How I spent my week off. (NOW WITH UPDATED PICS on page 2)

The_phat_controlleruk · Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:08 pm

Got tired of people refering to my wheels as "winter wheels", granted they did look well shabby and I was always embarrassed when going to any meets, so I decided enough was enough.

The car:

How they looked originally:

Starting the prep:

Masked off, ready to go:

First coat:

Second Coat:

How she looks now:

Shmosh · Post by **Shmosh** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:17 pm

nice guide (sort of) there mate! lookin really nice. I've been meaning to clean up mine as mine are quite curbed. But i want to keep my existing colour, and i'm lazy. So we shall see!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:38 pm

Much better

Dan 6N · Post by **Dan 6N** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:51 am

Nice, I'm doing this to my wheels at the moment as well

Polo96CL · Post by **Polo96CL** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:31 am

Good little refurb there mate, done with rattle cans?

Dan: hows the refurb on those steels going?

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:36 pm

Nice to see you got them sorted finally, don't look shabby anymore and instead have given a stealthy look on your motor. Thought about buying centre caps to cover the nuts?

The_phat_controlleruk · Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:50 am

Thought about buying centre caps to cover the nuts?

They are in the garage being done, back at work now so they will take a little longer.

Good little refurb there mate, done with rattle cans?

Na, I bought one of those HVLP paint spraying jobbis from Wickes years ago, does quite a nice job.

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:39 am

I need my centre caps sprayed black too, don't like the polished centre with black spokes. Anyway, see the whole thing in the flesh soon hopefully.

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:45 pm

Dont worry about your car looking shabby at meets anymore! All attention towards shabbyness willl most certainly be directed towards my pimp4ed out polo in all its mashed up glory.

GETTING IT BACK TODAY

Oh and yeh the wheels look good lol. Seriously. Are they matt black or wha? Hard to tell in the pics like.

The_phat_controlleruk · Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:27 pm

Na, they're satin, can't quite decide if I like them, ideally I wanted them matt black but I suppose they'll grow on me. You going to the next meet??

nykie · Post by **nykie** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:53 pm

sweet colour... is it cosmic green? good job on the wheels!

The_phat_controlleruk · Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:44 am

I think that's what they called this colour green, I have seen a couple of subtle variations though. I never realised how much difference just changing the colour of the wheels has on the appearance of a car.

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:57 am

^^ lol my cars an example from the first time you saw it remember?

Ripspeeds to dished Zender's! Changes a car drastically which is why buying rims is such a headache if you wanna get the look right. Anyway, think the satins sweet mate, works really well.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:31 pm

Definitely, wheels make or break a car. If you've got naff alloys there's nothing you can do to make it look good.

Andy1.6 · Post by **Andy1.6** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:35 pm

Doing this to my friends standard sport 14"s on friday! Any tips?