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Hi all, Had a good look through the site, and the wiki but not really found what I'm looking for... Stupidly pulled out the 3/4 rock and roll bed when I stripped the van took a few pics of damage and binned it without thinking about using the old parts as a template! Duhhh what a clutz... :roll: :ro...

Hi there, apologies for what might seem like a dumb question but... one of my rear lights has gone, anyone got a linky to where to buy online? Or even, not a link where to buy online, but info on where to buy in person!

Cheers!

So, thought I'd do a quick update. Went with Hammerite smooth silver and masked... turned out ok I think - not showroom/concours/factory, but for 25+ year old wheels they look decent. One thing I learnt is build up with very light coats over periods of 20 mins or so, otherwise you get paint pools an...

morning all, couldn't sleep so ?I thought I'd post instead. I had my original steel wheels powder coated a couple of years ago. They were shot blasted first and then treated. A local guy did it for about about £20 per wheel i think. Well two years in and they still looking good i think: IMG_3142 (M...

Hammerite smooth Silver looks awesome. I painted my new merc steels with it, and they look like an OEM silver steel would look. It's soft-ish for a week or so after painting, so wait before fitting caps and have the tyre shop be extra careful! Once it's hard, it's HARD Hmmmmm, another option, I thi...

billybigspud wrote:No worries. They are good down there and I really think he want to do a great job. What type of paint did they use?

Yeh, top guy, definitely going back end of the year for a bit more work.

Paintwise, no idea, but it looks spot on...

Can any one tell me what I should expect to pay to get a respray and can anyone recommend a good shop in or near southampton. I just had some small body works done by Wayne at Tip Top and can't recommend highly enough... Honest, good value and very quick, I can't fault the job they have done. Best ...

Jamie, just wanted to say a big thanks for pointing me in the direction of Tip Top, what a job! They have been superb... the van has come back from them after a few days looking like new, they also did a load of stuff I didn't really specify and stayed within my budget, absolutely brilliant :D Many ...

Hammerite smooth Silver looks awesome. I painted my new merc steels with it, and they look like an OEM silver steel would look. It's soft-ish for a week or so after painting, so wait before fitting caps and have the tyre shop be extra careful! Once it's hard, it's HARD Hmmmmm, another option, I thi...

itchyfeet wrote:Just cleaned mine up, gave them a rub down, trated rust spots, masked them and sprayed them with a Halfords rattle can, easy.

yeah, with the tyres off you can clean them up nicely if you pop them into the bead blasters I was charged a fiver a wheel That's that then, tyres off, sand blast, re paint silver... lovely, cheers chaps :ok ..... and then post pictures of the whole process on here. (Please!) :ok Will see what I ca...

kevtherev wrote:yeah, with the tyres off you can clean them up nicely if you pop them into the bead blasters
I was charged a fiver a wheel

That's that then, tyres off, sand blast, re paint silver... lovely, cheers chaps

I'm in the process of painting up the spare steelies that a very generous person on this forum gave me. I'm not keeping the tyres they came with, but thought i'd mask them up anyway, as it felt wrong not too. I spent a few hours with a wire brush drill attachment cleaning off the rust and various o...

kevtherev wrote:I painted mine in two pack.... with the tyres removed it was so much easier
your steel wheels would have been silver.