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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: stan]
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14/10/2007 14:45
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no, run standard in black for winter to save on the cleaning and grab a nice set of cheap silver ones from MrT for summer.
Last edited by whatmoretyres; 14/10/2007 14:46. Reason: and sell those other ones to a saxo driver!
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: Baz76]
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14/10/2007 15:44
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Personally I think your standard wheels need to be darker still and add a set of LE centre caps like this Coop . Baz Just been having another look at that one Baz and I can see the differnce: no body black at all, so the wheels do look good. Must admit I'm not a fan of the black sills on the coupé, it reminds me too much of the old 70's trick of slabbering on underseal to hide rusty sills and filler I have some speed red paint left over so I might just paint the sills...... Next question: leave the stonechip, textured paint in place or go smooth?
Last edited by stan; 14/10/2007 15:44. Reason: WMT, I think you are right, might just flog the TSW's after all :(
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: Baz76]
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14/10/2007 17:10
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Personally I think your standard wheels need to be darker still and add a set of LE centre caps like this Coop . Baz that looks great, you should do that
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: whatmoretyres]
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14/10/2007 22:05
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Took your advice and it looks great! Far better than it did and the colour of the wheels seems lighter now........ Sorted! There's a front bumper waiting to be prepped and sprayed so that'll get the full colour coding and I'm looking for a rear bumper at the moment, so it'll get same again. Thanks for the advice, it really made a difference. Oh, by the way, the colour variations in the sill are caused by shadows from the tree, honest
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: stan]
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14/10/2007 23:19
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Hmm I got to say that u did a good job on the refurb. Hard work no doubt. But well worth it for the £200 saving u made, or therabouts. The wheels look great. But, they're not great looking wheels comparatively now are they. You're lucky to have some ahem 'winter wheels' :). To that end, it's job done. They look good enough to be pebble dashed by salt, grit, snow & ice or whatever else the winter might throw at us. I've not had mine long & I was waiting until after winter to get the originals refurbed or maybe get some new alloys altogether. Looking at your 2 pics, same car, different wheels, shows just how much of a styling change it makes. For what it's worth.. It looks great without skirts with the summer wheels. The winter wheels don't look so great. So, it's natural that u try to draw away from that fact by other means. It won't work. I have skirts on my red one & the originals still look pants compared to your shiny alloys. You know this. Put those lovely wheels back on & then u will be much happier :). It's a different car without them. What's the worst that could happen? You'd have to get them refurbed :). Just put new tyres on mine & will definately be changing the wheels next time around. Thanks for posting up those 2 pics & helping me to make that decision. Cheers. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l114/Warp_01/1.jpg
Last edited by LeighPing; 14/10/2007 23:24.
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: whatmoretyres]
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19/10/2007 01:15
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think leighping (dodgy sig pic aside, that deserves a thread of its own... )has a point stan, just think how nice your coupe will be with body coloured sills (and bumper bits) with your summer wheels on!
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Re: Winter wheels, refurbed but not happy.
[Re: stan]
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21/10/2007 19:35
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think leighping (dodgy sig pic aside, that deserves a thread of its own... )has a point stan Hahaa just like my mrs. She also hates it. Some people.. just have noooo class :). I'd take it off. But it looks the dogs.
Last edited by LeighPing; 21/10/2007 19:38.
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