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I blame the narrow street :)
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markalp said:Spent far to long today choosing what colour to refurbish my wheels, and the winner is shadow chrome
Went the whole gamit from bright orange (i know, i know, moment of madness lol) to black, to gunmetal, to fully polished, but I think shadow chrome is the winner as I keep going back to it over and over again.
Great choice, although if you kerb one alloy again, you'll need to get all 4 refurbished together to get a perfect match, as shadow chrome never comes out the same.
I kerbed one of mine and opted to just get 2 wheels on one side refurbished. You can tell the slight difference if you place both sides next to eachother, but no one will ever see that except me, so it didn't really matter.
Taz said:
Im getting alloy gators fitted once refurbed, should keep them looking better longer.
Also i think i am going to sneak out one night and glue a plank up against the kerb as a protector when parking as I am lucky enough to have an allocated parking space in the road outside the house.
This images doesnt really show the kerb height, it is approx 1.5 coke cans in height and leans slightly forward from the bottom outwards. I walked along eight parked cars on my road and 7 had the same damage to their alloys.
I wonder how long the plank would stay in place if I used some Butyl Sealing Tape to fix it to the outside of the kerb :/
ronk said:
the nutty woman at number 12 would shop me without a second thought lol.
mind you I do take great pride in getting her going, nothing like being screamed at by a screaming banshee as your trying to park just because you revved the engine a little when passing her door. :rofl:
I went and had a quick word with the owner of a refurb company today, he reccons that shadow chrome would blend in with body colour too much and sugested I go for a full vibration polish and clear coat protection (for the same price as the shadow chrome).
Hmmmmm started me off looking at colour again. grrrrrrrr another wasted 2 hours lol
Hmmmmm started me off looking at colour again. grrrrrrrr another wasted 2 hours lol
OOPS it happens to the best of us :wink:
Bit of an update.
After what seems like a lifetime I finally deceided to go for ceramic polishing, however because of a previous strip and refurb (not done by me) the damn alloy has been stained :headbang: so can't be ceramic polished to a flawless finish.
After looking at alot more colours I finally went for a really nice looking nickel chrome finish, and think it will look the dogs once done.
Will update with an image once I have them finished and back on the car next mon/tue.
After what seems like a lifetime I finally deceided to go for ceramic polishing, however because of a previous strip and refurb (not done by me) the damn alloy has been stained :headbang: so can't be ceramic polished to a flawless finish.
After looking at alot more colours I finally went for a really nice looking nickel chrome finish, and think it will look the dogs once done.
Will update with an image once I have them finished and back on the car next mon/tue.
