Westville Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Looking at having a full size spare and been offered a wheel in need of re-furb - as it's polished alloy rather than painted I wondered if anyone here has managed to re-polish this type of Vignale wheel? OR anyone got any advice on how best to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frembrit Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 No Idea but are you sure it will fir in the wheel well? I looked in to having a full size 19" wheel as a spare on my MK4.5 Mondeo and it does not fit in the well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 Sorry should have made my position clearer - I was thinking that in the event I had to use the 'space saver wheel' I thought it would be useful to have a "spare" full size wheel that I could put on the car to replace the tempiorary wheel whilst the original was being repaired. i know it would not fit in the wheel well so would be kept in the garage until needed Having owned cars with low profile tyres before I would rather be ready for it happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 In case anyone else is looking for the same help here is a very good video I found on how to repair and polish mag alloy wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Searching for a suitable 'spare' wheel I came across a full set of 20" Vignale Rims for less than the price of one - well chuffed They need some light re-furbishment which I will do in the next few weeks - then add a set of TPMS valves and some winter tyres and I will be well set for the seasons ahead - will post pics if I remember to take them as I go along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatix Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Great result, winter tyres are the way forward the brakeing distance in the cold and wet is dramatically reduced allways catchs me out when i first swop. Never mind snow conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Update: Finished stripping the wheels of lacquer and sanding down the metal worm Just need a couple more dry days to do the final 600 grade rub down and re-polish, then apply 2K lacquer to finish Here's a few pics of work in progress Before: Rot spots taken out with flappy wheel on Dremel (lacquer still to strip): 1st sanding without lacquer 320 grade: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westville Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 Update: Fine sanding underway with 1000 grit paper - tried a quick test polish on one section today - well pleased with results using Mothers Mag/Aluminium polish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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