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Old 24 March 2003, 04:49 PM
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Hi Guys, I got a scooby green with 18" Prodrive gold alloys & p Zero 225x40 tyres. The car looks great except for the brake hardware(in my opinion!)

JUst sounding out your views on to paint or not to paint? Does it look better? What colour? What paint to use etc.

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Old 24 March 2003, 06:17 PM
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just painted mine gold ,looks 10 times better than the rusty look imo
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Old 24 March 2003, 06:40 PM
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just to say used foliatec calliper kit exactly the same colour as terzo gold wheels £20 from halli's
Old 24 March 2003, 06:45 PM
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you decide









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Old 24 March 2003, 07:09 PM
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What MY is your car?
Old 24 March 2003, 08:25 PM
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which paint did you use? just wondering about heat resistent paint etc.

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Old 24 March 2003, 08:40 PM
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98my S, private plate, prodrive suspention + frt and rear strut braces, genuine wrc carbon fibre wing mirrors, electonic boost controller, boost gauge, oil temp gauge, carbon look interior, alloy gear ****, alpine cd head unit, 6 disc changer, air filter, trust/scoobysport de cat exhaust (i still have the cat) alloy header washer bottle and pas tanks, samco hoses, sti intercooler, colour coded sills door handles etc, sti rear lights, cam belt done about 6 months ago, fsh, new pads and discs, rb5 rear spoiler, 3part front spoiler,



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i just used halfords high temperature paint..!!

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very nice Dan
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