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Title: Early zed rims
Post by: nitrohopper on October 08, 2015, 10:11 PM

A mate has given me these old yellow zeds to build so what can I use to bring the zing back into these yellow zeds they were part of a load that came from a shop which were all built as fronts what can I use to clean them without restoration (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/08/9ddf3540c1ade768e9cdfb58ea0206d4.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/08/89570f8c613b6872f42ae7423cb6c074.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/08/abdf6f6bbecc33677a8fa20bab3315b1.jpg) what can be used to clean them cheers in advance

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Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: snoopy72 on October 09, 2015, 06:32 AM

I would get them both vapour blasted :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: CustardLips on October 09, 2015, 07:42 AM

I'd give em scrub with a little soap and water... can't do any harm.  ???

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: oldscool on October 09, 2015, 08:57 AM

I put a blue set in the dishwasher to clean them ( When the wife wasn`t in ) then rub Autoglym car bumper restorer into them came up amazing. :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: Ady on October 09, 2015, 06:58 PM

Had a set of black z rims used 800 grade wet and dry with soapy water.
Then Wd 40 ..
Looked like new..
The White set which was faded and patchy cream colour , I just used 800 wet and dry..
Then used loreal oxdant creame 40% vol (hair bleach) brushed this on wrapped in cling film and left on washing line in the sun for 4 days as uv light from sun acts with the cream.
It worked a treat on the White looks like new now..
But being a yellow colour I wouldn't like to say if this would work.. :chin:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: snoopy72 on October 09, 2015, 07:02 PM

One of them is quite bleached , vapour blast should make them look the same

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: Ady on October 09, 2015, 07:06 PM

Or..

Save you the hassle .. ::)

You could sell them to me...  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: snoopy72 on October 09, 2015, 07:35 PM

yellow Z's look great on a Torker 280

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: oldscool on October 09, 2015, 09:26 PM

Quote from: snoopy72 on October 09, 2015, 07:35 PM

yellow Z's look great on a Torker 280  :bow:

Fooking right they do ive just nailed together a chrome Torker 280x with yellows Zeds, looks fooking awsome will put it in BOTM this month  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: Mikku on October 09, 2015, 09:54 PM

Not much help I know, but I really like the faded, survivor finish of these, so would be inclined to go for just a light clean up/scrub or even rock them as they are! :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: BMX1973 on October 14, 2015, 08:23 PM

 :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: monkian on November 03, 2015, 04:52 PM

Is that the original position of that type of decal?
Looks like they're opposite the valve hole ???

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: nitrohopper on November 03, 2015, 07:08 PM

Quote from: monkian on November 03, 2015, 04:52 PM

Is that the original position of that type of decal?
Looks like they're opposite the valve hole ???

yes that's how they came to me

Title: Re: Early zed rims
Post by: monkian on November 03, 2015, 08:09 PM

Ok cool. That's good to know :daumenhoch:
Thanks for getting back to me.