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Title: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 29, 2014, 05:53 PM

I was wonder how you guys go about taking scrapes (not to deep) out of chrome araya's and scratches,so what is the best method of doing this,its just the rims are completely built,and dont want to dismantle them.

graham

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros!!!
Post by: NORTY40 on April 29, 2014, 05:58 PM

If there Chrome plated like you say Graham ....... your going to struggle .

Having said that i don't think i have ever seen a set of chrome plated araya aero's  :-\  Chrome 7X yes but not aero's.

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros!!!
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 29, 2014, 06:22 PM

They were the ones i got of patric,do you remember seeing them ones

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros!!!
Post by: animal on April 29, 2014, 07:21 PM

I'm with Joff  :D Never seen a genuine set of Chrome aero arayas  :shocked: They may b Ni-cad plated tho . Get some pics up  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros!!!
Post by: gary4130 on April 29, 2014, 07:54 PM

i had a pair of chrome araya aeros from custom riders in the late '80s

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros!!!
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 29, 2014, 10:42 PM

ok here are the rims  :daumenhoch:

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/hokuspokus74/IMAG0034_zps5c99d905.jpg) (http://s854.photobucket.com/user/hokuspokus74/media/IMAG0034_zps5c99d905.jpg.html)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/hokuspokus74/IMAG0035_zpse3867f9e.jpg) (http://s854.photobucket.com/user/hokuspokus74/media/IMAG0035_zpse3867f9e.jpg.html)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab107/hokuspokus74/IMAG0036_zps75ffc8a5.jpg) (http://s854.photobucket.com/user/hokuspokus74/media/IMAG0036_zps75ffc8a5.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: MartyC on April 30, 2014, 02:28 PM

Good news is they are not chrome plated.  Bad news is that to do a proper job you will need to strip them down otherwise the clear ano will be patchy where you rub them down to remove the scratches.

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: NORTY40 on April 30, 2014, 03:20 PM

Quote from: MartyC on April 30, 2014, 02:28 PM

Good news is they are not chrome plated.  Bad news is that to do a proper job you will need to strip them down otherwise the clear ano will be patchy where you rub them down to remove the scratches.

What Marty says Graham  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 30, 2014, 03:45 PM

Ah fook another set to strip down and try to rebuild lol so whats the best thing to do to take the scrapes out etc ,what would you's use to do it?

cheers :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: Skratchski on April 30, 2014, 06:06 PM

varying grits of wet n dry sandpaper mate, takes time but end results are lush. also depends how deep they are, some you might not be able to get out without ruining the lines/shape of the rim. above all though be careful.

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: hokuspokus74 on May 01, 2014, 09:19 AM

Wet & dry it is then,have loads of that somewhere but its finding the fooking stuff  ;D

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: Rabdul06 on May 01, 2014, 03:28 PM

   Those look silver/clear anno'd?   Doubt they would be raw ally - I have been known to be wrong in the past though... :)

Title: Re: Scraped Araya Aeros pics added
Post by: hokuspokus74 on May 01, 2014, 04:06 PM

you could be right rabdul,i just the first thing that pops into my mind so chrome it was  :D :2funny: