How To: Stainless Steel Trim Restoration
about 5 hours here and there, but I just could'nt let a good deed go unrewarded,richard went out of his way to get me the headlight rings and never even asked for a penny for even the shipping,when he inquired about a price for the stone gaurds it was like hmmm how bout a trade?and all was good till I got bored and just decided that he needed a better set for his sweet lil' dart,then it became an idea to do another how to thread such as this one ,I have to fix up a lot of stuff or do without so hopefully these how to' threads will allow more to enjoy what they have when better seems so out of reach, a little spit and polish will and trash will become treasure to those who don't mind a lil' "dumpster divin" many people share their knowledge and skills for the benefit of all,that's why F.A.B.O. is one of the best car sites on the planet!
Uggleeeeyyy Cragar wheel restoration
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Hey Ya'll I got to playing around with the idea of how to make some cragar wheels I bought on a 63 valiant look a lil bit better and I'll try to post the pics of the progress and hopefully it will help someone out. Start off by taking and cleaning as much of the wheel as you can with sos pad (make sure to use a new one with plenty of soap still on it so you don't scratch the chrome) then take a soft car wash brush and clean away the residue. Then dry the wheel. Then use a die grinder with a wire wheel (about an inch around,the cup type) to clean in between the spokes as best as you can and also around the rim area that usually pits a lil bit. Then break out the fine line tape and mask around the rim and then mask of the spokes then take regular masking tape to the rest of it. You can paint them argent if you want but I used sem trim paint to see how it would look. You be the judge of the results I'm quite happy with them. Now the part of the rim near the valve stem that also gets pitted you can wire wheel it also and then brush on a lil chrome paint to hide the discoloration of the pits. I like the results.
about 5 hours here and there, but I just could'nt let a good deed go unrewarded,richard went out of his way to get me the headlight rings and never even asked for a penny for even the shipping,when he inquired about a price for the stone gaurds it was like hmmm how bout a trade?and all was good till I got bored and just decided that he needed a better set for his sweet lil' dart,then it became an idea to do another how to thread such as this one ,I have to fix up a lot of stuff or do without so hopefully these how to' threads will allow more to enjoy what they have when better seems so out of reach, a little spit and polish will and trash will become treasure to those who don't mind a lil' "dumpster divin" many people share their knowledge and skills for the benefit of all,that's why F.A.B.O. is one of the best car sites on the planet!
Uggleeeeyyy Cragar wheel restoration
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Hey Ya'll I got to playing around with the idea of how to make some cragar wheels I bought on a 63 valiant look a lil bit better and I'll try to post the pics of the progress and hopefully it will help someone out. Start off by taking and cleaning as much of the wheel as you can with sos pad (make sure to use a new one with plenty of soap still on it so you don't scratch the chrome) then take a soft car wash brush and clean away the residue. Then dry the wheel. Then use a die grinder with a wire wheel (about an inch around,the cup type) to clean in between the spokes as best as you can and also around the rim area that usually pits a lil bit. Then break out the fine line tape and mask around the rim and then mask of the spokes then take regular masking tape to the rest of it. You can paint them argent if you want but I used sem trim paint to see how it would look. You be the judge of the results I'm quite happy with them. Now the part of the rim near the valve stem that also gets pitted you can wire wheel it also and then brush on a lil chrome paint to hide the discoloration of the pits. I like the results.
