Mobile car valeters and painting car wheels question

[gavroche]

I tend to park as close to the kerb as possible,so eventually wheel trims get cracked or scratched and look scruffy. Also,they're abut 40 quid for decent ones. The Hammerite paint is 14 quid a tin and it'd give me something constructive to do. I don't think those steam cleans at garages are much good. They haven't lifted the dirt for me in the past and you have to keep feeding the machine with money seat after seat.

I would advise you to always park 6" away from the kerb for two reasons:
1) you are less likely to pick up rubbish on your tyres from the gutter and cause a puncture.
2) it is easier to steer away from the kerb without damaging your tyres and steering rack.

 

[screenman]

Mrs SJ has a burgundy Suzuki Liana. Nice car the drive, but it's the ugliest slab we've ever owned.

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You have been done, that car is silver.

 

[fossyant]

If you must 'paint' the wheels, wire brush off and use a rattle can (you can get wheel paint). Physical brushing will look terrible.

 

[screenman]

Yellow car, then the wheels will look good in bright red, some white tyre paint as well, bling!!!

 

[screenman]

 

[fossyant]

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Accy will need to lower it, then squash each end.

 

[screenman]

Accy will need to lower it, then squash each end.

Let the tyres down and get involved in a crash for cash, easy this car customising lark.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I worked with a chap who innocently posted a picture of his car, on Twitter, 2 years ago. About a month later someone had cloned his number plate, attached it to a car of the same model and colour, filled the car with fuel and driven off from a petrol station, without paying. A visit from the police, later that same day, wasn’t enjoyable. Whilst it can’t be certain that was where they got the details from, the police advised it was more than likely.

I wouldn’t want my car reg being posted online, without my permission.

Cars were being cloned long before the internet.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If you must 'paint' the wheels, wire brush off and use a rattle can (you can get wheel paint). Physical brushing will look terrible.

I've used spray pain from a can before and it does tend to run, unless you know what you're doing. Spray painting is an art. If i use a decent brush to paint the wheels making sure there are minimal brush stroke marks it should look ok.

 

[potsy]

I've used spray pain from a can before and it does tend to run, unless you know what you're doing. Spray painting is an art. If I use a decent brush to paint the wheels making sure there are minimal brush stroke marks it should look ok.

The main problem I can see is your lack of skill at uploading pictures.

How are we to judge your efforts?

 

[Accy cyclist]

''kin 'ell,i've just watched this.

So much hassle! Hammerite doesn't need all that fannying around. Well at least it says so on the tin.​

 

[Globalti]

You can achieve a perfectly good finish on steel wheels with ordinary household gloss, brushed on. As always it's all in the preparation and a decent undercoat although I painted my Landy wheels with Dulux Once in ivory straight on the rusty metal and they stayed looking good for years. The biggest problem is the inevitable dribbles that go through the holes or slots onto the inside of the wheel but those don't really get seen.

 

[Bazzer]

''kin 'ell,i've just watched this.

So much hassle! Hammerite doesn't need all that fannying around. Well at least it says so on the tin.​

Unless I just have some old stock of Hammerite in my garage, I am fairly certain tins of the stuff don't refer to fannying around.

 

[Dave7]

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Go faster stripes ??

 

[Dave7]

Unless I just have some old stock of Hammerite in my garage, I am fairly certain tins of the stuff don't refer to fannying around.

You reminded me of that chief detective off Thin Blue Line. He was a expert on "not fannying around".