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Title: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: benno on June 29, 2014, 07:58 PM

so i got these Z's on a TA i bought and i don't think I've ever seen a set as bad ,
 i thought it would be good to try and save em , and this is what i did .
It turns out they are actually Mike Buffs dated 29/8/84
The first thing i did was scrub the hell out of em to remove the first layer of crap ,
  Then i used a small orbital sander to remove the brake rub and reshape the rim ,
They were quite perished so sanding was the only way , starting with quite rough grades and getting finer each time ,
and although much better they were still discoloured , so as they are only gonna be for show , i got some
white vinyl dye spray and dusted loads of coats on em and they came out great along with new decals .
For the hubs i couldn't find a set of Z hubs and i couldn't find any white NON flip flop hubs ,
so i bought a set of pink suzue hubs from the bay for 20 quid stripped em and etch primed then painted white ,
This was also the first set of wheels I've ever laced and although not perfectly true they are plenty good enough for show .
anyway heres the pics

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/30D43040-36CC-487A-A1A0-AB7D5524DC4A_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/30D43040-36CC-487A-A1A0-AB7D5524DC4A_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/99AC6015-ABAE-4996-B14F-1F76EA7104D9_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/99AC6015-ABAE-4996-B14F-1F76EA7104D9_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/1684FA99-AF9D-44BE-922E-B0A82C359ECC.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/1684FA99-AF9D-44BE-922E-B0A82C359ECC.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/F957B1A7-E93D-4BD8-8324-9075660EB56C_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/F957B1A7-E93D-4BD8-8324-9075660EB56C_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/163DC819-4079-4066-9563-0C3B306BE4D7_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/163DC819-4079-4066-9563-0C3B306BE4D7_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/2AFEFD49-7D5F-49B9-BE27-8D5ECDF1D587.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/2AFEFD49-7D5F-49B9-BE27-8D5ECDF1D587.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/738F3607-3F6F-45B8-AD72-3604954CB6A7_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/738F3607-3F6F-45B8-AD72-3604954CB6A7_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/90949996-8E25-4CA4-A343-CB503A0C1699_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/90949996-8E25-4CA4-A343-CB503A0C1699_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/D13C5C06-CD7F-42A7-B994-0E30506CB25B.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/D13C5C06-CD7F-42A7-B994-0E30506CB25B.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/3B363BE9-D9FE-49D7-B8AC-5E2C6B11797C_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/3B363BE9-D9FE-49D7-B8AC-5E2C6B11797C_1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/8F0E64BB-FE30-4843-AE0D-FF9E3EF79A0C.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/8F0E64BB-FE30-4843-AE0D-FF9E3EF79A0C.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/99B5C978-68E3-4F93-B88D-5546BE662B5E.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/99B5C978-68E3-4F93-B88D-5546BE662B5E.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/9DCF151C-12AF-4D5A-B2DE-96CB984D2E0E.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/9DCF151C-12AF-4D5A-B2DE-96CB984D2E0E.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: Retrodan72 on June 29, 2014, 08:01 PM

Now then Sir, that is a superb job mate, cracking results.  :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: oldschoolace on June 29, 2014, 08:06 PM

Cant beat a good resto  :4_17_5:

Good stuff that vinyl dye and far more hard wearing than you would think  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: Gashead on June 29, 2014, 08:30 PM

 :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: animal on June 29, 2014, 09:05 PM

That is an absolutely amazing result  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: BMX1973 on June 30, 2014, 11:42 AM

Wow they look great.  :4_17_5: Another old skool item saved from the bin.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: bigfatolly on June 30, 2014, 05:28 PM

Top resto job that they look amazing,not sure those hubs are dead centre though  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: Badbaldie on June 30, 2014, 06:27 PM

 :daumenhoch:  Beltin

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: wilsey72 on July 01, 2014, 07:01 PM

Now THAT is what I call the dogs bollocks!!

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: rollin72 on July 05, 2014, 07:43 PM

love a bit of z'd rimmage...top job :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: chubby on July 05, 2014, 10:56 PM

Foooooooookin bob on them fella, crackin resto  :bow:  :bow:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: griff on July 06, 2014, 12:16 AM

They came out great Mike  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: MartyC on July 06, 2014, 03:23 AM

Great restoration, they look like new  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: Mikku on July 06, 2014, 06:47 AM

+1 on all of the above!  :bow:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: benno on July 06, 2014, 10:18 AM

cheers for all your positive comments fellas  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: CustardLips on July 06, 2014, 10:53 AM

Excellent work.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: Rabdul06 on July 09, 2014, 02:30 PM

   Great job there mate -  :)

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: PeGGer46 on July 09, 2014, 05:24 PM

Top job mate :bow:

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: dancetothedrummersbeat on July 09, 2014, 05:39 PM

They look amazing. Well done!

Title: Re: Z Rim restoration pic heavy
Post by: East Coast Bmx on September 01, 2014, 05:57 AM

Cracking!