IDI AMIN
Senior Member
I've got myself a set of 17" alloys to replace my 16" originals on my Vectra.
They are Vauxhall wheels i think from an Astra. I completely stripped the insides of the wheels back to bare metal as they were rusting and bubbled up a bit in some parts.
You can see the bits where water was getting through and causing the bubbling.
I used some paint stripper from Screwfix, the no frills stuff it's a bit cheaper than the Nitromors stuff, but still works quite well.
Some of the wheels stripped easier than others, others needed a going over a couple of times with the paint stripper and left overnight, scraping some layers off with a blade and some steel wool, to look like the above wheel when finished.
As they were all bare metal inside i first gave them a coat of etch primer, then a coat of 2k primer.
In primer.
In basecoat the colour is Ford moondust silver
Here's some more pics of the finished article
The only downside is the tyres i want, are double the price for same brand i have on 16" wheels which are Falken Ziex 914
If anyone can recommend some good tyres, i would like some suggestions for alternatives to consider
They are Vauxhall wheels i think from an Astra. I completely stripped the insides of the wheels back to bare metal as they were rusting and bubbled up a bit in some parts.
You can see the bits where water was getting through and causing the bubbling.
I used some paint stripper from Screwfix, the no frills stuff it's a bit cheaper than the Nitromors stuff, but still works quite well.
Some of the wheels stripped easier than others, others needed a going over a couple of times with the paint stripper and left overnight, scraping some layers off with a blade and some steel wool, to look like the above wheel when finished.
As they were all bare metal inside i first gave them a coat of etch primer, then a coat of 2k primer.
In basecoat the colour is Ford moondust silver
Here's some more pics of the finished article
The only downside is the tyres i want, are double the price for same brand i have on 16" wheels which are Falken Ziex 914
If anyone can recommend some good tyres, i would like some suggestions for alternatives to consider