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Title: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 07:22 PM
hi all
whats the best thing to use to polish these bad doys ,

motomag 11 u.s pat no 236609 b.m.x products chatsworth ca,

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ab337/oldschoolrb/Photo0716.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ab337/oldschoolrb/Photo0715.jpg)

im after the best shine i can on them , should i just take em to be done ?

cheers ric
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: sawzall on April 24, 2010, 07:28 PM
wheres the webbing gone :shocked:
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 07:29 PM
it had to go ....
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 07:31 PM
 ;D if anyone needs any webbing for motomags give me a shout ...
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: bmxbob on April 24, 2010, 07:59 PM
i hope they were damaged beyond repair  :knuppel2:

Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: bobafett on April 24, 2010, 08:02 PM
A guy did this to some damaged motomags over on the museum a while back and finished them in gold..........

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=189558

Kinda look a bit like one of the styles of lesters that were available, once the webbing is removed  :-\

Autosol brings them up quite nice or you could have them painted since they came in various colours BITD.

Where they beyond repair then I take it ?  :(

Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: daz bmx it! on April 24, 2010, 08:09 PM
No he bought them Nos off Alans bmx ;)
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 08:13 PM
 ;D your going to get em shot !!
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 09:00 PM
yeah one was broken , and i swopped my good one i offered you boba for a part cut one . so its all good
now give them some  :smitten:
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: 58 delray on April 24, 2010, 09:12 PM
autosol with the finest grade wire wool you can find, then autosol with a polishing cloth, then "mothers" with a  polishing ball on a drill, they will really shine  :daumenhoch:
look up MOTHERS on the net it's an american polish that we use on hotrods and customs   
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 10:20 PM
cheers ill have a look for that mate
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: Mattdub on April 24, 2010, 10:25 PM
So , was one perfectly ok and you cut the webbing out ? .
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 24, 2010, 11:32 PM
no mate , i traded my good one for one that had bits cut out of it
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: MartyC on April 25, 2010, 05:02 AM
So , was one perfectly ok and you cut the webbing out ? .
no mate , i traded my good one for one that had bits cut out of it

So two good wheels outs of two broken ones, sounds like a fair trade off to me otherwise they might both have ended up in the skip  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: brummie on April 25, 2010, 09:49 AM
So , was one perfectly ok and you cut the webbing out ? .
no mate , i traded my good one for one that had bits cut out of it

So two good wheels outs of two broken ones, sounds like a fair trade off to me otherwise they might both have ended up in the skip  :daumenhoch:

 :daumenhoch: look nice imo, will they be strong enough to ride on though  ??? would have thought the webbing gave structural stability...
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolrb on April 25, 2010, 10:42 AM
yeah , dont quote me on this like !! BMX products claim the webbing was only there to keep kids from putting their fingers in the spinning wheel. So the wheel should be fine to ride structurally. its what it says in boba's link aswell .
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: Bob_Acid on April 25, 2010, 01:01 PM
They look like Mk 1 Piranha wheels.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: oldschoolib on April 25, 2010, 01:12 PM
acorn freestyle wheels is what they are hes sprayed em to look like moto mags  :uglystupid2:
Title: Re: prodject x
Post by: jT Racing on April 26, 2010, 10:54 AM
look like alli tuff 1's.
it's better than binning them i suppose.
just polish them like anything else alli .
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