RE: Stag Alloys

["Tink, Brian@CBR BSAV Mail" <Brian.Tink@domain.elided>]

Vito

I used a firm here in Canberra called World of Wheels alias the wheel
factory.

Their work is excellent however their prices have jumped dramatically
since I
did the Stag in '90 and last year.  Stag cost me $75 per wheel and the
lastest ones $130

still it is worth it in the long run and you know that tyre balancing is
going to be good and wheel alignment will give no problems.

keep stagering  Brian

 
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From: Vito Pacione on 6, Dec 1997 4:30 AM
Subject: RE: Stag Alloys
To: Tink, Brian@CBR BSAV Mail


Brian,

Who did you use to do the wheels?

At 09:40 AM 12/5/97 +1100, you wrote:
>Kevin
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>I would have to agree with Guy when he talks about option 1.  I used
>this on
>the Stag 6 years ago and they still look good.   Last year I lashed out
>and
>did the same with the alloys on the 2500S  Same result.
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>The beauty of this option is that the wheels can be re-rolled and any
>wobbles, out of rounds etc removed
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>keep staggering   brian
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>From: ggrunwald@domain.elided on 5, Dec 1997 9:26 AM
>Subject: Re: Stag Alloys
>To: kevin.harrop@domain.elided; stag@domain.elided
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>Kevin
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>Following are my experiences with removing the varnish and cleaning
Stag
>wheels.  I wrote this in response to a previous list query so I am only
>pasting in this previous response.
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>Guy Grunwald
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>>>>Peter
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>I had the same problem as you and I found there were two choices
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>1. I could send the wheels away to a shop which strips them, paints all
>the
>correct parts black again, skims them on a lathe, polishes them and
>treats
>them with a clear coat which will not discolour.  Cost approx. A$120+
>per
>wheel and I have seen the results and it looks terrific, probably
better
>than new.
>
>2. Do something myself.
>
>Finances being under a little pressure of late I chose option 2.  I
used
>a
>gel paint stripper called Polystrip and I did the wheels on the car
>using a
>small brush.  The clear (yellowed) lacquer came off with two
>applications
>of the stripper and by being very careful I did not significantly
affect
>the blacked out sections.  What I did find is that once the lacquer is
>off
>there were still some tarnish marks on the wheels which were very hard
>to
>remove.  I have been using a tube of metal polish and slowly but surely
>getting results.
>
>While the results I have achieved are not as good as if I had used
>option
>1, my wheels do look ten thousand million percent better than they did
>before and at a total cost of only about A$20 and a number of hours of
>time.  Eventually I will get the job done professionally but until then
>I
>am very happy with the results.
>
>If you intend to use a paint stripper, first test it on a small area of
>the
>wheel to check that it does not damage the metal and that it does lift
>the
>paint off.  I used the spare as a test wheel for this and I also talked
>to
>the stripper manufacturer before deciding to use the one I did.  I can
>get
>you the name of the metal polish I am using if you like, though as I
>mentioned it is a lot of work to remove the slight tarnish marks with
it
>and someone else may be able to recommend something better.  If so I
>would
>be interested to hear as well.
>
>It is a fair bit of work to do the job this way and option 1 is
>preferable
>if finances permit.  Irrespective I believe the results I have achieve
>have
>been worth the effort.
>
>
>Guy Grunwald<<<
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