***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

gollywog wrote: »

Nope man not really sorry!! Black all day long....

Thinking of getting my wheels fefurbed in black, any thoughts??

Would look good on the Monza's especially with a red(Pink) car :pac:

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

Would look good on the Monza's especially with a red(Pink) car :pac:

Ya I would like it I think....
Might be something to get after xmas, halfway there in the milltek fund!!!
Just looking at scorpion exhausts too, seem cheaper for a full system, are they any good~??

If you do loads of prep on your alloys you will get a very good finish. Granted it may not be as tough or as long lasting as powder coating but its a hell of a lot cheaper. 80-100 quid will easily do a set diy. Expect to pay that a rim to get them powder coated. I got a good finish on the rims of the leon with cheap rattle cans.

1)Key the surface well or bring back to the metal if your really fussy.
2)Fill in any kerb marks etc with either body fillers or metal putty. Sand smooth.
3)Prime the wheel. I used 2 coats of hi build/filler primer. Let dry and sand smooth.
4)You may need to use a normal primer now depending on the paint you are going to use. My hi build primer was black and the wheels were being sprayed black so I was grand.
5)Spray about 3 light coats of colour. Leave to dry then wet sand to a smooth finish.
6)Apply 3 more light coats of colour and when the last one goes tacky spray on 3-5 coats of lacquer.

Leave to dry for a few days to allow the paint to harden. You can wet sand the lacquer with p2000-2500 and compound and polish them but I personally would bother.

Cleaning between each stage is very important as is having a clean dust free place to spray them. The better you prep them the better the finish will be.

Edit: This is for a gloss finish. A satin or matt finish will not require lacquer.


Note: Im not a professinal at this. My way might not be 100% right but its the way I done my own and they turned out fine!

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Cheers, Oh one quick Q. Why is it that you dont need to laqure it if its matt black?

matt is a dull finish. lacquer gives it a shine. if you put lacquer over matt black it wont come out dull!

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Oh right, the penny drops. Cheers. The paint wont flake off though will it?

no but you should put on extra light coats of colour instead of lacquer

I dont know if i was caught speeding tonight.

4 way junction and me going through a bit too fast and a garda car sitting on the street at right angle.

i get out of view, slam on and go about 45 kph and garda car comes around the corner with blue lights on.

it sits behind me for less than 45 seconds so i put indicator on after a small few seconds to pull over.

it took off with blue lights on past me and on down the road.

wonder can they do me non-intercept like that ? i.e they just took the reg number and on they went ?

im probably just being paranoid but will i hear anything from that ?

Turtle-TM wrote: »

By the way matt, don't suppose you've had any experience changing the motor on the mmi screen of a d3. It's a known problem, the plastic gears on the motor lose a tooth and the screen won't rise up properly, I got the mmi screen out ok, but couldn't get the motor out of the assembly. Audi want €800 for a new one, I bought metal gears for €80, but couldn't get the motor out to swap them.

No first hand experience, probably best asking on an Audi forum (quattroworld or audiworld etc).

sean1141 wrote: »

matt is a dull finish. lacquer gives it a shine. if you put lacquer over matt black it wont come out dull!

It would come out satin, which is a nicer finish anyhow IMO. Also you have to put something as a protectant over the paint (matte or otherwise). You can buy matte lacquer's.

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Was it a 2.5l petrol in your old skyline?

2.5 gtst 399hp. stupidly mad thing, but **** i so miss it now. dunno wtf is wrong with me today. i could almost cry. To make it even worse, the fecker who bough it broke it down for parts, so it will never be on the streets again.