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Title: mike buff rims
Post by: GTnumber1 on January 03, 2009, 06:52 PM

hey guys got aset of mike buff wheels which want to restore they look like shite at the moment and there them crappy off white colour any ideas
cheers guys and happy new year :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: harris on January 03, 2009, 06:54 PM

most mike buffs are off white
i had one nice white set but 90% are creamy
i have bleached some but still creamy

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: snav69 on January 03, 2009, 07:58 PM

I have some creamy ones too , they need a good bleach to get the shite out of them  :-[

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1170.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1171.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1172.jpg)

 :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: sweetbeats on January 03, 2009, 08:01 PM

There's been a robbery at the ame bubble font factory..call the cops :police:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: snav69 on January 03, 2009, 08:04 PM

 :2funny:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 08:46 PM

i got 2 sets, they are ment to be off white. i had them sat in bleach for 2 weeks. still off white. get white z's for white z's otherwise ecru it is.

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: poolysheriff on January 03, 2009, 08:57 PM

Yeh i have a set nos Mike Buffs And they are creamy too  :-\

Very BIG difference when i put them near my nos white zeds  :)


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i99/poolysheriff/009.jpg)


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i99/poolysheriff/001-1.jpg)

just looked at them pics  :LolLolLolLol: and they both look fecking white  :LolLolLolLol:

So who ever said the camera never lies is a fooking LIAR  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 09:03 PM

ahh. the wonders of flash pic's. makes white extra extra white and chrome cack.

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 09:04 PM

you still got that black dx post snav?

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: snav69 on January 03, 2009, 09:08 PM

Quote from: J.T.RACING on January 03, 2009, 09:04 PM

you still got that black dx post snav?

Its now red mate and on the TA  ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1246.jpg)

 :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 09:11 PM

was it nos?looks too shiny. i had a nos red i was trying to trade for a nos or mint black. got 2 to polish a delcal up.

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: snav69 on January 03, 2009, 09:17 PM

Nah mate , I got Del to make the decals after i sorted out all the measurements for him  :daumenhoch:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=72674.0

 :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 10:13 PM

oh, that was you. looks very nice. i'm in the process of polishing 2 up now. need dx crank decals next.

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: GTnumber1 on January 03, 2009, 10:29 PM

what i ment to say is the mike buff signiture is wearing away badly  :'( and did they make white buff rims so i could try and get them bleached

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: jT Racing on January 03, 2009, 11:35 PM

i have only ever seen off white, it's a nice off white sort of cream/ecru but then again there may be a white set out there.

Title: Re: mike buff rims
Post by: crazycraig on January 03, 2009, 11:52 PM

Heres my NOS mike buffs ..........off white

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c73/craigtheman/quadfreestyle004.jpg)