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mikey-corsa

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 17:50

Take them off spray them, red?

Mine are orange :)


csweatherston

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 17:20

nickle plate them :D or take them off, get them bead blasted....then use 'thinned calliper paint and spray them...
or powedr coat them.....


Marc

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 17:18

Mine are silver actually! :look:


jr

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 17:12

sliver, and take them off jim, and do as marc says, will be 100times better


Marc

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 17:11

I took mine off, then put an abrasive wheel in a drill to clean them up. Went over with white spirit and dried them off. Then painted them with Hammerite Smooth.

I'd go for black.


JadeM

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:53

your better taking them off!!

I done mine red, disnt take them off...looked a bit sloppy!!


Dione J

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:50

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
for some reason i think brown would be good :lol:


How about hammerite copper finish :look:


3CorsaMeal

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:48

for some reason i think brown would be good :lol:


3CorsaMeal

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:48

ok, thanks matey :thumbs:


Ditch

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:46

pink


3CorsaMeal

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:45

what colour shall i do?

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black, red, green?


Ditch

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:43

you can leave them on the car jimbo...

just make sure you take the wheel off first ;)

and avoid painting the disks... ;)


3CorsaMeal

posted on 5th Sep 06 at 15:41

any tips?

can i leave them on car and paint, what should i avoid painting?