mwg
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Looking to get my refurbished in the near future due to damage caused by others. Explained in my post in General Chat.
Anyway. Whats involved in wheel refurbishing? Is it like spraying body panels on a car? Lots of rubbing down, then primer, more rubbing down, then colour, then laquer?
I dont want to do it myself but the reason for asking is I'm wondering what sort of finishes I could have done... would it be possible to have a small amount of metalflake put in with the laquer to make the wheels a bit shinier or is that going to look gay  Or by having extra layers of laquer applied would it make them shinier?
Also quite like the idea of a similar finish to the Wolfrace wheels below...
How is that finish acheived?
This is what they are like now (pre damage  ) if anyone fancies photoshopping anything then feel free 
I dont want anything like chrome or anything too OTT but fancy giving them a little bit more of a kick to make them shinier 
[Edited on 03-02-2006 by Matty G]
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Rob B
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Pics a tad too low res for pshop mate just tried..
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Jake
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what about painted black then the face of the rim diamond turned
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mwg
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The pic of my car? Cant really get it better quality as file is too big to upload to garage then
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
what about painted black then the face of the rim diamond turned
Like the MK5 Golf GTi? Could look good
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Jake
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havent seem them rims but my mate has had it done on his chav
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mwg
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I like those alot! Any better pics of them?
Not sure how that would work on my wheels cos if you look at the pic below the lines on the alloy would mean that only the spokes got diamond cut and the black would come round onto the edge of the rim if you see what I mean?
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Jake
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only got this one
i see what you mean yeh, but even these rims arent cut all the way to the end, the very edge of the rim is still black
[Edited on 03-02-2006 by jake]
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mwg
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Look nice...
would need a PS of mine done like that before I went ahead with it otherwise could be an expensive mistake!
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Daniel_Corsa
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Matty...
Ask dave about wheels...
He done his R5 GTT wheels in black with a bit of spectraflair thrown in the laquer come out well.
Sure there is a topic on the sbs site somewhere.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Matty....
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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mwg
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look good but I dont think I want all black wheels...
suppose he'd be able to do silver with the spectraflair in the laquer though! Another thing to add to the list 
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Daniel_Corsa
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Yeh, hope he has some spectraflair laying around tho...
£550 a ltr 
Wouldn't mind some spectraflair wheels, daves in the light look a million times better than the pics!
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mwg
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bloody hell. your right its not cheap just looked on the rage site.
What about a small amount of metal flakes? They are a bit cheaper I think, its just whether they look any good!
Would want it so on an average day like today they look silver then when the sun came out they were really shiney but at the same time without looking silly!
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mwg
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What I really want to know is how this is done and if it would look any good on my wheels on my car
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cunningham
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best to get them powdercoated its cheap and lasts for a long timeif done right
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Bullet Proof SRi
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matty g, loved your wheels, cant believe they have bee ruined
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