Dimma Wheels

[bouver 0]

I am fed up of polishing, but here is the end result.

 

These have been rebuilt with new stainless steel bolts.

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

They look well Simon. What centre cap are you planning?

[DaveW 6]

Did you do that by hand or with a power tool?

[1 FAT PUG 39]

i could have done that for you cheap

[james_pug 26 1 Cars]

look good, what bolts did you use?

[bouver 0]

Thanks for the comments.

 

I have some centre caps that came with the wheels Henry, either them or have some plain ally turned to fit. I am planning to use them attached to a 12v/240v inverter to give a nasty shock to any Chavs trying to steal my wheels.

 

I forget what grade bolts I used, but there are 2 types of stainless. One is for submersed applications and one is not. I think they are A2. On the back of the wheels i have used a stainless washer and a nyloc nut.

[bouver 0]

Did you do that by hand or with a power tool?

 

 

By hand dave.

 

From 80 grit all the way to 1500. Lots of water and a bit of washing up liquid.

 

I did the final stages with a polishing wheel and 3 grades of cutting paste, like jewellers rouge.

 

The most important thing when polishing is to have a tool that does not rotate more than 500rmp as it just burns the poish onto the metal.

 

Doing these wheels has been hard work, I am happy with the result tough.

[BERTMAN 40 1 Cars]

serious effort, nice one

[DaveW 6]

Oh rite i knew it would be alot of work, i need to do my speedlines up as they have been polished up

[mikebullock84 0]

looks good mate, where did you get your bolts from? ive been wanting to replace the bolts on my dimma wheels aswell!

[Joe-Tait 0]

Nice who made those? Image?