I finally got my new set of rims for the Charger. I have been waiting for a year to get these bad boys off a 63 Dodge.
They are the same as my old mags except these ones are shinier. Before I put them on I want to paint inbetween the spokes black like my old ones are. what do you guys use for that?
I will put some more pictures up as I do them up and fit them.
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030765.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030766.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030767.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030769.jpg)
they look smart are they polished alloy? what about black por15 should be good although its difficult to get a good finish with i bought some in a car shop in blenhiem cant remeber the name of it now but they do a lot of rubber trim to for classics.
Yeah they are polished alloy. They are a New Zealand brand of mags called Wormag so they are very rare. they were only sold in NZ and I have only seen a hand full of them.
I was thinking of masking it up and VHT make a spray can specially for that type of thing.
I am just going to clean them up and sand all the surfaces I am going to paint. I will put up some progress shots.
Love them rims, They look great on Valiants, A mate of mine had a set on his valiant Limo many years ago, I wonder if they made them to if an Avenger that would be cool
Thanks. I think they are awesome mags and something a bit different.
Yes they do make them for an Avenger. I saw them on a Avenger on trademe years ago. I saved some pictures of it.
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/Avengers/10529874_full.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/Avengers/10529877_full.jpg)
in terms of painting them, just mask off and paint with vht/any decent wheel paint
I have finish the first rim.
Here is a picture. Tell me what you think.
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030777.jpg)
Here is a close up before and after.
Before
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030781.jpg)
After
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030782.jpg)
very neat they look spick and span now ;)
Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with the way they came out. just 3 more to go now.
Finished painting all the rims today. Well pleased with how they came out. I will get them fitted this weekend.
Here are some pictures of the finished product.
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030790.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030787.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030789.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030788.jpg)
its amazing how somethign simple liek that makes them look so much better! will definitely be respraying the black inserts on my new rims
Yeah I didn't think it would make as much difference as it did. I'm very please I made the effort to paint them before I put them on because they look tons better now.
Your rims would look great resprayed.
I gave the rims one last polish last night and got the new rims put on the Charger today and they look soo bloody awesome. I am just floored by how good they look.
Here are some pictures.
Last photo with the old rims
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030793.jpg)
And after with the new rims fitted
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030827.jpg)
Close up of the rims
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030818.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030819.jpg)
Some more shots of the Charger with the new rims
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030815.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030816.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030811.jpg)
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/P1030822.jpg)
This is what my charger would look like if it could hover. Please note: The anti-gravitational hover field is often mistaken for a really bad attempt at photoshop.
(http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avenga76/1972%20Charger/hovercharger.jpg)
they look very well all the effort was worth it they look 100% lol at floating charger
Thanks. They came out much better than I hoped. the spokes really stand out well now with the blacked out parts. Well worth restoring them.
I might try tidying up the old set so I can have 2 really good sets.
Richie, they looks bludi Goood mate!!
Thanks.
I have a set of these available in Avenger stud pattern (4x108) in 13x6
http://www.avenger.co.nz/forum/index.php?topic=332.0
Cheers, ill defintly let you know if im keen or not ae. hahaa
Mikey.