dazh Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I finally have the Z looking how I want, well almost. Always liked the style of the Touring wheels but not the colour. I got these at a good price thanks to Adrian (octet), three got delivered wednesday and one thursday as the courier lost one for 24 hours, luckily it turned up and all four were loaded into a van and sent to the powdercoaters for a refurb and satin black finish, if anyone in the Durham area needs a wheel refurb Drew at Stella Blast Chester le Street does a cracking job! 24 hours later they are ready, so went and got my tyres swapped over this morning by one of my customers, who even hid the wheel weights behind the spokes for a cleaner look, and this is the end result, I'm chuffed to say the least. Off now to do a bit of carbon wrapping Quote
Lexx Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I've heard various good things about Stella Blast. I think one of the guys who used to work at SEM in Sunderland is there now. Looking good, but lose the Apexi sticker. It looks crap. Quote
spursmaddave Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Would look so much better with a bit of tyre dressing Quote
glrnet Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Would look so much better with a bit of tyre dressing +1 Quote
dazh Posted September 29, 2012 Author Posted September 29, 2012 Looking good, but lose the Apexi sticker. It looks crap. Looks ok to me so it's staying for the minute . I'm not a massive fan of tyre dressing, to be honest I'm not a massive fan of cleaning it either though I know I should be, so long as it's cleanish I'm happy Quote
S1 HNK Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Not a fan of tyre dressing Pointless having your wheels painted black them as they'll always look weird against a grey tyre Quote
dazh Posted September 29, 2012 Author Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore Quote
Stew Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore You're doing it wrong then! Get a tyre dressing sponge. Hard backed. Easy to do and doesn't make a mess of you! Quote
S1 HNK Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore nothing like a bit of peer pressure Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore You're doing it wrong then! Get a tyre dressing sponge. Hard backed. Easy to do and doesn't make a mess of you! Did we not cover this during the week in another post? Quote
HaydnH Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore You're doing it wrong then! Get a tyre dressing sponge. Hard backed. Easy to do and doesn't make a mess of you! Did we not cover this during the week in another post? Thank god for that! I thought it was the quitting smoking drugs giving me deja vu again. Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore You're doing it wrong then! Get a tyre dressing sponge. Hard backed. Easy to do and doesn't make a mess of you! Did we not cover this during the week in another post? Thank god for that! I thought it was the quitting smoking drugs giving me deja vu again. Quote
Stew Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 FFS you've all made me feel guilty, so I've gone out and done them When I say not a fan, I mean the act of doing them not the product, always seems a chore You're doing it wrong then! Get a tyre dressing sponge. Hard backed. Easy to do and doesn't make a mess of you! Did we not cover this during the week in another post? Thank god for that! I thought it was the quitting smoking drugs giving me deja vu again. No idea if this was covered or not. Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 We put up links to maguires tyre gel and applicator sponges. Quite a few in the conversation. All good fun though. However I cant find it now! Quote
rtbiscuit Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Looking good, but lose the Apexi sticker. It looks crap. Looks ok to me so it's staying for the minute . I'm not a massive fan of tyre dressing, to be honest I'm not a massive fan of cleaning it either though I know I should be, so long as it's cleanish I'm happy ignore grumpy, he's just got seperated from the other 6 dwarves. if you like it keep it; its your car, you do what you like. wheels look good, just get them dressed Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 2 of these were about £3.50 free postage on ebay. Just keep one in a bag in the car! Quote
AK350Z Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 I take it the powder coat was a tyres off job? Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 They refurbish the wheels then Powdercoat them. Most Definately tyres off on mine' Quote
dazh Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 I take it the powder coat was a tyres off job? Yeah £150 for bare wheels, if they have to remove tyres and refit/balance I thinks its £190 Quote
4RE Leather Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 That is a very cheap price. The going rate down South is £60 a corner cash or £72 if your paying VAT Quote
Dblock Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 The applicators are good but still end up getting messy. Quote
4RE Leather Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 Not if you keep a box of latex gloves in the boot and use tyre gel. It lasts longer so the need to go over ot is less:) However you dont want to do what I did and put it in the washing machine with the microcloths on a hot wash!!! !"£$%^&*()_+ Quote
Stew Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 That's why I said get a hard backed one. No mess and no gloves. Quote
4RE Leather Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 That's why I said get a hard backed one. No mess and no gloves. Thats the one from the missing post Stew:) Your a genius now you just need to intigrate them. Shall I disapear now lol Quote
DannyBoy Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 The applicators are good but still end up getting messy. I'm currently using the Swissvax non-shiny stuff which comes in a spray bottle and applying it with their special (rebranded paintbrush) applicator brush. I was fairly sceptical but it actually works really well, you just spray a bit onto the tyre and then work it around with the brush. You hardly need to use any of the stuff either so zero mess DB Quote
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