Hi Chaps
Finally managed to get my Wheels and Brake Calipers refurbed. They were really pi**ing me off and let the car down. My brother-in-law decided to sparay all four wheels in one hit over the last bank holiday, pretty poor weather but soldiered on regardless! And we did the calipers in situ, front big reds in pretty good condition, but the rears were really poor. Decided to paint all four a slightly deeper red than the Guards Red.
The Cups had been pretty poorly repaired by a Comedy Wheel refurb gentleman recommended by a main dealer (sound familar?) who tried to charge me £250 for the privilege! These took a lot of hard work on B-I-L's part. After the tyres were off, we "Wonder Wheels'd" the backs of them and keyed them and did the repairs. Anthony got on with spraying whilst I keyed and masked the Calipers.
Day 2 and 3 coats of silver on the wheels and 4 coats of red on the calipers, time to put new Porsche decals on and Lacquer both wheels and Calipers. We utilised Anthony's Greenhouse as a spray booth.
Only thing I need to address now is passengers side door trim which my darling wife "caught" on a high kerb.....very annoying!!!! Oh and get the front grills repainted, looking a little shabby.
Service time in August, last year used a Main Dealer.....followed a week later by Autopool to rectify all the problems that hadn't been fixed by MD! My give MRC a go this year, any suggestions?
Cheers Chaps, Shrish I'm still gutted for yer!
Simon
Finally managed to get my Wheels and Brake Calipers refurbed. They were really pi**ing me off and let the car down. My brother-in-law decided to sparay all four wheels in one hit over the last bank holiday, pretty poor weather but soldiered on regardless! And we did the calipers in situ, front big reds in pretty good condition, but the rears were really poor. Decided to paint all four a slightly deeper red than the Guards Red.
The Cups had been pretty poorly repaired by a Comedy Wheel refurb gentleman recommended by a main dealer (sound familar?) who tried to charge me £250 for the privilege! These took a lot of hard work on B-I-L's part. After the tyres were off, we "Wonder Wheels'd" the backs of them and keyed them and did the repairs. Anthony got on with spraying whilst I keyed and masked the Calipers.
Day 2 and 3 coats of silver on the wheels and 4 coats of red on the calipers, time to put new Porsche decals on and Lacquer both wheels and Calipers. We utilised Anthony's Greenhouse as a spray booth.
Only thing I need to address now is passengers side door trim which my darling wife "caught" on a high kerb.....very annoying!!!! Oh and get the front grills repainted, looking a little shabby.
Service time in August, last year used a Main Dealer.....followed a week later by Autopool to rectify all the problems that hadn't been fixed by MD! My give MRC a go this year, any suggestions?
Cheers Chaps, Shrish I'm still gutted for yer!
Simon
I wish my friend's new bead blaster would arrive. 
Good tip. I forgot about the spare. 
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