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gavin18787
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All kurb marks sanded out and all in primer







Need to know decided what colour to go. I am stuck between a fairly dark met silver and black. May do one of each and see which I like best

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i think black would look quite good against smoke grey, or something like ford gunmetal grey mayb....
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yer I looked at ford mercury grey. Not sure if it will be too dark though

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only one way to find out.....
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right went to halfords and brought a can of gloss black and a can of vaux smoke grey. Going to do one of each as see what I think

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good plan
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Get some pictures of the wheels up in both colours when you've done one, think the grey would look best imo
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quote:
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right went to halfords and brought a can of gloss black and a can of vaux smoke grey. Going to do one of each as see what I think


my old softstars were smoke grey
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Right did one of each. I think I am swaying towards black as I am struggling to get a finish that is as good with the smoke grey as I got with the back.


Here is a pic of each:

Black





Smoke grey



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Black would be gangsta
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Went down the scrappy today in search of a 1.2 8v victim corsa. As following advice from scott (blue_bullet) that their intake pipe from the airbox fits between the airbox and aftermarket inlet manifolds on the small block 16v engines.


And after carefully making a hole for the air temp sensor I was away. So good shout there mate

Cleaned up the bay as well in preperation for PVS. Just leaves me the manifold heat shield the paint up but I havent got the time to do that atm.





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what colour you decided on them mate?
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black ftw gav!!!!
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smoke grey imo, different
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quote:
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what colour you decided on them mate?



There are x4 in my shed with the first couple of coats of black on so black

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what colour you decided on them mate?



There are x4 in my shed with the first couple of coats of black on so black


haha good on ya mate. balck wheels with smoke grey is
my new ronals are smoke chrome just hope they look good

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Smoke chrome is lovely sure it will look



Got one more coat of black to put on today then I will laqure them up tomorow


Anyone know where is good to get some of the vauxhall badges that go on the centre caps?

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Wheels finished just need to get hold of some centre cap badges now.


Decided using rubbing compound on the laquer to get a nice shine takes fecking ages. Going to give them a nice coat of wax to protect them too once the tyres are fitted

Going to go for some 195/45/15 tyres. Thinking toyo proxies atm any others to consider while im at it?




[Edited on 15-06-2008 by gavin18787]

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What colour is that Gavin? Good choice
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prefered the grey just looked different imop

looking good tho mate keep up the god work
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What colour is that Gavin? Good choice



Just halfords gloss black.


Works out cheaper as you can buy it in big fuck off cans

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Looks good Gav. Try Goodyear Eagle F1's, a little more expensive but good all round grip and will last longer than the Proxies too.
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Looks good Gav. Try Goodyear Eagle F1's, a little more expensive but good all round grip and will last longer than the Proxies too.




Only thing is are they any good in the wet as the tread pattern on them makes them look like they could be more of a dry weather tyre. Worth the extra £50 over the toyos you reckon?

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I've never had a problem with them in the wet, and I have tried them and Uniroyal Rainsports and am much more impressed with the F1's.

I'd definitely buy them again, but I haven't tried Proxies, so may not be the best person to comment.
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sell it to me

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