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Originally Posted by teaston
I have posted this on another thread but no one's looking at it so thought I'd give it a thread as I'm so impressed with the results! I will never get a diamond cut wheel refurbed again.
I used Halfords emery paper kit, first the coarse one, then the medium grade and then the fine, always going in the same direction, then with 400, 2000 & finally 3000 grit wet and dry paper. Then polished with Autosol metal polish & finally finished it with E-Tech alloy wheel lacquer.
If you look closely you can see where the repaired area is a slightly different colour, but you would have to be looking for it.
Before and after:
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might be a silly question but should the tyre outter wall take damage first before alloy get grinded? your tyre looks intact where alloy is damaged
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Current Ride: 2020 G20 M340i in Metallic Black Sapphire with Individual Full Merino Ivory White and Piano Black Trim Previous Ride1: 2014 F30 M Sport 320D X-Drive Auto, Dakota Beige Leather, M Sport Brakes, Adaptive M Suspension, Paddle Shifters, 19" 403 Alloys, Folding Mirrors, Pro Sat Nav & Harman Kardon Surround Sound. Previous Ride2: 2004 E46 M Sport 320CI Auto, Montana Beige Leather & 18" 135M Alloys.