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Out of interest, what's their turnaround time? They're always stacked out with cars up on stands.
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Kram
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Smallfry
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Nope it doesnt come off and it seems to be fairly waterproof, and easy to do again next time.
A long while ago I spoke to Peter Hamber on the phone about it, and they recommend putting it on under epoxymastic.
I tried my own adhesion test on a piece of new untreated galv sheet. No prep other than degreasing with thinners. I used some two part epoxy primer alongside it for comparison. After a week or so, I put a strip of Gorilla gaffer tape across both and warmed it with a hair drier. The following day I pulled it off. Guess which one stayed put and which one didn't.
Epoxy primer is definitely waterproof though.
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car went in this morning, expected to be about 3-5 days
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3-5 days and it took a week to get it booked in, they wanted an extra day for the diamond cutting. They are highly regarded though so ill post some after shots when done, sadly i have no before shots but the front pasenger side looked like it had a fight with a bin lorry
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Had a guy in a lorry cut across me on a roundabout a few weeks back and clipped one of my rear wheels with his front bumper. Amazingly no other damage to the car other than the wheel.
Local place charged £70 to repair and repaint just the outer face.
Decent enough job, would have done it myself if the other driver hadn't been paying for it though.
Local place charged £70 to repair and repaint just the outer face.
Decent enough job, would have done it myself if the other driver hadn't been paying for it though.
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Mine looks similar. I'bve now.gotntwo spare wheels although neither look great, considering wheather to retire the crash scuffed one just in case theres any hidden damage.
I dug out my first spare wheel which will be the first to repaint. After basic cleanup it sat outside for a while and suffered fence paint overspray and grinding dust, but I think its not too bad. Plan to key it, primer the bare sections, flat it, base and top.
The current question, should I epoxy primer the whole rim or just the bare sections? I'd like to minimise the prep.
I dug out my first spare wheel which will be the first to repaint. After basic cleanup it sat outside for a while and suffered fence paint overspray and grinding dust, but I think its not too bad. Plan to key it, primer the bare sections, flat it, base and top.
The current question, should I epoxy primer the whole rim or just the bare sections? I'd like to minimise the prep.
Epoxy the whole thing to act as a sealer coat and stop any reactions.
