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a pic with new beam and original rims
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:02 pm
by no show
got some white walls from george today , went around to production automotive to visit brendon , cheers brendon for staying back and fixing a couple of issues with my bus appreciate it.
brendon was also kind enough to send his original bus rims my way ,after a good clean and a paint job they came up pretty good ,we fitted on the white walls put them back on the bus ,,,much better now just need to clean, paint etc the rear rims lower the ass around 25mm to compensate for the larger tyre going on and the rake it already is sitting at
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:07 pm
by 5PL1TDCS10N
Hi T2,
You probably already know this but DO NOT SCRUB the whitewalls clean.
Use wax and grease remover to clean and then put some tyre stuf(must be white or clear) on it.
Cheers-wayne
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:13 pm
by beerdoc
Very nice
Such a nice bus and your still adding bling
Will be great to get to that stage
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:24 pm
by no show
5PL1TDCS10N wrote:Hi T2,
You probably already know this but DO NOT SCRUB the whitewalls clean.
Use wax and grease remover to clean and then put some tyre stuf(must be white or clear) on it.
Cheers-wayne
was wonering how to clean them brad was going to send me some old school bus must be busy.
beerdoc buses are never ending
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:50 pm
by splt59
Come by any time Darren. Hope Nic likes the rims now with the whitewalls on them. The bus rims look soo much better than the ones you took off. nice choice!
And to think i wouldnt let you use wax and grease remover in case it damaged them.... Ahh well, you cant know everything!!! Its always good to learn something new.
You can just make out the yellow mustang in the hubcap shot...nice.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:47 pm
by crewcabconnection
Use 65Busser Ointment Darren.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:56 pm
by brad@busnbug
Looks magnificent Darren. I'll send you some Ol School whitewall cleaner. pm your address again. I'll send it tomorrow.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:37 am
by no show
pm sent ,
here is a plug for split59 and his workshop
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:14 pm
by splt59
Does the back of my head really look that bad? gee, lucky you didnt get the front!!!
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:30 pm
by no show
is that the begining of a devon head
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:41 pm
by brad@busnbug
2 bottles Ol School in the mail today Darren. n/c to existing customers. That motor's tidy. Don't think I've seen it before. Luv that bus.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:19 pm
by muzza72
i like the look it gives the bus darren
murray
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:20 am
by MrScooter
totaly dig to white walls!
what size rims and tyres are you running? and is there a cure for squeeky white walls, cause mine are starting to squeeeeeeeeeek !!
i've squirted wd40 between them and the tyre and it fixes them for at lease a couple of weeks but is there something else?
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:34 am
by no show
MrScooter wrote:totaly dig to white walls!
what size rims and tyres are you running? and is there a cure for squeeky white walls, cause mine are starting to squeeeeeeeeeek !!
i've squirted wd40 between them and the tyre and it fixes them for at lease a couple of weeks but is there something else?
15x 4.5 inch rims with 175/55/15 tyres on the front will be running stock 165/15 on the rear very soon with 15x4.5 bus rims on the rear , at the moment it has 195/65/15 tyres on the rear with beetle rims x6 inches wide..
with the white walls i have not had the noises you are talking about , i do know they wear your tyre as it goes around past the point wear it holds the weigth of the car , the flapper rubs on the tyre as it balloons out, i suppose if the tyres are alittle under inflated it would balloon out more causing it to have more rubbing surface area which could cause some extra noise?????????
how does the wd40 go do you get stains around the outer edge of the white wall?
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:28 pm
by MrScooter
i've got all sorts of stains round my white walls, none from the wd40. i find that the good ole wd acts as a pretty good emergency cleaner. i worked in a repair shop last year where we would clean things up with it. especially vacuum cleaners. seems to get all the marks off.