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Location: Melbourne/ Australia | Hi guys just wondering what your paying for a steering wheel restoration in the states . Not the clear wheel just a standard one ,I'm a panel beater and thinking of starting a business doing just that ,I've restored Aussie wheels baker light Holden and ford , I've also done an Buick wheel that no one else would touch 4 years later it still looks perfect . Advice would be great . I will also be doing pearl wheels thanks Paul |
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Location: Melbourne/ Australia | Thanks their more expensive here in Australia and what are the factors , the only problem would be the clear wheels which I'm working on |
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Location: Melbourne, Australia | If you are repairing the wheels this would only be an option for people wanting a quick fix , as the for cars in the sun they will crack due to variation in plastics , as the original plastic that smells like poo need to be stripped off generally . Are you talking of recasting them ? And the pearl wheels look pretty untasteful for original cars . But the custom car people seem to love them .
Magnus in Sweden Fully Recast my 58 Desoto Deluxe wheel in the correct colour for $705 Australian plus post back to Melbourne . He only casts in one colour and if you need a second colour he repaints it whatever you need , in my case it was pastel yellow and looks amazing .
The guys who recast in clear and 2 colours charge $1200-$1800 US dollars plus post
Edited by The Adventurer 2016-07-16 8:58 AM
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Location: Perth Australia | Re casting is a mission on the deep dish wheels
I have made the mold case but I havnt got any further yet (more important things to do), but these pictures might give you an idea
My plan (If it happens) is to do 4 wheels, which should cover the costs in doing this
I was going to do the same for the 60 plymouth aero wheel as well, but I dont think there would be enough of a call for them (many more 60 dodges here)
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 dodge wheel mold 001.jpg (135KB - 202 downloads)
dodge wheel mold 002.jpg (118KB - 189 downloads)
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Location: Melbourne/ Australia | Looks good but im using original product to rest th wheels .im looking at buying a plastic injection mouldings machine and will be doing full recasting as money comes in , clear casting wheels will be in the not to distant future .fingers crossed
Edited by Paul1957 2016-07-23 1:58 AM
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Location: Brisbane Australia | The biggest issue for clear wheels is the centre metal frames are all over the place. No 2 seem to be the same, especially after rechroming. Very difficult to get it to sit exactly in the middle of a mold. I gather the high prices they charge are due to this. |
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Location: Perth Australia | One of the reasons I have stopped at the stage I am at actually. With the dodge wheels I have, I have noticed 2 different
frames, one is square steel about 1/4" and the other type is round steel, I dont think its going to effect it, but resin is not cheap.
Injection molding would be great and so would having the steel dies to hold it all together and especially, the money to afford those things
Do you think you can make the dies cheaply enough for the limited demand there is for this stuff?
I have a NOS 60 plymouth wheel that I was going to use (and still might one day) for mold making, but very limited call (probably none)
for such a wheel here
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Location: Melbourne/ Australia | I can get the resin for a very good price and an older injection mouldings machine for almost scrap price . But that will come later ,I'm just going to concentrate on repairing wheels for now until I can get the other underway . The old machine was used for tail light lenses in the 70s old school equipment |
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