Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Tag: Silver Rallye
Carrying on from the previous post, some days later we moved onto the rear wheels
The insides of the wheels were pretty rusty to these got a quick clean up and treatment with silver Hammerite
Once the outside of the rims were cleaned a few coats ofFrost’s High Build Primer were applied
This was followed by a number of coats of Halfords Wheel Silver 24 hrs later
After a further 24 hours several coats of Simoniz Acrylic Lacquer to finish the job
Pretty pleased with how the rear wheels came out, playing card masking once again for the wheel silver and the acrylic lacquer.
Whilst I was at it I also refurbed the spare tyre that’s stored under the pickup bed and takes a lot of stick from the road debris and salt.
Used the spare to move the truck around whilst working on the other rims. Quite like the solid wheel look! Used the same high build primer as on the other wheels, decided to use Hammerite direct to rust paint for the final finish with no lacquer. Once done with the other rims the spare was placed back in it’s spot.
Job done!
As the Model A is a little indisposed, the S10 Xtreme is always the backup option for the showfield. However the Rallye Steelies added a few years ago are showing their origin somewhat
On all four rims the finish is pretty much the same, the victim of UK road salt and poor manufacture. The real answer is tyres off and powder coating, but for now a stop gap paintjob is in order.
After a quick clean up with some brake cleaner and a wash off with some detergent, followed by a quick scuff with wet and dry we were ready for primer.
As you can see the old playing card masking trick was successfully used to get the primer onto one of the front rims.
As can be seen the coverage is quite good, and needs to be left to cure.
At this point rain stopped play and the other front rim along with the crusty get you home spare had to be fitted. This also will get a a paint as part of the exercise.
More soon!
I have never liked the rims that were on my S10 Xtreme when I bought it. The main worry was the offset of the wheels needing large wheel spacers. Just getting the wheel stud extensions off the original wheel studs was a challenge in itself. I think the Silver Rallye Wheels look a lot better. I have some baby moon caps to fit but they are a bit of a loose fit and will need adjustment
Spec is as follows :
15×8 Silver Rallye and 235/60×15 Galaxy RWL on the front
15×10 Silver Rallye and 275/60×15 Galaxy RWL on the rear
I wanted to have as much wheel and tyre as possible without spacers.
Thanks to North Hants Tyres
