Wheels

[tango123]

Hi just looking at Tarmac Ticklers car , I have the same wheels on mine and was wondering if the centres were painted or it was some type of cover ?
Hoping to finish my refurb off probably next year as have been in pot most of this one !

[phillpot]

i believe they should be painted, unlike a TR6 for example that has a centre cap thing.

[tango123]

Thanks for that philpott !, assumed they would be needed to make sure !.
Also need a good trimmer, preferably in my area to resew rear window back in as the stitching has pulled away, probably due to uv light ?
Any recommendations in the north notts- south yorks- north derbyshire area ?

[Deeman]

Yep - mine are new old stock. Confirm painted centre ans also around the slot edges. Tends to thin out the wheel from all the silver, just like the 8 spokes

[Deeman]

Voila'

[glenrobbo]

Yep, they are original fitment S1/1.5 OZ Slots that have been sprayed or powdercoated silver. Original finish was diamond cut & lacquered with anthracite centre and spoke edges.

I had my SI alloys refurbed, then a black powdercoat with flash chrome finish on the outer face. I was very pleased with the result:



Instead of painting the centres, I made a metal template and produced some sticky-backed plastic decals:


They were reluctant to stick to the bolt hole radii, so nice hot boiled eggs helped them conform!


This was the end result:


Do I deserve a Blue Peter badge?

Edited by glenrobbo on Saturday 20th August 23:11

[TVRees]

glenrobbo said:

Do I deserve a Blue Peter badge?

You most certainly do !

[tango123]

Thanks for all the help ,will probably go down the Blue Peter route after seeing the photos

[glenrobbo]

Thanks Tim for my lovely Blue Peter badge!

The best thing about the sticky backed plastic method is that you can choose from all manner of colours and patterns. You can even get hologramatic, tartan, checquered or Laura Ashley floral print if you so desire. Or even wood! Just imagine mahogany wheel centres!

My metal template means that I can produce decals to a nice clean-cut uniform standard whenever I feel like a change. It's just that when I come to fit them, I have to eat rather a lot of hard boiled eggs!

[greymrj]

Glen, like me, decided to have the wheels powder coated, saves a lot of cleaning! Like the Blue Peter approach but I paid a bit more to have the black powder coated and baked on to mine. So mine has the black centre and black outline to the spokes as original.


It appears that Andrews wheels are completely original 'diamond cut' alloy with original black detailing.


( I have cropped the picture to avoid any damning evidence of Glen POLISHING his car. His is two behind mine with BarryS1 in between)

[glenrobbo]

Richard! You promised me that you would never tell!

The shame! The SHAME!!