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benno
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900 Air
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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
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Retrodan72
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June 29, 2014, 08:01 PM »
Now then Sir, that is a superb job mate, cracking results.
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oldschoolace
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June 29, 2014, 08:06 PM »
Cant beat a good resto
Good stuff that vinyl dye and far more hard wearing than you would think
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Gashead
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animal
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June 29, 2014, 09:05 PM »
That is an absolutely amazing result
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BMX1973
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June 30, 2014, 11:42 AM »
Wow they look great.
Another old skool item saved from the bin.
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bigfatolly
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June 30, 2014, 05:28 PM »
Top resto job that they look amazing,not sure those hubs are dead centre though
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Badbaldie
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wilsey72
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July 01, 2014, 07:01 PM »
Now THAT is what I call the dogs bollocks!!
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rollin72
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July 05, 2014, 07:43 PM »
love a bit of z'd rimmage...top job
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chubby
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July 05, 2014, 10:56 PM »
Foooooooookin bob on them fella, crackin resto
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griff
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July 06, 2014, 12:16 AM »
They came out great Mike
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MartyC
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July 06, 2014, 03:23 AM »
Great restoration, they look like new
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Mikku
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July 06, 2014, 06:47 AM »
+1 on all of the above!
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benno
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July 06, 2014, 10:18 AM »
cheers for all your positive comments fellas
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CustardLips
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July 06, 2014, 10:53 AM »
Excellent work.
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Rabdul06
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July 09, 2014, 02:30 PM »
Great job there mate -
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PeGGer46
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July 09, 2014, 05:24 PM »
Top job mate
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July 09, 2014, 05:39 PM »
They look amazing. Well done!
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East Coast Bmx
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Cracking!
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