Cleaning up rimms the cheap way

[Mux213]

Hey Guys,

I've desided to follow "wheeler dealers" and do a cheap ass clean up job on my clover wheels

Pictures to follow later when I figured out the right tools to use. Anyways the clover wheels that were on my hachi originally look shite. So I want to clean them up but not pay 40 euro's a wheel to get em sandblasted and powder coated, I want to go experiment with them

First thing I did was put a wire brush mounted on an electric drill to it. Basically this is what they did in the wheeler dealer show, only then on an angle grinder.

This did clean up all of the mess on the wheels. Everywhere where salt had done its bit I now was back down to the aluminium. As it turns out these rimms have a primer and topcoat and the wirewheel is not strong enough to get through it. I think my angle grinder wire wheel will probably be able to brake through as its much rougher but the best way to go is the right type of sandpager. I'm gonne see if I can get me one of these triangle electric sanders so I can get into the corners better and ask Martijn for the right type of sandpaper (I've seen him take paint of the hachi in seconds with his sander)

After that I am going to polish it up. The bits that are now without paints are only slightly scratched, probably any kind of polish with an electric polishing wheel will do nicely.

To finish off some black paint and clear paint should do the job nicely. I'll let you guys know how I proceed