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I Supported Toymods
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 Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 18 April 2004 12:27
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Hey All,
I just finished polishing my MA61 Rims ever since Good Friday and here are some pics  They were in a terrible state when i got them but after paint stripper, tins of oven cleaner and a scour here it is...
 
Now I have to figure out how to fix the (deep) gutter rashs.
Cheers.
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 18 April 2004 23:48
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Looking good.
Im a big fan of painting the inner bits black behind the spokes and in the little divots that run around the shiny spokes........if that makes sense.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 00:28
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Black,
Yeah It does, and I will, only have to find durable black paint to do it with  It was only 10pm last night that i did it, now at work, i can't work on them 
Cheers.
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 00:39
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powder coat them, tape up the polished bits and take them down to a place that does powder coating should not be too painful for such a small area
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Colac, Victoria
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 02:19
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or do what i did and mask up - etch prime - then hit with gloss enamel ..
You know what mine came up like - Sweeeeeeeeeeeet 
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 07:47
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Could you do me a biiiiiiig favour and weigh one of the rims on some scales so we know how much a stock rim actually weighs?
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 12:21
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| BlackSupra wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 17:47 |
Could you do me a biiiiiiig favour and weigh one of the rims on some scales so we know how much a stock rim actually weighs?
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The rim weighs about 7.5kg
And I'll might do the black lines on the rim on the weekends after I polish the rims again
Cheers
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June 2003
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 12:25
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to finish out my gutter scratches, i have a 90 degree die grinder, and you can put 1" sanding discs on it...i ran it around the outside of the wheel and hey presto...much better now!
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 12:48
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| V8_MA61 wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 22:25 |
to finish out my gutter scratches, i have a 90 degree die grinder, and you can put 1" sanding discs on it...i ran it around the outside of the wheel and hey presto...much better now!
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Scratch around the rim isn't bad to fix, though a gouge into the rim loosing around 1" - 3" of roundness... it's small problem 
I'll take a photo tomorrow night after work showing the gouge  and more photos...
I'll work on it on the weekend, anyway, these rims are spare set incase I damage the ones currently on the car.
Cheers.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 14:01
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look like mine, but wider
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 19 April 2004 22:44
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Yep, they look like yours but in 14" and wider, though I want to keep the paint behind the spokes to the original (or close enough) colour.
Your lucky to have gutter bashed free rims, mine have heaps of alloy missing, does anyone know what should I do, or do I take it to a professional and get them to fix it?
Cheers.
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Tue, 20 April 2004 02:15
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Looking nice mate! I'll put a pic of one of my polished ones up one day (I've only done 2.75 out of 4 tho )
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 01 August 2004 14:20
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hey dudes, any idea what is the skinniest and fattes tyre that these rims can take ?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 01 August 2004 14:47
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205 to 265
265 is pushing it, but if you want it too look phat.
225 on the front and 245 on the rear would be my choice.
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 01 August 2004 14:51
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u think ABSOLUTE skinniest is 225 ?
im running no power steering ...
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 01 August 2004 14:54
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I said skinniest was 205
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Sun, 01 August 2004 15:02
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Realistically 205, I'd probably prefer this size.
You could always go drift-spec with 185/55s.
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 02 August 2004 07:21
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| CrUZsida wrote on Mon, 02 August 2004 00:47 |
205 to 265
265 is pushing it, but if you want it too look phat.
225 on the front and 245 on the rear would be my choice.
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265's are definately pushing it
i had to get one repaired and the tyre bloke almost had a heart attack putting it back one
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 02 August 2004 07:39
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265's are definately pushing it
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Shit, how much squirm do you want?
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Ballarat, Victoria
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 02 August 2004 09:36
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im about to repaint the bits behind the spokes as well- a pale grey/blue colour, looks good with the white. the pinstripe on the shiny bit will remain black 
oh and its sooo good to have non-gutter bashed rims
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 02 August 2004 14:43
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ZZT231, I can't load for pics for some reason so can't comment sorry. I restored mine by hand a long time ago, and they were in absolutely shithouse condition. Half the work was cleaning them, I'm not joking - as you can see from the pics:
before
http://www.speedtoys.com/~stefan/images/newa3.jpg
http://www.speedtoys.com/~stefan/images/newa4.jpg
cleaned
http://www.speedtoys.com/~stefan/images/newa5.jpg
dirty vs restored
http://www.speedtoys.com/~stefan/images/newa6.jpg
"3 of these things are quite like the others, 3 of these things are kinda the same..."
Not something I look forward to doing again, it was a shitload of work. Cleaned, stripped the clearcoat, sanded back with various grades of wet&dry & wirewool then polished with wire wool (IIRC) then cloth. Sanding really can get a lot of ghutter rash out; the rest you have to live with. Of course, I never bothered to clearcoat them, so they've dulled. I've since painted the grooves black by hand. I should have painted the centres black - tried it on one, and decided masking them was too much work. Would have looked better though - cRUzida, you'rs look great!
[Updated on: Mon, 02 August 2004 14:48]
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Mon, 02 August 2004 14:53
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| Stefan wrote on Mon, 02 August 2004 22:43 |
cRUzida, you'rs look great!
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Yeah, its amazing what 6 hours a rim does!
Before shot for comparison
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Ballarat, Victoria
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Re: Finished Polishing (MA61 Rims)
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Tue, 03 August 2004 02:32
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does it matter if you get paint stripper on the shiny bit?
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