Painted the Hubs today ( Image Heavy )
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Painted the Hubs today ( Image Heavy )
Got round to sorting out the rusty hubs today, well the nearside wheels as I've only got two axel stands. Also tried out the new battery charger to see how much juice it would push to the battery to give it a kick and blow off a few cobwebs. While I was waiting for the rust treatment to finalise I took the time to give her a polish and properly clean the wheels that had come off.
It makes a massive difference. I've included a couple of pics of the offside hubs which are still to be done to give some idea of how much difference it makes.
Not a difficult job but a bit time consuming as you need to wait a minimum of three hours before you can paint them after you have applied the rust treatment.
waiting for the treatment to finish
nice clean wheels
Time for some Italian lubrication
giving the battery a boost
Nice of Jaguar to provide a beer stand on the boot.
front masked and ready to go
rear masked and ready to go
two coats on the front
two coats on the rear
Bit of an improvement - rear
Bit of an improvement - front
all done front
all done rear
looking shiny and rust free
looking shiny and rust free
looking shiny and rust free
massive difference
offside rear still needing doing
massive difference
offside front still needing doing
It makes a massive difference. I've included a couple of pics of the offside hubs which are still to be done to give some idea of how much difference it makes.
Not a difficult job but a bit time consuming as you need to wait a minimum of three hours before you can paint them after you have applied the rust treatment.
waiting for the treatment to finish
nice clean wheels
Time for some Italian lubrication
giving the battery a boost
Nice of Jaguar to provide a beer stand on the boot.
front masked and ready to go
rear masked and ready to go
two coats on the front
two coats on the rear
Bit of an improvement - rear
Bit of an improvement - front
all done front
all done rear
looking shiny and rust free
looking shiny and rust free
looking shiny and rust free
massive difference
offside rear still needing doing
massive difference
offside front still needing doing
Last edited by SteveX150; 07-10-2021 at 03:24 PM.
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Great job and impressive time - only a 2 beer task.
I see yours has a similar issue to mine with the wheelarch liners. I can understand the better sound insluating properies of the material over the plastic type on the earlier model but the dirt certainly clings to them.
A hard brush shifts it but would be interested to know if anyone has found a suitable dirt-repellant coating.
Graham
I see yours has a similar issue to mine with the wheelarch liners. I can understand the better sound insluating properies of the material over the plastic type on the earlier model but the dirt certainly clings to them.
A hard brush shifts it but would be interested to know if anyone has found a suitable dirt-repellant coating.
Graham
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Incidentally @SteveX150 , there was no need for you to open up the battery compartment to charge the battery. Take a look at your Owner’s Manual, there is a positive post near then LH rear light cluster, accessed from inside.
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Incidentally @SteveX150 , there was no need for you to open up the battery compartment to charge the battery. Take a look at your Owner’s Manual, there is a positive post near then LH rear light cluster, accessed from inside.
How does the saying go.. “If all else fails….. read the manual”.
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Think the camera angle fooled you. Battery is on the left, electronics still on the right.
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