Spent the last two weeks doing a diy refurb on my alloys they came with my zed from Japan and are about 15 years old and starting to show there age so with plenty of wet and dry paper started to sand them down.removed all the bolts first and thought about spliting the rim but they are 3 peice and didnt want to break the seal with the tyres so did not split them. Give them a good sanding with a medium then a fine wet and dry paper then polished up with metal polish they ended up ok but will need professionally done over the winter as the inside of the cross spokes were very hard to do and still look untidy anyway first two pics are how they used to look and the rest after.

nice improvement! its time-consuming but definately worth it. :thumbup:

nice improvement! its time-consuming but definately worth it. :thumbup:

 

I could have spent more time on it but miss driving the zed it really is a winter project.

ive just done mine . after not being able to hold a coffee cup for a few days due to no skin left on my fingers i reckon the £80 a rim i was quoted was a bloody bargain

Well done bud. Good job.

ive just done mine . after not being able to hold a coffee cup for a few days due to no skin left on my fingers i reckon the £80 a rim i was quoted was a bloody bargain

 

yep you got that right I dont know which is smother the alloys or my finger tips:biggrin:

Well done bud. Good job.

 

Thanks Daffy

are they little jewels in the bolts ?

are they little jewels in the bolts ?

 

They shure are, came over from Japan with blue diamonds in the bolt heads:yes: