BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands, and, formerly, Rover.The company's tagline in English is currently "The Ultimate Driving Machine". The original German slogan is "Freude am Fahren", which translates to "Joy in Driving" in English. In certain regions, BMW also uses the English tagline "sheer driving pleasure" (e.g. Hong Kong).BMW's main competitors include Acura, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Saab and Volvo.Sunday, December 31, 2006
BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands, and, formerly, Rover.The company's tagline in English is currently "The Ultimate Driving Machine". The original German slogan is "Freude am Fahren", which translates to "Joy in Driving" in English. In certain regions, BMW also uses the English tagline "sheer driving pleasure" (e.g. Hong Kong).BMW's main competitors include Acura, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Saab and Volvo.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Alfa Romeo 147 VS Ferrari Enzo Ferrari F430 e Maserati Mc12
Alfa Romeo 147 VS Ferrari Enzo Ferrari F430 e Maserati Mc12
Alfa Romeo 147 VS Ferrari Enzo Ferrari F430 e Maserati Mc12
Alfa Romeo 147 VS Ferrari Enzo Ferrari F430 e Maserati Mc12
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Painted Rims Installed on Car
A follow up to my DIY Paint your car Rims article, I promised pics of the rims on my Integra to see how it will look.
Well I had installed them last week as winter has come and some snow has already been seen. Nothing to use my winter tires for yet, but that will come.
I was pretty impressed with how the gunmetal rim with polished style lip looked on my green Integra. I always was going back and forth if I should paint my rims gunmetal, but now I am quite happy with the end result.
Take a look:
Hope my DIY paint your rims article helped, and I hope this will help others picture what the stock SE rims will look like gunmetal with a polished lip and on a green integra like mine.
Regards, MK
Visit my Car Detailing Guide in my other blog. Updates to come real soon.
Well I had installed them last week as winter has come and some snow has already been seen. Nothing to use my winter tires for yet, but that will come.
I was pretty impressed with how the gunmetal rim with polished style lip looked on my green Integra. I always was going back and forth if I should paint my rims gunmetal, but now I am quite happy with the end result.
Take a look:
Hope my DIY paint your rims article helped, and I hope this will help others picture what the stock SE rims will look like gunmetal with a polished lip and on a green integra like mine.
Regards, MK
Visit my Car Detailing Guide in my other blog. Updates to come real soon.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Classic Car Restoration: 1969 Ford Mustang
Looking for some car body work videos and restoration projects I came across this video on YouTube.
a 1969 Ford Mustang was taken from a pretty beat up shape to a fantastic blue painted Mustang that is ready to rule the roads! Take a look at that automatic launch at the end of the video. The amazing part I found was the wiring by the steering wheel and how the interior looked before and after. You can see during the video how the body of the Mustang has been sanded and prepped for painting. The light colored grey primer was put on the outside of the car, and then the final top coat of blue makes it shine. Take a look at this beauty:
a 1969 Ford Mustang was taken from a pretty beat up shape to a fantastic blue painted Mustang that is ready to rule the roads! Take a look at that automatic launch at the end of the video. The amazing part I found was the wiring by the steering wheel and how the interior looked before and after. You can see during the video how the body of the Mustang has been sanded and prepped for painting. The light colored grey primer was put on the outside of the car, and then the final top coat of blue makes it shine. Take a look at this beauty:
Friday, November 24, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Paint Your Car Rims
Paint your own Rims? Who would of thought something previously done by professionals could be done in your own home.
While, the concept of painting your own rims has been around a few years now, many questions pop up of how to do it and I thought I would share my own experiences with painting my Integra stock rims. I have read up many examples of how to do this, but my first time trying was this year when I chose to refinish my winter rims. I was quite please with the outcome.
First, what the hell do you need to paint your rims? Paint of course :) This is where Duplicolor comes in with their wheel paint. They offer paint colors to match your style coming in white, gunmetal, classic silver and bronze as well. I chose to do mine in gunmetal leaving my lip the stock polished style look. So here are your options:
So you chose your colour, bought your paint and are semi-ready. First, you need to sand down your rims. Why? This gives the surface a rough texture so the paint has something to adhere to. Reference the article to polish your rims on how sanding of the rims works. The only difference with this is how far you want to go. In my case, being winter rims painted I chose not to go through the process of stripping the paint on the rims completely. I simply sanded down the surface with 300 grit sandpaper ensuring to make everything sanded equally. This gives the rough surface required for the paint to adhere, and as long as your rims had no damage it should be good enough.
Your rims are sanded, you have your paint and now are ready. First, make sure you clean all sanding dust off the rims and ensure a totally clean surface so the paint will stick and not flake off after your first drive out with your newly painted rims!!! Here are my rims washed and ready to completely dry before painting:
Here is an upclose shot of my Sanded Rim ready to have a fresh coat of Gunmetal paint applied to it:
You will notice my rims are masked off with newspaper and masking tape. Of course you want to do this so you dont turn your tires into the color you are painting. I don't want gunmetal painted tires. Also if you look close enough, you will know that the lip has been masked off as well. So I carefully applied the masking tape on the lip to protect it from being painted as well. Also, you know the lil thing you pump your air into, mask that off as well unless you want that to have a color change as well :)
The rims are dry, you have masked off what you dont want painted and now you are ready. Put some newspaper on the ground and place the rim on top of the newspaper. You don't want to paint the concrete underneath the rim so keep it clean with the newspaper.
Now apply your first coat of paint (gunmetal on my rims). Here is my first coat on two of the rims (the two on the right have been painted):
Here are pics of the rims painted and masked:
A couple of good shot of the Rim Painted with the Clear Coat shining while drying:
Now put away your rims somewhere and let them dry so the paint has time to cure. I left mine for a couple days and then took off the masked newspaper and tape. And the results are in.
Three Rims lined up and painted:
Up Close view of Dried Clear Coat, Nice and shiny :)
Here is single shots of the rims without the center caps installed yet:
Here is single shots of the rims with center caps installed yet:
Hope you enjoyed my venture into painting my own rims and hope this may tempt you trying the same with your old rims that you were maybe thinking of throwing away, but now can refinish into a nice set of rims.
Regards, MK
Car Buyer Guide gives insight into buying your car or seeing what Car Concepts are coming out!
While, the concept of painting your own rims has been around a few years now, many questions pop up of how to do it and I thought I would share my own experiences with painting my Integra stock rims. I have read up many examples of how to do this, but my first time trying was this year when I chose to refinish my winter rims. I was quite please with the outcome.
First, what the hell do you need to paint your rims? Paint of course :) This is where Duplicolor comes in with their wheel paint. They offer paint colors to match your style coming in white, gunmetal, classic silver and bronze as well. I chose to do mine in gunmetal leaving my lip the stock polished style look. So here are your options:
So you chose your colour, bought your paint and are semi-ready. First, you need to sand down your rims. Why? This gives the surface a rough texture so the paint has something to adhere to. Reference the article to polish your rims on how sanding of the rims works. The only difference with this is how far you want to go. In my case, being winter rims painted I chose not to go through the process of stripping the paint on the rims completely. I simply sanded down the surface with 300 grit sandpaper ensuring to make everything sanded equally. This gives the rough surface required for the paint to adhere, and as long as your rims had no damage it should be good enough.
Your rims are sanded, you have your paint and now are ready. First, make sure you clean all sanding dust off the rims and ensure a totally clean surface so the paint will stick and not flake off after your first drive out with your newly painted rims!!! Here are my rims washed and ready to completely dry before painting:
Here is an upclose shot of my Sanded Rim ready to have a fresh coat of Gunmetal paint applied to it:
You will notice my rims are masked off with newspaper and masking tape. Of course you want to do this so you dont turn your tires into the color you are painting. I don't want gunmetal painted tires. Also if you look close enough, you will know that the lip has been masked off as well. So I carefully applied the masking tape on the lip to protect it from being painted as well. Also, you know the lil thing you pump your air into, mask that off as well unless you want that to have a color change as well :)
The rims are dry, you have masked off what you dont want painted and now you are ready. Put some newspaper on the ground and place the rim on top of the newspaper. You don't want to paint the concrete underneath the rim so keep it clean with the newspaper.
Now apply your first coat of paint (gunmetal on my rims). Here is my first coat on two of the rims (the two on the right have been painted):
Here are pics of the rims painted and masked:
A couple of good shot of the Rim Painted with the Clear Coat shining while drying:
Now put away your rims somewhere and let them dry so the paint has time to cure. I left mine for a couple days and then took off the masked newspaper and tape. And the results are in.
Three Rims lined up and painted:
Up Close view of Dried Clear Coat, Nice and shiny :)
Here is single shots of the rims without the center caps installed yet:
Here is single shots of the rims with center caps installed yet:
Hope you enjoyed my venture into painting my own rims and hope this may tempt you trying the same with your old rims that you were maybe thinking of throwing away, but now can refinish into a nice set of rims.
Regards, MK
Car Buyer Guide gives insight into buying your car or seeing what Car Concepts are coming out!
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Sunday, November 5, 2006
Friday, November 3, 2006
Mercedes SL600 Bling at Sema
Here is a pic I found of a Mercedes sl600 at the Sema Show:
Its not showing doing any direct body work, but whoever spent the time to make the car look like that put in a lot of time and effort to make a truly blinged out Mercedes.
If you go to this website, you will see a flash animation showing off this exact car!
D.A.D web site with Blinged out Merecedes
This car is crazy and has some serious work done to it.
Regards, MK
Its not showing doing any direct body work, but whoever spent the time to make the car look like that put in a lot of time and effort to make a truly blinged out Mercedes.
If you go to this website, you will see a flash animation showing off this exact car!
D.A.D web site with Blinged out Merecedes
This car is crazy and has some serious work done to it.
Regards, MK
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Greatest Cars in the World Video
Here's the Top Gear documentary on the legendary McLaren F1 from it's production to it's track aptitude. If you ever want to buy one you're going to need a lot of money...so you can afford all the guns you're going to use while robbing those banks
Greatest Cars in the World Video
Here's the Top Gear documentary on the legendary McLaren F1 from it's production to it's track aptitude. If you ever want to buy one you're going to need a lot of money...so you can afford all the guns you're going to use while robbing those banks
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
How To Polish Your Car Rims: Guide
How To Polish Your Car Rims: Guide
Polishing your car rims can be a DIY project to undertake that can reap the reward of a nicely polished rim. This process does take considerable time if you want the outcome to look right, but if you own the right set of rims that would look amazing afterwards, it is worth it. Here are the steps I took to polish my Stock Integra car rims:
Hope your polished rims come out nice and shiny!
Regards, MK
See what new concept cars are coming out!
Polishing your car rims can be a DIY project to undertake that can reap the reward of a nicely polished rim. This process does take considerable time if you want the outcome to look right, but if you own the right set of rims that would look amazing afterwards, it is worth it. Here are the steps I took to polish my Stock Integra car rims:
- Wheel Rim Repair: Decision to Polish My Rims
- How to Polish Car Rims: Tools Needed
- Steps to Polishing your car rims
- Polished Integra SE Car Rims: Finished
Hope your polished rims come out nice and shiny!
Regards, MK
See what new concept cars are coming out!
Monday, October 23, 2006
killer clown
hi guys
Tomorrow i will begin a course in animation...i hope that One is never too old to learn... and i hope that in the future i will be able to do a good animated short film...
roby
Tomorrow i will begin a course in animation...i hope that One is never too old to learn... and i hope that in the future i will be able to do a good animated short film...
roby
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Video
The Viper Days events are in full swing, and Dodge-Vipers.com is pleased to bring you an extensive photo gallery with over 150 pictures of the racing action at Buttonwillow Raceway. The event was a wonderful success with lots of Vipers showing up, including several Competition Coupes. The next Viper Days event is March 13-14 at Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California.
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Video
The Viper Days events are in full swing, and Dodge-Vipers.com is pleased to bring you an extensive photo gallery with over 150 pictures of the racing action at Buttonwillow Raceway. The event was a wonderful success with lots of Vipers showing up, including several Competition Coupes. The next Viper Days event is March 13-14 at Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California.
Hond Civic vs Dodge Viper Video
Honda Civic Turbo
Doing things right isn’t always cheap or easy, but it beats the hell out of doing things twice.
Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper, introduced in 1993, is the American version of a Fantasy Car. Featuring the largest engine among the cars on this site, and one of the largest to be fitted in a production car ever, an 8.0lt unit producing more than 400bhp and a much more impressive amount of torque
Doing things right isn’t always cheap or easy, but it beats the hell out of doing things twice.
Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper, introduced in 1993, is the American version of a Fantasy Car. Featuring the largest engine among the cars on this site, and one of the largest to be fitted in a production car ever, an 8.0lt unit producing more than 400bhp and a much more impressive amount of torque
Hond Civic vs Dodge Viper Video
Honda Civic Turbo
Doing things right isn’t always cheap or easy, but it beats the hell out of doing things twice.
Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper, introduced in 1993, is the American version of a Fantasy Car. Featuring the largest engine among the cars on this site, and one of the largest to be fitted in a production car ever, an 8.0lt unit producing more than 400bhp and a much more impressive amount of torque
Doing things right isn’t always cheap or easy, but it beats the hell out of doing things twice.
Dodge Viper
The Dodge Viper, introduced in 1993, is the American version of a Fantasy Car. Featuring the largest engine among the cars on this site, and one of the largest to be fitted in a production car ever, an 8.0lt unit producing more than 400bhp and a much more impressive amount of torque
Friday, October 20, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Painting Your Rims
I finished painting my stock integra rims last weekend. Yes, they are the same rims I polished the year before and have now been converted to gunmetal rims with a polished lip.
They are now being used as my winter rims, so I was just looking to fix up the rim to not oxidize as some of the clear coat had already come off from before.
I'll produce some pictures and steps to painting your rims shortly!
Regards,MK
Learn about car polishing or buying a car in my other blog.
They are now being used as my winter rims, so I was just looking to fix up the rim to not oxidize as some of the clear coat had already come off from before.
I'll produce some pictures and steps to painting your rims shortly!
Regards,MK
Learn about car polishing or buying a car in my other blog.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Polished Integra SE Car Rims: Finished
As promised, here are my results of the polished Integra SE rims:
The front Integra rim has been polished, while the back rim is the stock silver color. Might I just add, this was when I had 4x4 style wheel gap, which has been since reduced.
A Closer view of the nice polished surface:
Even Closer view of the Polished rim (you can even see my reflection):
A look at the grass reflecting in my wheel. Very nice.
To see an even more amazing example of member lak8 who polished his Integra Blades Rims, check out this link on Team-Integra.net.
As with the steps discussed, you too can successfully polish your wheel and get the same results!
Regards, MK
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The front Integra rim has been polished, while the back rim is the stock silver color. Might I just add, this was when I had 4x4 style wheel gap, which has been since reduced.
A Closer view of the nice polished surface:
Even Closer view of the Polished rim (you can even see my reflection):
A look at the grass reflecting in my wheel. Very nice.
To see an even more amazing example of member lak8 who polished his Integra Blades Rims, check out this link on Team-Integra.net.
As with the steps discussed, you too can successfully polish your wheel and get the same results!
Regards, MK
Get web hosting for your car body work quick blog at Domains at Retail!
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Sunday, October 1, 2006
Mr.gog
it's strange, it's funny, it's dangerous, it's mangy, it's loony, it's disrespectful, it's spiteful...
it's...it's...
it's mr.gog the blue dog !!!
it's...it's...
it's mr.gog the blue dog !!!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Steps to polishing your car rims
Last post showed you the tools to polish your wheels, here are the steps taken to do the polishing job.
First strip the paint using an Automotive paint stripper. I found one at the local canadian tire, but many say walmart carries it as well.
With the paint stripper, read as directed, however general guidelines are to spray the wheel in a shaded area and let the product sit for 20 minutes or until bubbling occurs. Once it bubbles, you can pressure wash the paint off. Note: this can get quite dirty doing this part!
After you have stripped the paint to your satisfaction, or until it wont come off anymore, I went on to sanding the rims and my curb rash. Basically, how I sanded was I used something like this:
Then when I was content, I got to using a finer sandpaper. I sanded the rim by using a mixture of water and a liquid metal polisher purchased from canadian tire to be used on aluminum. With the water based mixture, I kept dipping and sanding by hand the wheel with each of the finer grits until the swirl marks were not visible. Once sanding was complete, let the rim dry and clean the rim to ensure no dust remains.
I started with the black emery compound, moved to the brown compound and finished with the white polishing compound.
The steps you take are basically rub the black compound into the wheel that looks like a rope with a rough shape (attached to your drill). Cover the wheel with the black compound, and go over the dry surface with the wheel covered in black compound. Cover the entire wheel and when complete wipe off excess residue with a clean rag. You don't want the compounds to stay on the rim and mix with the next compound.
I then went to the brown compound, using the same steps as the black compound but with the lighter wheel in the kit. Polish all areas of the wheel with this compound.
After complete, clean the rim and apply the white compound by hand or the provided tools. I did the face of the rim by the tools, and the hard to reach areas by hand.
Note, the higher RPM your drill can go, the better the polished rim will look.
Congratulations, you probably are cursing starting the project as it's taken so long, but you should have a nice shiny wheel in the end.
I will have pics up soon of the finished product of my newly polished wheel.
Regards, MK
Learn about Car Detailing in my other blog!
First strip the paint using an Automotive paint stripper. I found one at the local canadian tire, but many say walmart carries it as well.
With the paint stripper, read as directed, however general guidelines are to spray the wheel in a shaded area and let the product sit for 20 minutes or until bubbling occurs. Once it bubbles, you can pressure wash the paint off. Note: this can get quite dirty doing this part!
After you have stripped the paint to your satisfaction, or until it wont come off anymore, I went on to sanding the rims and my curb rash. Basically, how I sanded was I used something like this:
Then when I was content, I got to using a finer sandpaper. I sanded the rim by using a mixture of water and a liquid metal polisher purchased from canadian tire to be used on aluminum. With the water based mixture, I kept dipping and sanding by hand the wheel with each of the finer grits until the swirl marks were not visible. Once sanding was complete, let the rim dry and clean the rim to ensure no dust remains.
I started with the black emery compound, moved to the brown compound and finished with the white polishing compound.
The steps you take are basically rub the black compound into the wheel that looks like a rope with a rough shape (attached to your drill). Cover the wheel with the black compound, and go over the dry surface with the wheel covered in black compound. Cover the entire wheel and when complete wipe off excess residue with a clean rag. You don't want the compounds to stay on the rim and mix with the next compound.
I then went to the brown compound, using the same steps as the black compound but with the lighter wheel in the kit. Polish all areas of the wheel with this compound.
After complete, clean the rim and apply the white compound by hand or the provided tools. I did the face of the rim by the tools, and the hard to reach areas by hand.
Note, the higher RPM your drill can go, the better the polished rim will look.
Congratulations, you probably are cursing starting the project as it's taken so long, but you should have a nice shiny wheel in the end.
I will have pics up soon of the finished product of my newly polished wheel.
Regards, MK
Learn about Car Detailing in my other blog!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
How to Polish Car Rims: Tools Needed
The previous post showed my Acura Integra stock rim, and the condition it was in. Something needed to be done and I decided to Polish my rim as a way to make it better and a way to learn to polish car rims.
Before you start any body work type project, you must get the right tools.
For this project, I first ordered the proper polishing compounds. I got this from Caswell Plating, and I ordered the wheel aluminum polishing kit. The kit comes with the black and brown compounds, White Rouge Liquid Polish and the proper wheels for the job.
Here is a picture of the kit:
To use the polishing compounds and the wheel provided, you need a drill that has a higher RPM value so it can sustain the amount of quick rotation needed to properly polish your wheels.
Lastly, you will need tools to strip and sand your wheels before being able to polish them. While I was told sanding is not necessary as the compound should get through it if you strip the paint properly, I did sand them to ensure it was level and to remove my curb rash.
Ensure the sandpaper you get is able to be wetsanded for when you do final sanding steps prior to polishing.
These are the tools I have used, however I've seen others have success with sanding their rims down completely to a really high grade of sandpaper such as 1000 grit, and then use a product like Mothers Aluminum Polish to shine them up. This also works great, and may be the method I try next time If i decide to polish my rims again.
In my next post, I will take you through the exact steps I have taken in polishing my rims.
Regards, MK
Learn about buying a used car in my other blog.
Before you start any body work type project, you must get the right tools.
For this project, I first ordered the proper polishing compounds. I got this from Caswell Plating, and I ordered the wheel aluminum polishing kit. The kit comes with the black and brown compounds, White Rouge Liquid Polish and the proper wheels for the job.
Here is a picture of the kit:
To use the polishing compounds and the wheel provided, you need a drill that has a higher RPM value so it can sustain the amount of quick rotation needed to properly polish your wheels.
Lastly, you will need tools to strip and sand your wheels before being able to polish them. While I was told sanding is not necessary as the compound should get through it if you strip the paint properly, I did sand them to ensure it was level and to remove my curb rash.
Ensure the sandpaper you get is able to be wetsanded for when you do final sanding steps prior to polishing.
These are the tools I have used, however I've seen others have success with sanding their rims down completely to a really high grade of sandpaper such as 1000 grit, and then use a product like Mothers Aluminum Polish to shine them up. This also works great, and may be the method I try next time If i decide to polish my rims again.
In my next post, I will take you through the exact steps I have taken in polishing my rims.
Regards, MK
Learn about buying a used car in my other blog.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Wheel Rim Repair: Decision to Polish my Rims
As part of perfecting my car and fixing any defects I was unhappy with, I came to my Acura Integra car rims. At the time, they were my main rims, however they have now been replaced with a nicer set currently and have been retired as winter rims. Before, I got my better rims I decided to try and polish my wheels to learn and to see how it would look.
My thoughts were to either paint my rims silver or a gunmetal colour, or try and polish my rims to a nice shine. I decided to try and polish them first, and if it did not turn out as I wanted I could always paint my rims. Here is the initial pictures of the Wheel that had curb rash and other blemishes.
Initial Wheel Pics of my stock Acura Integra Rims:
As you can see, something needed to be done if I wanted my wheel rims to look good to ride on. So I went ahead and ordered the products that I needed to continue with this body work type project.
Look forward to my next post detailing the tools I got to polish my rims!
Regards, MK
Check out car buying tips in my other blog.
My thoughts were to either paint my rims silver or a gunmetal colour, or try and polish my rims to a nice shine. I decided to try and polish them first, and if it did not turn out as I wanted I could always paint my rims. Here is the initial pictures of the Wheel that had curb rash and other blemishes.
Initial Wheel Pics of my stock Acura Integra Rims:
As you can see, something needed to be done if I wanted my wheel rims to look good to ride on. So I went ahead and ordered the products that I needed to continue with this body work type project.
Look forward to my next post detailing the tools I got to polish my rims!
Regards, MK
Check out car buying tips in my other blog.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
vikings
hi guy's...
it's very hard, i would like to draw more but i can't, because i don't have enough spare time at the moment...
so my blog hasn’t been updated for a while...
this is one of the many viking/barbarian characters I am working on...
it's very hard, i would like to draw more but i can't, because i don't have enough spare time at the moment...
so my blog hasn’t been updated for a while...
this is one of the many viking/barbarian characters I am working on...
Friday, August 18, 2006
Alloy Wheel Rim Repair
Everyone has seen a Wheel Rim that needs to be repaired. You are driving along through the drive through and you hear a scraping sound and your beautiful rim has been made ugly! Can you fix this yourself or do you have to pay to get it fixed at a wheel rim repair shop.
Just as the repair shop can repair your alloy wheel, so can you in some cases. I found an awesome article that goes through the specific repair of fixing curb rash and it does a thorough job in explaining the repairing of your wheel.
Take a look at Repairing your Scuffed Wheel.
Hope this can save you some money by doing your own alloy wheel rim repair!
Regards, MK
Learn about car detailing products in my other blog. If your selling the car with the rim you just repaired, take a look at my used car buying blog for selling your ride.
Just as the repair shop can repair your alloy wheel, so can you in some cases. I found an awesome article that goes through the specific repair of fixing curb rash and it does a thorough job in explaining the repairing of your wheel.
Take a look at Repairing your Scuffed Wheel.
Hope this can save you some money by doing your own alloy wheel rim repair!
Regards, MK
Learn about car detailing products in my other blog. If your selling the car with the rim you just repaired, take a look at my used car buying blog for selling your ride.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Saturday, August 5, 2006
holidays
hi guys...i'm going to go on holidays for the next 15 days...i'm leaving today at 20 o clock...
have a great summer...see you soon !!! ciao
have a great summer...see you soon !!! ciao
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
580HP Golf On Race Track Video
This guy passes BMW, Porsche, Ferrari... lol look at it go on straight line!!
580HP Golf On Race Track Video
This guy passes BMW, Porsche, Ferrari... lol look at it go on straight line!!
Saturday, July 29, 2006
no war !!!
I am fed up with these fucking wars, so i scream all my rage against the lords of the war...bastards !!!
Monday, July 24, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Amato challenges fellow racers to help fight illegal street racing
Joe Amato, the most decorated driver in Top Fuel history with 52 national event wins and five NHRA titles, will serve as spokesman for SEMA's Racers Against Street Racing (RASR) program in 2004 and beyond.
"Going fast is cool," Amato said. "I built my career around going fast, but we've all seen too many kids dying for no reason. You can't pick up a newspaper or watch the news these days without seeing another needless tragedy.
"I think it's time for the racing community as a whole to band together and get the message across to our young people that illegal street racing is a killer," added Amato. "We all understand the need for speed and the exhilaration of beating the guy in the other lane, but why be stupid about it? We can make a big impact if kids start hearing this message from their racing heroes."
Amato's representation of the RASR program has already begun; he displayed the RASR logo on his Darrell Russell-driven Top Fuel dragster at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. The logo will become a permanent part of Amato's race car, and he hopes other teams will follow.
"Going fast is cool," Amato said. "I built my career around going fast, but we've all seen too many kids dying for no reason. You can't pick up a newspaper or watch the news these days without seeing another needless tragedy.
"I think it's time for the racing community as a whole to band together and get the message across to our young people that illegal street racing is a killer," added Amato. "We all understand the need for speed and the exhilaration of beating the guy in the other lane, but why be stupid about it? We can make a big impact if kids start hearing this message from their racing heroes."
Amato's representation of the RASR program has already begun; he displayed the RASR logo on his Darrell Russell-driven Top Fuel dragster at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. The logo will become a permanent part of Amato's race car, and he hopes other teams will follow.
Amato challenges fellow racers to help fight illegal street racing
Joe Amato, the most decorated driver in Top Fuel history with 52 national event wins and five NHRA titles, will serve as spokesman for SEMA's Racers Against Street Racing (RASR) program in 2004 and beyond.
"Going fast is cool," Amato said. "I built my career around going fast, but we've all seen too many kids dying for no reason. You can't pick up a newspaper or watch the news these days without seeing another needless tragedy.
"I think it's time for the racing community as a whole to band together and get the message across to our young people that illegal street racing is a killer," added Amato. "We all understand the need for speed and the exhilaration of beating the guy in the other lane, but why be stupid about it? We can make a big impact if kids start hearing this message from their racing heroes."
Amato's representation of the RASR program has already begun; he displayed the RASR logo on his Darrell Russell-driven Top Fuel dragster at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. The logo will become a permanent part of Amato's race car, and he hopes other teams will follow.
"Going fast is cool," Amato said. "I built my career around going fast, but we've all seen too many kids dying for no reason. You can't pick up a newspaper or watch the news these days without seeing another needless tragedy.
"I think it's time for the racing community as a whole to band together and get the message across to our young people that illegal street racing is a killer," added Amato. "We all understand the need for speed and the exhilaration of beating the guy in the other lane, but why be stupid about it? We can make a big impact if kids start hearing this message from their racing heroes."
Amato's representation of the RASR program has already begun; he displayed the RASR logo on his Darrell Russell-driven Top Fuel dragster at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. The logo will become a permanent part of Amato's race car, and he hopes other teams will follow.
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From Super Mini's to Sports and Prestige Cars including the Mini Cooper, Mazda RX-8 and Subaru Impreza. The 4x4 rental fleet includes Land Rover’s Discovery, Range Rover and the BMW X5. Prestige rental cars, include Mercedes Benz CLS, CLK, S Class - Jaguar X, S and XJ. Sports cars on the hire fleet inc, Mercedes Benz CLK, SLK, BMW Z4 and Porsche Boxster.
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Audi Hire and Mc Laren Mercedes Benz
UK Motoring search engine linking to Audi Hire websites including hire, rental, leasing, finance and loans. You can rent Audi cars online and obtain quotes from a wide range of car hire sites (both local and UK wide), you may either carry out your own searches or follow the links.
From Super Mini's to Sports and Prestige Cars including the Mini Cooper, Mazda RX-8 and Subaru Impreza. The 4x4 rental fleet includes Land Rover’s Discovery, Range Rover and the BMW X5. Prestige rental cars, include Mercedes Benz CLS, CLK, S Class - Jaguar X, S and XJ. Sports cars on the hire fleet inc, Mercedes Benz CLK, SLK, BMW Z4 and Porsche Boxster.
With an extensive fleet of popular cars and with car rental branches throughout the UK, easyCar.com is the complete rental solution.
From Super Mini's to Sports and Prestige Cars including the Mini Cooper, Mazda RX-8 and Subaru Impreza. The 4x4 rental fleet includes Land Rover’s Discovery, Range Rover and the BMW X5. Prestige rental cars, include Mercedes Benz CLS, CLK, S Class - Jaguar X, S and XJ. Sports cars on the hire fleet inc, Mercedes Benz CLK, SLK, BMW Z4 and Porsche Boxster.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
worker
I'm working in a factory and I am a storekeeper...
shop floor worker are the foundation of this world but everyday we must fight for our rights and money...
Max respect for all those that everyday fight for their rights !!!
shop floor worker are the foundation of this world but everyday we must fight for our rights and money...
Max respect for all those that everyday fight for their rights !!!
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Windshield Wiper Arm Repair and Removal
On My Acura Integra, my wiper arms were starting to have the Paint peel off revealing the shiny metal underneath in some parts, while other areas were regular OEM Black. I decided to paint them over with a new coat of Flat Black Paint.
Here is the Duplicolor Paint I used:
To take off the wipers on my Integra, there was simply two 14mm nuts holding on the Wiper Arms at the base of the Wiper Arms. Once I removed the two nuts, you simply pry off the wiper arm. They were a little tight, but they come off.
Here are a few pictures of the wipers off the car, and showing the condition they are in.
First steps are to give it a light sanding. Sanding the piece helps promote adhesion for painting so that your Paint job lasts. I used 320 grit sandpaper I had lying around.
Once you complete sanding, make sure to wash and wipe off all loose sanding dust from the wiper arms. Some soapy water works well, and is what I used. Here is a picture after this is done, and the wipers are ready to paint.
Here is a coat of paint on the Wiper Arms:
Here is the Final Coat (I waited 10 minutes between my coats, as was instructed on the can, and applied 3 coats of paint):
After letting it dry for 1 hour (the can said to wait 1 hour), I installed them back onto the car. Here are the results:
A great job indeed, and the Wiper Arms look like new with this paint job.
Regards,
Michael Kralj
Car detailing and Car Buying tips available in my other blogs.
Here is the Duplicolor Paint I used:
To take off the wipers on my Integra, there was simply two 14mm nuts holding on the Wiper Arms at the base of the Wiper Arms. Once I removed the two nuts, you simply pry off the wiper arm. They were a little tight, but they come off.
Here are a few pictures of the wipers off the car, and showing the condition they are in.
First steps are to give it a light sanding. Sanding the piece helps promote adhesion for painting so that your Paint job lasts. I used 320 grit sandpaper I had lying around.
Once you complete sanding, make sure to wash and wipe off all loose sanding dust from the wiper arms. Some soapy water works well, and is what I used. Here is a picture after this is done, and the wipers are ready to paint.
Here is a coat of paint on the Wiper Arms:
Here is the Final Coat (I waited 10 minutes between my coats, as was instructed on the can, and applied 3 coats of paint):
After letting it dry for 1 hour (the can said to wait 1 hour), I installed them back onto the car. Here are the results:
A great job indeed, and the Wiper Arms look like new with this paint job.
Regards,
Michael Kralj
Car detailing and Car Buying tips available in my other blogs.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Painting your Body Kit
Here are the Steps I had taken when painting my own Acura Integra Body Lip Kit:
1. Wet Sanding - Kit Preparation (How to Wet Sand)
2. Primer the Kit - helps promote adhesion of the paint to the surface being painted.
3. Painted Lip Kit - pictures after painted with spray can.
4. Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover - level out the gritty clear coat and bring it to a professional shine.
5. Lip Kit Pictures after Swirl Remover - the results of making the clear coat shine.
6. Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed (Acura Integra OEM Lip Kit Installation Instructions)
Hope this inspires some to try and paint your own body lip kit!
Regards,
Michael Kralj
Learn to detail your car in my other blog!
1. Wet Sanding - Kit Preparation (How to Wet Sand)
2. Primer the Kit - helps promote adhesion of the paint to the surface being painted.
3. Painted Lip Kit - pictures after painted with spray can.
4. Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover - level out the gritty clear coat and bring it to a professional shine.
5. Lip Kit Pictures after Swirl Remover - the results of making the clear coat shine.
6. Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed (Acura Integra OEM Lip Kit Installation Instructions)
Hope this inspires some to try and paint your own body lip kit!
Regards,
Michael Kralj
Learn to detail your car in my other blog!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
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