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Title: Shiney sides
Post by: The Burner King on January 28, 2013, 10:46 PM: Where is the best place to get an all coloured NOS rim made into shiney sides. I'm too afraid to do it myself. :-[
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on January 28, 2013, 11:29 PM: Go on Julian have a go - you can remove the anno by oven pride or such but being careful or you gentley sand the sides away with a 1200 grade paper and then keep going with peek till shinny ;) thats just the short version to try
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Pooch on January 28, 2013, 11:47 PM: Or just get bendy to do it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: bobbbbsy on January 28, 2013, 11:51 PM: ::)

shiny sides is sooo easy. do it. look up some how to's!
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Devilock on January 28, 2013, 11:55 PM: Quote from: The Burner King on January 28, 2013, 10:46 PM
Where is the best place to get an all coloured NOS rim made into shiney sides. I'm too afraid to do it myself. :-[

Leave them...! Lets have a look.... ;)
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: john4130 on January 29, 2013, 06:54 AM: ride them for a couple of weeks using the brakes a lot. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Clean on January 29, 2013, 07:37 AM: Quote from: The Burner King on January 28, 2013, 10:46 PM
Where is the best place to get an all coloured NOS rim made into shiney sides. I'm too afraid to do it myself. :-[

Borrow a Detail Sander off someone nice - like uncle Spen, for example - and then work your way down through the Grits to an extremely fine paper; worked a treat on the ones I did, and removes nicks and scratches etc., too.

Have a butcher's here:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/Diamond%20Back%20Pro%20Large%201980/IMG_4168.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/Diamond%20Back%20Pro%20Large%201980/IMG_4165.jpg)

Not perfect, but very rewarding to do it yourself! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Retrodan72 on January 29, 2013, 07:50 AM: They look sh!t Rich!!

Just kiddin, good work. :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Clean on January 29, 2013, 07:55 AM: Quote from: Retrodan72 on January 29, 2013, 07:50 AM
They look sh!t Rich!!

Just kiddin, good work. :4_17_5:

To be honest, Dan, they could be a hell of a lot better with more elbow grease, but they got to a point where I was happy, and for my first resto-build I thought they looked OK. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Pooch on January 29, 2013, 08:42 AM: Quote from: Clean on January 29, 2013, 07:55 AM
Quote from: Retrodan72 on January 29, 2013, 07:50 AM
They look sh!t Rich!!

Just kiddin, good work. :4_17_5:

To be honest, Dan, they could be a hell of a lot better with more elbow grease, but they got to a point where I was happy, and for my first resto-build I thought they looked OK. :daumenhoch:
fook Bendy!! Send them to Rich!!! :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: Clean on January 29, 2013, 08:49 AM: Quote from: Pooch on January 29, 2013, 08:42 AM

fook Bendy!! Send them to Rich!!! :coolsmiley:
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Thanks, John! :daumenhoch:

Finally someone being nice to me on RAD!......

..... or where you being ironic? :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: The Burner King on January 29, 2013, 08:51 AM: Thanks for the advice :daumenhoch: Still too scared to do it though ;D
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: animal on January 29, 2013, 10:40 AM: Pm sent fella ;)
Title: Re: Shiney sides
Post by: dordymush on January 29, 2013, 04:49 PM: i just put an old set of forks in my vice then mount the wheel with a tyre on then spin my electric drill up on the tyre and hold the sand paper on the rim.
the idle mans way to shiney sides lol.
works though :)