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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: stainesy on 18 August 2013, 15:34
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Ok managed to get myself a nice clean standard anni 8v.
In mystic blue. Think that's the colour. You know the bluey purple one :grin:
Anyway the wheels are corroded and peeling.
Want to split them and refurb them. Even use new bolts like some nice gold or coloured ones.
How do I go about splitting them and putting them back together?
Also what bolts do I need and can I get funky diferant bolts? Lol
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It's not the most fun job, just gotta go for it, get the appropriate bit that fits perfectly into bolt heads, (cant remember exact size) give em a good tap to break the thread lock and undo em all, hopefully none will snap, which is fairly common depending how corroded they are, I managed to do mine fairly easy and I'm inexperienced.. Then I turned em round and used a piece of wood and a hammer and knocked the centres out.. Came out again fairly easy..
Good luck! :)
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Hell of a hard and expensive job if done correctly. How many cars you buy each year? Lol
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Hell of a hard and expensive job if done correctly. How many cars you buy each year? Lol
Yeah the bolts will cost a fortune if u change them!! I split em then had em powder coated, didn't cost millions but does start to mount up..
I used cas coatings in Leeds/Bradford I've heard mixed reviews but there were no probs with me, I dropped off, 3 days later collected, all done...
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I will be refurbish them myself. Just need to know best way of breaking them. When putting back together. Is there a torqu setting for the bolts?
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Very easy to do stainsey,as said make sure to give each one a good tap to break the thread lock plus corrosion,which shouldn't be to hard for you,dont break the wheel :grin:i kept each centre with each barrel cos im like that lol,make sure to run a tap through all the threads before rebuild standard m7 iirc,i didn't torque mine back up just don't over tighten them! ,use thread lock.
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Sweet cheers. I will try not to break them.
Had a look at the door hinge on rehab today and realised I have actually broken the bottom hinge bracket :whistle: :grin:
Don't care now tho as will be steeling the coilys and other good bits for the anni now and breaking rehab.
Including selling the Toledo half leather interior.
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Just buy mine, already done then. :grin:
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use the right thread lock, or the next poor sod wont be able to get them out.....
Or use 638 for that specific purpose :grin:
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Including selling the Toledo half leather interior.
Don't you mean the rare us spec interior LOL
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Sweet cheers what size bolts do I need?
And yeah my rare US spec interior will be up for sale :whistle: :grin: