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been collecting some bits over the winter for the E12,
Now the spring clean has been done in the garage, and i just have a few trps to the scrappy and dump, time to get started on the cars.
started working on the new wheels.
bbs rc 090, 8" and 9" barrels both centers are stamped RC 090
soaked with wd40 & started stripping them


heat


light tap with hammer shaft, some didnt even need that


then heat again and pop the bolts out


then cleaned, blasted, painted barrels matt black 2 pack epoxy, centers are still white 2k epoxy primer to be flattened and coloured white with laquer polished on the lathe a bit with scotchbrite and autosol



bolts and nuts done in matt black epoxy.

there is no need to heat the bolts and nuts on the RC wheels, I split 40-50 of this RC wheels, not even one bolt broke.

for polishing, try Belgom Alu.

results :

I heated the alloy lightly just incase, there was a bit of corrosion on the nut seating face flange so skimmed 40thou off to clean it up.
Thats an excellent finish croma_man

I only had 1/2 hour each wheel on the lathe, there is still some slight pitting so really need some more time with wet dry 800 up to 2500g if i can get it.
but probably wont bother. Autosol does say its no good for mirror finishes will try the stuff you recommend

Nice work, and you know what to aim for now haha

Photo time line of the clean up up to date. not show finish, but on a limited time scale.

Before


After: still needs 2" dropped at the back to level.

Quite some progress! But eh, leaving this as is?

weight saving holes/ cooling ducts for the brakes

now your making me feal guilty, but just needed to move things along after all the important bits where done.

Oh ooww, Jeroen caught you in the act! Don't hurry, rather do it good than fast....