OZ 35 5 spoke racing alloy refurb

[dexter]

Bought a set in poor condition off a mate for £80 a set (bargain!) Spent many hours stripping them. At painting stage now doing a polished lip with white spokes and barrel.

Work so far
When I bought them, 2 were in fair condition but other 2 had seen way better days....



Started stripping the paint with a cheap paint stripper... no good at all... Nitromors is the stuff


Took roughly 5 hours a wheel to get to this stage and polished the lips quickly to gauge a rough idea of how they'd look, fairly happy



Test fit with tyres at this point *Didn't fit front


Primed wheel with etcher primer, then grey primer, then 600 wet and dry sanded to smooth finish, then 2 light coats of white alloy rattle can...




Will post final before I head off to Japfest

[dan mkii]

Love the colour of the car ... what colour is it? Im going to guess at bmw laguna seca blue?

[dexter]

Cheers matey, not sure to be honest but it had Italian in the paint name, can check when i get back home the weekend as me and friend done it so have the tin.

Also out of interest, says you live in Welling and there was a white MR2 near the high street parked on a drive for a long time with an MG ZR there before hand (funny as I had a ZR and now an MR2). Just wondered if that was you?

[dexter]

Stoked with the paint finish, just a couple of layers of lacquer to go now

[dexter]

Just got to finely sand and polish the small dish of the rim and they are done

[dan mkii]

No not mine mate mine is red .... although I also owned an mg zr ha ha !

Wheels look great didnt realise you was in dartford.

[dan mkii]

No not mine mate mine is red .... although I also owned an mg zr ha ha !

Wheels look great didnt realise you was in dartford.

[synXero]

You've done a good job there mate, well done. I hope you're up to keeping on top of the polished lip!

[dexter]

Ha ha what are the chances that 3 MG ZR owners all got an mr2 afterwards and in such a close proximity!

Thanks matey, will be polishing the rims before every car meet will get a photo when I get the new nankang tyres fitted

[C35Rob]

Wheels look great, well done! are you getting new OZ racing decals?

I hope the nankang thing is a joke though.. unless you mean the NS2-R track day tyres which are supposed to be quite good

[dexter]

Cheers and yeah already have the decals

AS-1 NANKANGS are only tyres I can afford and the car is never tracked and is a show car so therefore doesn't take a beating with tyres.

What are your views on nankang as everyone I've met with them say they are a great tyre for price?

[C35Rob]

My opinion? They're ditch finders, I'd advise saving up till you can get something half decent.

Of course it's your money/car/choice.. But for the difference of a couple of hundred quid it seems worth the wait, especially if you use it in the wet

[dexter]

Problem is, I'm a student with very low funds and the car is being prepped for Japfest so need the wheels on

Finishing polish and the first rim is fully done using autosol polish and a cloth by hand