :bow:
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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2014, 10:18 AM »
cheers for all your positive comments fellas  :daumenhoch:
It comes out of the ground!

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« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2014, 10:53 AM »
Excellent work.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2014, 02:30 PM »

   Great job there mate -  :)

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Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2014, 05:24 PM »
Top job mate :bow:

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« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2014, 05:39 PM »
They look amazing. Well done!

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« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2014, 05:57 AM »
Cracking!
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