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Old 21 April 2009, 10:27 PM
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Default Home refurb of sti wheel...

Bought newport white scoobys sti wheels off him last week....were in need of a bit of tlc.....

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Opinions chaps...
Old 21 April 2009, 10:28 PM
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Looks great, should have been that colour when leaving the factory!!
Old 21 April 2009, 10:28 PM
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Old 21 April 2009, 10:30 PM
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Good job , did you get them shot blasted?
Old 21 April 2009, 10:33 PM
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Done them the old fashioned way....by hand m8...
Old 21 April 2009, 10:33 PM
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Very nice indeed.
Old 21 April 2009, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Daz2000
Done them the old fashioned way....by hand m8...
Bloody good effort!!
Old 21 April 2009, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Daz2000
Done them the old fashioned way....by hand m8...
My hats off to you then, it must have been hard work removing every last bit of the coating, top job and well done.
Old 21 April 2009, 11:01 PM
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Very nice. What paint did you use, the colour is

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Old 21 April 2009, 11:31 PM
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Very nice mate! i have considered picking up an old set and doing that myself so that i have a second set to use when i need to.
Old 21 April 2009, 11:36 PM
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Very good effort mate. Have done it the old fashioned way and its a very pain staking process.
Old 22 April 2009, 07:57 AM
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They look very good mate - well done...
Old 22 April 2009, 08:31 AM
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Must have taken a lot of effort in prep. They look fantastic.
How did you strip the original paint, did you use nitromors?
Old 22 April 2009, 07:43 PM
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Cheers for the great comments chaps......there nowhere near perfect and no doubt will pic up a few chips on them etc....

ryan... its just satin black m8....

notfub. just used wet and dry m8....and a die grinder and some chemical metal to fill in the kerb marks on the edges...
Old 22 April 2009, 07:52 PM
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Great job Daz, their looking Sh*t hot. What a turn around for an OEM wheel.
Old 22 April 2009, 08:10 PM
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Just need to get the tyres on them now.....without damaging them....
Old 22 April 2009, 08:18 PM
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looking much better fella

love your garage too fella wish i had it
Old 22 April 2009, 08:48 PM
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Nice!

Exactly the same as mine, Satin black looks ace.

I am selling mine in 2 weeks and they will be resprayed again too. Any offers welcome
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Tyres on and fitted to the car today...



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thats a great transformation and they look pukka
Old 25 April 2009, 12:14 AM
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looking good daz now replace the Vectra with another scooby an keep your mrs happy
Old 25 April 2009, 05:21 PM
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A full side shot....cheers for all the great comments chaps....
Old 25 April 2009, 06:01 PM
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looks great
Old 25 April 2009, 06:02 PM
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looks stunning ex job on the wheels
Old 25 April 2009, 07:10 PM
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Very Smart
Old 25 April 2009, 07:46 PM
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I like em very much on the car - red nuts ????
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