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Jamie-C
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23rd Jun 09 at 22:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Or even better some banded steels
vcorsasport1.6
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thinking of banded steels for the winter time but surely steelies oly go upto 16"? no?

thinking some flat faced polished rims for summer use,porsche maybe or merc?
something along those lines anyway...lol

brad


[Edited on 24-06-2009 by vcorsasport1.6]
Firestate88
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you can get 17" steelies
they come on mercs im sure of it
so would need an adaptor though
get it done you know it makes sense
vcorsasport1.6
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quote:
Originally posted by Firestate88
you can get 17" steelies
they come on mercs im sure of it
so would need an adaptor though
get it done you know it makes sense


yeh man, found some merc ones on the bay, only at £45 so far so gonna see about them!
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think those might have been the same ones i saw aswell
have to keep us updated with it
vcorsasport1.6
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another update...been busy with the paint again....
painted the roof and above the doors/windows,
heres pics, let me know what you think, good bad or ugly....
pics:-
masked up.....




done....






finish staight out of the can....


passanger side...




done....




roof masked....




done....






cheers, brad
Jamie-C
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This is going to look brilliant You need to do something with the roof strip things though
thegsi
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As if that was out of the can. Looks good but why on earth don't you just remove parts rather than masking up?
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cheers mate, roof strips will be getting sprayed tomorrow along with the boot, was wanting to do them a different colour but think im just gonna stick with the black,
brad
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quote:
Originally posted by thegsi
As if that was out of the can. Looks good but why on earth don't you just remove parts rather than masking up?


100% out of the can....dont know why but whenever i remove things they tend to break on me, just safer to mask them up! lol
havny got overspray on anything yet tho so doing ok...
cheers for the comment,
brad
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Fair enough, well you seem to be doing just fine as you are so fair play mate
John G
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stil looks incredably patchy to me
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i think it looks crap!

might aswell colour it in with a marker
Liam B
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Fair play for having the balls to spray your whole car with rattle cans
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cheers for the comments,
i know that not everyone is going to like it but i think a few people will change there minds once its finished,
john....its not patchy at all now,looks perfectly smooth i cant actually believe how well it has turned out from the can!

brad
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little update...went out and asprayed the boot this morning whilst the weather is nice...
heres pics, let me know what you think....
cheers brad
pics:-






finish straight out of the can....




well pleased with the results....not much more to do and its coming on well!
Jamie-C
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Should've dewipered it tbh
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Should've dewipered it tbh


yeh was thinking that when i took it off, i still can and stick a grommet there,
just gotta get the big bits done now! lol
brad
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Are you spraying the whole car that colour? including plastic trim
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quote:
Originally posted by flame-red
Are you spraying the whole car that colour? including plastic trim


whole car is going satin yeh, not sure about the plastic trim yet, i was originally thinking a different colour or leather or something mad...not sure yet tho, lol
brad
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Fair enough, going to keep my eye on this one got a soft spot for calibra's lately
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quote:
Originally posted by flame-red
Fair enough, going to keep my eye on this one got a soft spot for calibra's lately


ha ha, i know what you mean...never relly wanted one but saw this cheap and thought why not!
cant wait to get it done, will keep updating daily anyway
brad
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mate that looks shit hot, keep it up!
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quote:
Originally posted by moka
mate that looks shit hot, keep it up!


cheers mate, thanks very much,
Jamie-C
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Any more painting today

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