SupraDan24 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 I'd say sell them, the design looks better on a mercedes or Nissan, try their forums? I probably am going to sell them to tell you the truth, i made a mistake buying them and the whole situation has left a bad taste in my mouth so i'm just going to sort them out to the best of my abilities then sell them on. They're pretty rare wheels at the end of the day. If i can get the chrome off i'm confident i can have the wheels looking as good as the day they were made. One spot of good news is i found an old speaker which i subsequently canibalised for the magnet and there was no magnatism from the centre at all so i'm guessing it is decent grade SS? Should polish up nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 The aluminium lips will be easy ish to get looking pretty good and nice job so far. Cheers dunk, its amazing what can be achieved with a powerdrill and a couple of flapper wheels I've polished one section up already just to see the finish, and it came up a good 95% mirror polished, i just need a couple extra wheels to go up through the grades better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I doubt its st/st Dan, it would be very heavy if it was and its more likely to be cast aluminium. It should still polish up pretty well depending on the quality of the casting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 I doubt its st/st Dan, it would be very heavy if it was and its more likely to be cast aluminium. It should still polish up pretty well depending on the quality of the casting. I havent weighed it but it is pretty heavy, heavier than the rest of the wheel put it that way. Is there anyway to tell for sure? If you say it could be cast aluminium then that leaves me a dilema as it rules out any chance of me having it cheaply blasted off as it would ruin the ally from what i can gather. Could you ask your chromer guy for a price for just the removal of the chrome. It will be 2x Centres, but i may do all 4 if the cost isnt too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 It would depend what you blasted them with, i have media blasted my throttle body, calipers and wheels, all of which are aluminium and not had a problem. Im just trying to get hold of the chap i use now but he does work some crazy hours, he starts very early and is gone by lunchtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I shall call him first thing tomorrow and post up when i've got hold of him. He's already clocked out for the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 No problem Dnk, i'm in no rush. I think it has something to do with the pressure you need to blast them at to remove the plating, the guy at aerocoat said he couldnt do it as his machine didnt have the pressure output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've just spoken to a guy who will be able to blast them for me Dunk, and he's fairly local. He blasted a set of chrome wheels for a bloke a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to take them down to him in a couple of weeks for him to look at (i go away offshore for 2 weeks tomorrow). He's quoted me £15 a centre over the phone but wants to see them first as he said the wheels took him ages to do and he lost money on them. I think this route will end up cheaper than chemically stripping them, the only thing that worries me is the condition of the ally after the blasting process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Plated parts can be unplated by running the electroplating process in reverse. No idea how much it would cost, but it might be worth finding a plater that deals with motorcycle and classic car parts and asking them about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Did you buy these from a guy in Lincoln? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I managed to get hold of the guy i use and he hasn't seen the pictures i sent him yet but i described the wheel center and he seemed to think it wouldn't be a problem to strip polish and re chrome them. Im just waiting for him to get back to me once he's seen the photos with a guide price. Up to you which way you go ofcourse and obviously there would be the cost of postage on top, if you can get them blasted and do the rest yourself that will be your cheapest option. I shall find out though as getting parts like this stripped and properly chromed could be very usefull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 he has done some top quality work for me and wasn't crazy expensive but it depends what you call expensive i guess Off topic as I know very little about wheels, but what bike is that Dunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Off topic as I know very little about wheels, but what bike is that Dunk? Its a classic Honda CB750 late 70's, I did start a thread on it called Honda CB750 Restoration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Did you buy these from a guy in Lincoln? I bought them from "superclarkey" on Driftworks. According to him he didn't know there were "chew" marks along the entire circumfrance of all four wheels where they'd been clamped to remove the tyres. Despite owning the wheels for quite a while, and taking the time to polish one of the centres up for the add....but he never noticed all the marks that were so glaringly obvious Stevie Wonder could have seen them. He's removed all the text out of his For Sale add now so i couldn't prove anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I managed to get hold of the guy i use and he hasn't seen the pictures i sent him yet but i described the wheel center and he seemed to think it wouldn't be a problem to strip polish and re chrome them. Im just waiting for him to get back to me once he's seen the photos with a guide price. Up to you which way you go ofcourse and obviously there would be the cost of postage on top, if you can get them blasted and do the rest yourself that will be your cheapest option. I shall find out though as getting parts like this stripped and properly chromed could be very usefull Cheers Dunk, it will be nice to see what the cost is anyway incase anyone has any use of the guy in the future If i turns out i cant blast it off then it may be my only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Its a classic Honda CB750 late 70's, I did start a thread on it called Honda CB750 Restoration I was going to guess at that I've got a '72 k2 amongst others. Yours looks perfect. Mine unfortunately is an awaiting project. Off to search for your thread now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 No probs, there's a guy I know selling very similar rims up here. Hope you get them sorted. I bought them from "superclarkey" on Driftworks. According to him he didn't know there were "chew" marks along the entire circumfrance of all four wheels where they'd been clamped to remove the tyres. Despite owning the wheels for quite a while, and taking the time to polish one of the centres up for the add....but he never noticed all the marks that were so glaringly obvious Stevie Wonder could have seen them. He's removed all the text out of his For Sale add now so i couldn't prove anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Cheers Dunk, it will be nice to see what the cost is anyway incase anyone has any use of the guy in the future If i turns out i cant blast it off then it may be my only option. Okay i popped into see my guy as he's so hard to get hold of and to strip all the chrome off he wants £15 per center. He can re chrome them but the process isn't cheap as it involves. strip the old nickel/chrome off, mirror polish, copper plate, re polish, then re nickel/chrome. Your looking at over £100 per center to do this so not cheap but at least it can be done and if he can do this then other parts shouldn't be a problem but just a bit costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'd look for a chrome plating shop near you, if the chap i use can strip them then anywhere else should be able to as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-mkiv Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Chrome plated wheels are a PITA, i just stripped one of my VOLK CV-Pros down today ready for refurbing....took me 15 mins to remove all 30 bolts and split the 3 pieces apart....centres are going to be dipped and stripped then recoated at £10 each.....(inc centre plates). I have the bolts soaking in thinners to help loosen all the brake dust that has accumulated over the last 18 years, then I'll dress and polish the outer lips and sympathetically cleanse the rear barrels (this is due to the original RAYS Engineering specification stickers being intact) and then rebuild them all up ready for sale! The widths and offsets dont suit the Supra...so have decided to hang handling and go for 19's! I'd recommend getting these wheels of yours stripped back and powdercoating them, chrome is awful and if you get them done in a colour you like, you migth decide to use them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 When you say dipped and stripped and recoated, are you talking about having the chrome removed and rechromed, surely not? I'm having mine stripped back then i'm going to polish the aluminium to a mirror finish. I have everything i need to do it in the garage so all it will take is time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-mkiv Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 My centres aren't chromed, they're powder coated, but its flaking like crazy, being 18 yrs old etc. I dont want the upkeep of fully polished wheels, plus, I dont like the look of the centres polished anyway. I'm getting them looking as new for £40 the set! I'd be a fool not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 My centres aren't chromed, they're powder coated, but its flaking like crazy, being 18 yrs old etc. I dont want the upkeep of fully polished wheels, plus, I dont like the look of the centres polished anyway. I'm getting them looking as new for £40 the set! I'd be a fool not to. Yeah that is a good price, shame i can't do that. Powdercoat is alot easier to remove than chrome. I will stick to my plan and get it blasted off then polished up. Long as you put some decent wheel wax on it and keep them clean they should be okay. I dont drive the Supra in winter so salt shouldn't be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-mkiv Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Yeah, true. Yeah that is a good price, shame i can't do that. Powdercoat is alot easier to remove than chrome. I will stick to my plan and get it blasted off then polished up. Long as you put some decent wheel wax on it and keep them clean they should be okay. I dont drive the Supra in winter so salt shouldn't be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 I took the centre's down to the place i'd arranged and when i got there the guy told me he could blast them no problem, but they wouldn't be in a condition to be polished up afterwards, exactly the opposite to what he told me on the phone so i walked away in the end. I'm going to try find somewhere near me that does chroming so i can have them chemically stripped, if not i will see if i can use Dnk's guy and just take the hit with the postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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