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Spider wheel colour

Postby eddr26r » Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:48 pm

Is the wheel a Matt finish or gloss silver


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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby miles thomas » Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:02 pm

Matt mate ;)
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby eddr26r » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:01 pm

Thanks
Just refurbishing mine
two have been refurb at some point by last owner so I have two Matt on one side and a sort of gloss come Matt on the other side



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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby stephendell » Tue May 01, 2018 1:57 pm

Just make sure you see a sample wheel at the refurbishers.

I just had mine done satin silver and they are quite matt identical to the originals but finish will vary depending where you get them done.
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby eddr26r » Thu May 03, 2018 6:14 am

Quick question
The wheel refurbished chap asked
If these wheels are magnesium or just standard alloy


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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby stephendell » Thu May 03, 2018 1:31 pm

Standard aluminium
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby eddr26r » Thu May 03, 2018 1:32 pm

Many thanks


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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby simontaylor » Thu May 03, 2018 3:13 pm

eddr26r wrote:Quick question
The wheel refurbished chap asked
If these wheels are magnesium or just standard alloy


I thought magnesium was a bit ultra-specialist, and very expensive.
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby clee » Thu May 03, 2018 4:19 pm

It is as about 30% lighter than ali ....+ you would probably only get 3 for the price of a complete Spider :thinking
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby Keith Hall » Thu May 03, 2018 8:50 pm

I didn't think they were "normal" alloys as they are so difficult to clean ;) - Maybe because they are matt finish and not lacquered

My usual AutoGlym wheel cleaner, which works well on my other cars is useless on the Spider wheels

On a recommendation, I started using Code Clean pH neutral alloy wheel cleaner

https://www.codeclean.co.uk/categories/ ... aner-500ml

Brilliant stuff :up

Spray it on, leave it 5 minutes and then jet it off = job done
Just a Yellow Sport Spider...... ::N ::I ::C ::E
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Re: Spider wheel colour

Postby stephendell » Wed May 09, 2018 8:22 pm

It was meant to be a satin/matt finish to match the roll hoop and dashboard etc
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