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pmsl forgot about those days

if we could get 2 more that would be ace. i'll give it till the end of april and then see what we can get. or should i try now?

thanks guys

what you mean black plate white writing?

look forward to seeing a night blue, not many about, quite a rare colour

they look good, look forward to seeing them in the flesh

one of the lads near me was at TEAM AFM and was showing off his rota torques as well really nice wheels

dodo juice is i find the dodo hard wax takes less effort to use than the liquid wax from megs and the finish lasts longer

looks like a chrome wrap to me

yep and not my favourite type of wheels either.

thats a shame, i haven't been for about 15 years, would love to go back sometime but not had the chance. forgot about all the queueing

i use a meguairs claybar kit, i think they are about £18 from halfrauds i also have meg's polish but also have dodo juice lime and prime which would be more for prepping than a proper polish wax wise it depends on the colour and the preference. i have a blade silver and like dodo juice supernatural, topped up with dodo juice redmist. lots of other good products out there. but am slowly swapping to dodo juice as i work my way up the detailing ladder. megs is a good starting point.

Hey Rich you beat me to the rim protector mate It looks really nice as i expected but i may have to go for a different colour now to be different People were asking but no one had tried it,be nice to see a new colour as well It sets off the whole wheel a la CE28N time attack but i'm not a fan of the red lug nut or tommy k centers......to busy and a different shade that makes the gold callipers standout oddly even more:dry: Calipers to be sorted at some point, but i like the centres and lug nuts, they don't come out well in pictures but look a lot better in the flesh. and if we all had the same taste life would be boring I reckon black lug nuts, plain black or CF centers and black callipers with red lettering will look spot on or alternatively as someone mentioned BS callipers might be a brave option too not liking the silver caliper idea, and wondering if black will make them lost in there. the big thing i noticed with the wheels is that with out the lip the wheels look lost in the arches. and wonder if the same will happen to the calipers

got a couple of more things to do then i shall go photo crazy as for what happens when you curb a black wheel, yes its a blindingly obvious as its silver underneath here are some other pics of them fitted on a civic to show the edge

sounds like it needs a good claybar, then a good polish and then some good wax

from another car, but shows the sticky out ness

had lots of positive comments from people already, i did find an article on them on a previous forum i used to be on, i'll see if i can cut and paste it on here to save you all joining up as its a member view only site.

i have, but did it after taking the picture well done for noticing though and thanks for the tip

i saw the same articles from K&N and know what they are saying but for me and my piece of mind i prefer dry filters. that and apexi is one of the best.

although i had the new number plate bracket fitted i ordered new plates all round, and a little tribute to the forum have added the forum web address to the bottom, should help with the advertising, and gets rid of the horrible rear i had with a Citroen logo on. oh these are my show plates for use on private ground

thats the big thing, heard several people in the last month all talk about being f'd off because they had recently curbed their nice wheels. gives me a lot more piece of mind

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will have to take some more tomorrow as its dark now, but these look a lot better than the other rim protectors, there are no gaps and sit well against the wheel, i think the only down point that might put people off is that they stick out a little, compared to a painted lip. but thats something i can live with.

they look like painted lips, well they do to me, i suppose it needs others to see them and comment really. they blend in well from looking face on, they're only really noticeable if you look down the side of the car as they stick out a little. but in order to do there job they have to. a small sacrifice in my eyes,

This has been discussed a couple of times but no one had actually gone out and tried them. i decided that since i was getting my wheels refurbed i didn't want to damage them and i also wanted to add a red lip, and this was the easiest way. other benefits include the fact that 1 wheel had a slight flat spot from the previous owner. so it ticked many boxes. here are my rims pre rim protector so these are what i bought: Alloy gator rim protectors fitting takes a bit of getting used to, first i bought myself an electric pump for the job and also a rubber mallet i used a pair of garden secateurs for cutting as they gave the cleanest egde. the first wheel took a good half an hour, but that was down to getting the technique right. the other 3 were a lot quicker. i reckon it took me about 20 min per wheel after that including jacking, deflating, fitting and re pumping. i think the hardest job is cutting the second edge to make sure it meets well. mine or ok, but it was a pain of a job. here are some fitting pics this is the website for them http://www.alloygator.com/ out of all the versions available i preferred these as they fitted all the way round and not just on a few clips. love or hate the look of them, at the end of the day they should stop my rims from being curbed. yes i have wing mirrors but occasionally crap happens, and these are for those occasions.