Polished Rim.

Yeah, try and tell me you took that seriously looking me straight in the face. Bet you can't!

But its got a point, which is that i've made progress on my wheels. Well, one of them, but its enough to give me the motivation i needed to finish the rest over the next few days! I've gone with a gloss black centre and a polished lip. Inevitably when i get the tired fitted, they will get ruined again, but hey ho, they'll look good for now!

They'll all be sanded with 180 grit paper, to remove all the bumps in the lips, and most of the imperfections in the centres. The lips are then finalised and polished up, and masked off. I applied a good thick layer of primer but applied in light dustings as its only cheap primer, then painted in black the same way. Finally i removed the masking, 1200 sanded the paint around the lip to get it more or less even, and re-polished the lips to remove the light sanding marks again. This left me with some rather sexy rimmage!

And to back it up, some pictures for you:

Tires and rims!

Hey guys and girls,
finally started to get my go kart parts together! I've had the tires sitting around for a fair few months now, i spotted them at a boot fair for £40, and didnt think i could afford them. At the end of the day i decided to offer the guy £20 and shockingly he took it! A brand new set of Dunlop SL3 race slicks in the wrappers for only £20! Steal!

Next i had to find some rims, for which i trawled eBay. After some searching i took the plunge on a set for £39 delivered, advertised as having no damage. They arrived and sadly this wasn't true, they were kurbed and scratched badly and had light corrosion to the inside. I complained and roped back £15, meaning they only cost me £24, thats better! So, £44 and my wheels and tires were sorted. I bought some sandpaper and paints for £10 and will be refurbing them soon.

So thats about it, for now i'm watching more parts and i'll update on them with the next post! For now, some pictures:

Enjoy :)