What colour to get the wheels done?

Jacey Boy · Post by **Jacey Boy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:10 pm

Been thinking about changing the colour of the VTR wheels, I have an orange bike with black rims, what would go nice

simon t · Post by **simon t** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:12 pm

Think fiddler green should go nice

Ha ha ha ha

Jacey Boy · Post by **Jacey Boy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:22 pm

EggShellBlond · Post by **EggShellBlond** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:03 pm

Carbon would be nice

VTRBOY · Post by **VTRBOY** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:52 pm

Personally I'd go for stripped and polished or how about black with an orange pin strip round the rim ?

Jacey Boy · Post by **Jacey Boy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:54 pm

Polished sounds good

How much does that normally cost

bunnybouy · Post by **bunnybouy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:54 pm

my bike is yellow and would love to get my wheels polished or chromed

but dont know where and how much that would cost

i expect to much

can but dream eh.

jay

bunnybouy · Post by **bunnybouy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:55 pm

lol same thoughts eh

VTRBOY · Post by **VTRBOY** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:27 pm

It's actually quite easy (but time conduming) to do it by hand yourself. First off is a trip down to Homebase or similar for some stuff called "nitromors" - paint stripper basically. This stuff will take all the paint off your wheels a treat. Then just use varying grades of wet and dry getting smoother and smoother as you go. My uncle done his ZX9 like this and it looks bloody brilliant (and his swingarm and frame, and forks etc) I'll post some pics but definitely worth the hard work.

bunnybouy · Post by **bunnybouy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:17 pm

cool that sounds good

cheap as well, did he laquer them after

or just left them as they were
might have a go

ex-viffer · Post by **ex-viffer** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:42 pm

I stripped my VFR's wheels, but left the spokes with their sandcast finish, and just polished the rims (no sandpapering, just a little Autosol). It was very easy, took one can of stripper (less than a litre), and a few hours. The whole job was completed in less than a day.

It's not a good idea to lacquer them, as the lacquer can discolour or flake off. Just an occasional polish is enough.
Good thing is that the stripped wheels are easier to keep clean - the dirt doesn't stick as much, and is easier to remove.

Having said all that, I have no intention of stripping my Storm's wheels, as the non-shiny black finish is less maintenance tahn the white paint or polished alloy I had on the VFR.

By the way - if you look at the Texas VFR Garage (sorry - don't have the URL off hand), there's a whole page on various stripped, polished and painted wheels, and lots of posts in the VFR archives about stripping and polishing wheels.

Hope this helps.

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:38 pm

I'm still gonna be doing Rimstripes (see gallery) soon had a few setbacks though like moving workshop blowing up the car no work skint etc etc it'll prob be when the weather gets better and the day lights a bit longer, but youll all know when I'm ready

Warren

VTR1000.ORG

What colour to get the wheels done?

What colour to get the wheels done?

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