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(Message started by: macroy on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:50pm)

Title: Centre cap refurb
Post by macroy on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:50pm

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.

Before.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/macroy6750/Picture277.jpg

After
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/macroy6750/Picture278-1.jpg

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Dave on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:52pm

:o Are you available for work on rear arches? ;D

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by v4-max on Apr 15^th, 2007, 5:01pm

8) good job fella 8)

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Spannerdemon on Apr 15^th, 2007, 7:40pm

Smart job that. VERY impressed. Time well spent. :D

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Matt on Apr 19^th, 2007, 6:23pm

nice,

did you remove the ford badges or just cover them up??

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 19^th, 2007, 6:36pm

hi there

they come off. easiest way is to put them in the steamer. :o ;D works a treat. :)

just glue them back on.

hth

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Matt on Apr 19^th, 2007, 6:46pm

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

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 19^th, 2007, 6:54pm

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.

hth

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Matt on Apr 19^th, 2007, 7:01pm

i had been thinking of soaking them in boiling water to soften the glue, i wonder if you can get then from ford??

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 19^th, 2007, 7:07pm

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.

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by macroy on Apr 20^th, 2007, 8:40am

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.

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by petehull on Apr 20^th, 2007, 9:27am

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.....

Hth
Pete

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by macroy on Apr 20^th, 2007, 1:35pm

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 ;)

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 20^th, 2007, 2:02pm

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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/scorpio_man/scorpio%20bits/DSCN0095s.jpg

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by petehull on Apr 20^th, 2007, 4:11pm

For larger areas you can use copydex, then it peels off....

Pete

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Matt on Apr 20^th, 2007, 4:58pm

nice looking estate there scorpio man ;),

need to get the cossie rebuilt sharpish!

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 20^th, 2007, 5:02pm

on 04/20/07 at 16:58:16, Matt wrote:

nice looking estate there scorpio man ;),

only from a distance. :( it shows it's age up close. :-[

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Ultima2300 on Apr 20^th, 2007, 5:14pm

I think that comes to all of us eventually ;)

Geoff

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by scorpio_man on Apr 20^th, 2007, 5:15pm

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Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by Matt on Apr 20^th, 2007, 5:58pm

the back end of mine shows up no matter how far u are from it lol

Title: Re: Centre cap refurb
Post by TiberiuS on Apr 20^th, 2007, 11:28pm

on 04/20/07 at 16:11:04, petehull wrote:

For larger areas you can use copydex, then it peels off....

Pete

Or some of the Mother-in-Law's scone mix...works a treat and legend has it it's almost bullet-proof.

The scone mix, that is, not the Mother-in-Law...I did say almost ::)