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thanks ian hadn't thought about that need to sort out the handles and mirrors, but thats already being planned etc. only other issue is what to do with the calipers, the gold looks really out of place, but not sure that going red is right, i think the red might be to much with everything else going on there.

well this has been in the planning for ages, but only really just got round to sorting it all out this is what i started with a lovely set of stock Rays alloys, mine had been kerbed and were starting to bubble, this is a common problem with the rays, and to be honest most jap wheels. i loved them so much i have decided to keep them, so without doing anything that hasn't been done on the forum before i've had them refurbed not done anything spectacular and i know others have been there before but it was just the look i was after. i spent ages searching for somewhere to do it for the right price. found several places on the forum with good prices, but once you added on travel costs etc it wasn't cost effective. so i went old school and go the yellow pages out... well i went on yell.com and searched for powder coaters in my area. my search lead me to Buckenham Blast cleaning services, they do all kinds of things, but have actually been doing wheels for 20 years. had a good chat with them and they bake wheels at just under 200 c and have experience in this area. all in it cost me £210 for the powder coating and i'm very pleased with the finish

i'd go for HFC's over decats, the gains might be slightly less but the noise is far less raspy. if your fabricating them yourself then make the neck for the O2 sensors longer to pull them out of the flow. should stop the lights coming on, basically building in yourt own antifoulers. personally if you had to go the decat route i'd go for resonated ones as decats make the exhaust note horribly raspy

good effort, but i wouldn't do more than 2-3 coats at most. to thick and apparently it can lift. was reading some painting guides for brake calipers recently. although those guides were talking about spraying.

as yokomo said, spacers would fix the offset problem

yeah i used them on my last car as well, wasn't worried about chrome as no one will see it

painting can look good, but pesonally i don't thin it will hold up to long term wear and tear. when painted at home; paint jobs will always be more prone to chipping. the vinyl has a bit more give in it, especially the DI_NOC stuff as it was designed originally for kitchen tops and work surfaces.

if you guys want to set a time limit for this and i'll see what the best price is i can get them for on the number we have. saves you guys waiting 6 months for 2 more people let me know what you think

the closest i came in price to camskills was tyre men http://tyremen.co.uk/ but camskills were still the cheapest. tyremen weren't far off and they are i think one of the main uk distributors of vredestein

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i beleieve its an iveco van

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yeah not my first choice i just like those particular ones, i don't mind split spokes, but 5 solid spokes can look a little sparse,

another favourite of mine Gram lights R57 GT

nothing as complex as that, like i said before its nothing that hasn't been done on the forum before

rich this is where we all disagree, 5 is too few wheel looks to open and exposed i'll see if i can put pics up in a bit

i had them done 2 days ago i'll have to download them off the camera can;t be arsed to ge tthe cable, i think you'll all have to wait till tomorrow

i'll think about it

i'm not setting any trends put it that way. the wheels are done, i just have some work to do to them tomorrow. i have some pics, should i post them up now or wait till all complete then put them up?

I was waiting for your comment Jay cos I'm seriously thinking about these due to the non-availability of the Afterburners they are really nice rims, these were my first choice for 19"s am doing something else though now. What ? you dragging up an older post just because i didn't answer the last time you asked i'll post pics when i'm ready, nothing major i just like to build the tension. should be finished by then end of tomorrow.

good turn out and some nice metal

to be honest the linea corse dyna's are a lovely wheel and worth the getting, no one has them on the zed in the UK at the moment although others have shown interest. like i said the shadow chrome version is nice

can see these looking good in satin black on your zed....