Hi all,

I have a couple of sets of the shallow offset contessas sitting in wait and decided to spruce a set up..... From this


Then had the centres soda blasted, to get back to a clean surface and then hand painted on a 2 pak expoxy black, I did mask the outer rim for blasting and painting but you can get it perfect!
Then took then to the professionals for a polish down to 3000 grit, the also too the rim lip back to a good finish and highlighted the step from silver rim to black. Guy at polish could believe how strong the paint was, he thought they were powder coated!



Hope you like

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

They look awesome, what'd the pro's charge you to polish them? (only two wheels correct?).

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

Perth wheel repairs in East cannington polished them up at $30 bucks a rim and there were 4!

It's not a cheap thing but it takes a lot of elbow grease to get them that shiny and by the time you buy all the bits etc you would probably spend just as much....

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

Makes mine look craptastic.

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What a huge difference in the before and after photo's ....... they turned out great

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Looks good.

I sprayed mine with VHT quickcoat gloss black acrylic spray cans, then hand polished them with Mothers mag wheel polish.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31275265@N05/9449115260/

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Hey Doc,
Did you sandblast them before you sprayed them black?

Nope, I paint stripped them with Bunnings `Digger' stripper.. Then I machined off any gutter rash from the outer rim edge and wet sanded them in the lathe at work. With 240>600>1200 paper.
Then I masked the rims up, sprayed the centres with etch prime, then 6 coats of black, finally I hand polished the outer rim with Mothers polish.

Didn't take me long, all it cost was 1L of stripper, 1 spray can of epoxy etch primer, 2 cans VHT `quickcoat' gloss black, and some wet & dry paper.

[edit] The Contessa nuts shown are custom S/S ones, from TheMiniMan. I doubt he has any left, but you could ask him nice..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

You're a champ Doc. I've been scratching my head as I got quotes to sandblast, paint n polish and got little change out of $150 each!!
So now.....Paint Stripper, Etch Primer, Black gloss n a bit of elbow grease. I'm on to it!
Cheers again.
Haydn

I used this method and it came up great. Just remember to wash the paint stripper off thoroughly. Wash it again after that.

I also painted mine over the top with clear coat gloss

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

One of the wheels I did (unused, NOS) had clear all over it, it had gone patchy and yellowed. After the trouble I had stripping it off, No way would I put clear over them... I just give the outer rims a quick polish with Mothers mag polish every 6 months or so. The other set I did 3 years ago still look like new.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Cheers Boys,
Bought the paint stipper today. I'll attempt to do a few before and after pics.
Haydn