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macroy
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Centre cap refurb
« on: Apr 15th, 2007, 4:50pm » |
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Well it has been a gorgeous day here in Rochdale,so I thought I would give my ugly looking centre caps a well needed refurb.Give them a good sanding and 4 coats of alloy wheel spray and 2 clear lacquers,dried in no time and now back on the wheels.
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Dave
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #1 on: Apr 15th, 2007, 4:52pm » |
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 Are you available for work on rear arches? 
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v4-max aka Cheekyboy1
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #2 on: Apr 15th, 2007, 5:01pm » |
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 good job fella
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Spannerdemon
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Smart job that. VERY impressed. Time well spent. 
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Matt
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #4 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 6:23pm » |
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nice,
did you remove the ford badges or just cover them up??
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scorpio_man
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #5 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 6:36pm » |
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hi there
they come off. easiest way is to put them in the steamer. works a treat. 
just glue them back on.
hth
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Matt
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #6 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 6:46pm » |
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yay!
ive been thinking of having the 12 spokes referbed, but wanted to have the center caps done at the same time so there the same colour lol
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scorpio_man
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #7 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 6:54pm » |
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hi matt
watch how you take them off. i broke one (outer plastic, ford sticker in underneath this) when i done it. 
if you do, you need to get some caps from a different ford (focus, fiesta, etc) and swap them over.
mine are now the 'black' ones instead of the scorpio 'blue' ones.
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Matt
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #8 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 7:01pm » |
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i had been thinking of soaking them in boiling water to soften the glue, i wonder if you can get then from ford??
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scorpio_man
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #9 on: Apr 19th, 2007, 7:07pm » |
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hi matt
as far as i know, they are not available. i can't find a code for them, anyway, just the caps themselves.
i ended up buying 4 fiesta caps from ebay for £10 or so.
hth
btw, i think there's 2 sizes, so look carefully at any photos of them.
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macroy
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #10 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 8:40am » |
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Matt,no need to take out the badges.All you need is a small piece of masking tape,cover the badge and with your finger nail just work the tape into the recess then either with a sharp stanley blade or scalpel trim off the excess.Make sure everything is totally dry before removing the tape,you may just have to run the blade around the edge of the tape.  Roy.
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pete from Hull
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #11 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 9:27am » |
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Another way is to coat them with vaseline, do the spray job, let it dry and wipe off the vaseline, hey presto! instant masking without the hassle.....
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macroy
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #12 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 1:35pm » |
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Nice idea for a larger area but for not for something like this.Masking only takes a matter of seconds and when removed you have a nice crisp sharp edge.Roy
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #13 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 2:02pm » |
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hi there
i thought matt wanted to refub his wheels, hence taking off the ford sign. they all go into acid and then in to the oven to be baked.
btw, you also need to take off the plastic trim (bolts/screws). i painted them with mercury grey metalic from my old sierra. gives a slight contrast to the titanium colour of the wheels.
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #14 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 4:11pm » |
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For larger areas you can use copydex, then it peels off....
Pete
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Matt
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #15 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 4:58pm » |
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nice looking estate there scorpio man ,
need to get the cossie rebuilt sharpish!
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #16 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 5:02pm » |
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on Apr 20th, 2007, 4:58pm, Matt wrote:nice looking estate there scorpio man ,
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only from a distance.  it shows it's age up close.
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Ultima2300
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #17 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 5:14pm » |
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I think that comes to all of us eventually
Geoff
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #18 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 5:15pm » |
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Matt
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Re: Centre cap refurb
« Reply #19 on: Apr 20th, 2007, 5:58pm » |
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the back end of mine shows up no matter how far u are from it lol
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