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Hi All,

Trying to track down rim stickers (preferably of a reflective nature).

Anyone have any links?

Try one of our site sponsors Frozzie Connections. http://www.frozzie.com/frozzie/rs0.asp

or buy some stickers from Autobarn

Go to Autobarn, get some 8mm pinstriping tape... one pack is enough for about 10 wheels and is cheap enough so you can practice...

If you have never put pinstriping tape on.... its easy...

put a little bit on... stretch it so slightly and bend it around to make a curve .... practice on your car bonnet or something flat & smooth.

For rims... take a good cleaner and clean them like you have never cleaned them before... use Shellite to degrease them, mild soap & H2O and then dry and buff them...

Then take a soft lead pencil and fix it to a point on the forks or swingarm that matches the inner or outer edge of the spot where you want the rim tape... rotate the wheel and scribe an edge with the pencil as a guide. (this is also a great way to see if your wheels are true).

Then, once you have marked your rim lightly, start at a wheel weight ( if you have edge mounted weights) lay the first bit of tape on ... then start stretching and bending... don't stretch too much as it will peel off later... a little at a time is good. Be sure to smooth it out as you go around...

Then you will have neat rims like these.



I have had this tape on for about 2 1/2 years.

thats an awesome how to...

Wattie wrote:thats an awesome how to...

No Worries.... and its an effective little mod you can do on a dodgy afternoon when the riding weather is not with y'all.

Is that the reflective stuff though?

that's an excellent job Tex, good work - they look very nice.

No, not the reflective... plain colours or flouro but not reflective... that tends to be a little bit brittle and therefore hard to stretch... but if you are gentle with it, the circumference of a bike wheel isn't too much of a bend.

I can only say give it a go...

Did this today - will post pics tomorrow.

So I put some rim stickers on, this is what htey look like.

Here's some before and after pics.

nice work
where did u get it from?
and what width is that?

Autobarn - Moss St, Springwood.

Nice job ant, nice job.

.... and how easy was it with the hints?....