Author Topic: Dom069 - My 8v Story So Far - Deposit Taken :( (Read 269737 times)

Jack3559 · « **Reply #700 on:** 14 April 2011, 19:30 »

Great job.

VR6_Wherry · « **Reply #701 on:** 15 April 2011, 10:39 »

I'm liking the progress, just think you've only done one wheel so far...

I'll know how you feel soon, i got the pepper pots to do too!

I was going to say you better solder the wires and wrap them, good job

dom · « **Reply #702 on:** 15 April 2011, 17:04 »

Cheers for the comments guys!

I wasn't going to do anything on the wheel today but then my polishing mops and polish arrived and I couldn't resist! I sanded down the entire wheel with 240 grit paper in prep for the etch primer.

I then chose a small section of the lip and sanded it down with 400, then 800 then 1200 grit paper. Next I attacked it with all 3 polishing mops and different polishes and it was finished off with some autosol. It's only a small section but I wanted to make sure it was going to look ok before doing the whole wheel:

(It's about a 2" section to the right of the spoke in the middle of the pic)

I know the second pic is not in focus :embarassed:

But i'm impressed with the result, as I only used the big mops I didn't get right into the edge of the lip but it was only to test it really. Thoughts?

I'm beginning to wonder if I should just forget about the polished lip and just spray the whole wheel one colour, also how the hell do you guys suggest I tape up the lip? It's going to take me hours to make sure it's masked up properly!

Shady Pioneer · « **Reply #703 on:** 15 April 2011, 17:15 »

Looks good Dom, a bit more elbow grease and you'll be set with them.

Wayne · « **Reply #704 on:** 15 April 2011, 18:06 »

Cracking work Dom

dom · « **Reply #705 on:** 15 April 2011, 18:14 »

Cheers guys, well I just spent ages masking up the lip. I decided that it is better to under mask the lip (and rub and paint back down as required) than over mask it and have to redo it all because I missed a bit of paint.

So it's now been primered with etch primer which i'll leave to dry properly until tomorrow evening and i'll rub it down and give it a coat of normal primer

lemski · « **Reply #706 on:** 15 April 2011, 18:28 »

Good work dom. Split rims would of been a lot easier though

dom · « **Reply #707 on:** 15 April 2011, 20:36 »

Quote from: lemskigolf987 on 15 April 2011, 18:28

Good work dom. Split rims would of been a lot easier though

And a lot more costly and not as satisfying

Primer:

lemski · « **Reply #708 on:** 15 April 2011, 21:54 »

haha, yeh that is true. but its the way am off hopefully, if my mate finds them for me

dom · « **Reply #709 on:** 17 April 2011, 00:22 »

So a great day at the RR day provided me with some good results - 124.4bhp and a tad off 140ft/lb torque! Not bad for a standard 8v bar the exhaust and air filter! A nice smooth power curve as well: