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roscoe
07-06-2008, 10:37 PM
yeah so i got my wheels used and they have some nice curbage going on. anybody got any ideas... i'm thinking about buying some new ones later but i'd like to make em look better for now. filing them down gonna make em look like crap? just lookin for a quick fix

Init2winit
07-06-2008, 10:47 PM
yeah so i got my wheels used and they have some nice curbage going on. anybody got any ideas... i'm thinking about buying some new ones later but i'd like to make em look better for now. filing them down gonna make em look like crap? just lookin for a quick fixIf the wheel lip is just scratched up and not bent, you can mount it up on a brake lathe and machine a new lip on the wheel.

speedminded
07-06-2008, 10:48 PM
yeah so i got my wheels used and they have some nice curbage going on. anybody got any ideas... i'm thinking about buying some new ones later but i'd like to make em look better for now. filing them down gonna make em look like crap? just lookin for a quick fixAircraft stripper, grind off the high spots, automotive body filler, then sand and paint them.

roscoe
07-06-2008, 10:56 PM
sweet i didnt think about putting them on a brake lathe.. wont make the lip too thin?

Init2winit
07-06-2008, 11:01 PM
sweet i didnt think about putting them on a brake lathe.. wont make the lip too thin?Well, I wouldn't take a whole bunch off. Use your own discretion!

roscoe
07-06-2008, 11:06 PM
haha i gotcha

AnthonyF
07-07-2008, 10:36 AM
take it to a professional if you dont know what you are doing.

Wheel Wizard on Peachtree Industrial. A+++

-Ant.

southside
07-07-2008, 11:01 AM
Just use a round electric sander, I fixed several wheels with horrible curbage.I made a thread in the wheels section if you wanna see.That way you wont have to pay that much.My fat fives had bad curbage til I used the sander it smoothed it out.

roscoe
07-07-2008, 05:41 PM
ok cool ill check out yer thread

frostbyte
07-07-2008, 05:50 PM
metro wheels in cobb do amazin work too

Hollowmon
07-07-2008, 11:12 PM
take it to a professional if you dont know what you are doing.

Wheel Wizard on Peachtree Industrial. A+++

-Ant.
I agree :goodjob: