Cleaned the rusty hubs today

blues n twos · 07-13-2013, 02:06 PM

I hated looking through my nice shiny wheels at rusty hubs so today on the hottest day of the year I decided to do something about it

I wire brushed the hubs to remove the worst and then a gentle rub with wet and dry. Once done a nice coat of silver smooth Hammerite and jobs a goodun

Matches the wheels nicely and tidies it up a bit.

Jon

TheBlondeFella · 07-13-2013, 03:09 PM

I want to do the exact same thing ...

ukbeemerboy · 07-13-2013, 03:19 PM

I did mine at the end of last year, and the winter and 4000 miles later and they still look good. It a job worth doing!

mob17 · 07-13-2013, 03:53 PM

Looks great pal.

I've been meaning to do mine for over 6 months.

Stevese90 · 07-13-2013, 04:05 PM

I'm going to do mine eventually in the next few weeks cheers for reminding me

Giff · 07-13-2013, 06:34 PM

Add three coats of lacquer to finish it off:

thaking · 07-14-2013, 03:40 AM

blues n twos do you first removed wheel?

Can you show/picture which "tools" you use ?

blues n twos · 07-14-2013, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by thaking

blues n twos do you first removed wheel?

Can you show/picture which "tools" you use ?

Remove a wheel at a time, once off, chock wheels and leave in neutral and you can spin the hub to make it easier to do.

My wheel nuts are 17mm so you will need a socket and torque wrench.

blues n twos · 07-14-2013, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevese90

I'm going to do mine eventually in the next few weeks cheers for reminding me

Pick a really hot day so the rusty dust sticks to you

it makes the whole experience more enjoyable lol

thaking · 07-14-2013, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by blues n twos

Remove a wheel at a time, once off, chock wheels and leave in neutral and you can spin the hub to make it easier to do.

My wheel nuts are 17mm so you will need a socket and torque wrench.

I mean "tools/cleaner" for cleaning

(which brake cleaner and sand paper )?

blues n twos · 07-14-2013, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by thaking

I mean "tools/cleaner" for cleaning

(which brake cleaner and sand paper )?

A stuff wire brush and any grade wet and dry will do the job.

A decent paint brush but not to big and away you go.

I only painted the hubs not the callipers in case you were thinking of doing those. They are a bit more involved.

dxb335d · 07-14-2013, 04:39 AM

Mine never went like that. Good job mate! Looks much nicer.

#Tee · 07-14-2013, 04:47 AM

looks good...what are you doing tomo? lol

lolololol · 07-14-2013, 05:24 AM

Or you can use a wire brush attachment to a drill and do the whole job much quicker

dubdemand · 07-14-2013, 05:26 AM

Looks so much better! Meaning to do mine along with the callipers but either need to send the wife and kids out shopping for the day or take a day off work in order to get a few hours to myself! I may also wait for some cooler weather!

chris_s1 · 07-14-2013, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

Mine never went like that. Good job mate! Looks much nicer.

Mine neither, I was just thinking its strange how this effects some cars and not others... neither of my E9x's have had much of a problem with this but a lot of cars I see have it really badly... maybe different disc manufacturers get used during assembly and its luck of the drawer what type you get?

mob17 · 07-20-2013, 04:42 PM

Did NSF hub only today. 3 coats and also sprayed the bolts as they weren't in the best condition. Came out nice.

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mob17 Major General 400 Rep 5,623 Posts Drives: E92 335D Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East Midlands, UK iTrader: (5)	Did NSF hub only today. 3 coats and also sprayed the bolts as they weren't in the best condition. Came out nice.
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