Ive got my MY01 wheels at last, and sprayed them white. What do you think? Im well impressed!



Thanks to Simon for sorting out the delivery. nice one mate.
Rob.

 

Hats off to you sir! Im a big fan of white rims and they look the part!

 

Very nice. Was not sure what they would look like in white, but they really set the car off.

what you need now is a nice set of big red calipers, something like this maybe?

 

That looks fantastic Rob!!!!!!!!

 

Rob,

have to say that they look great in white, you got that done quick!!

I was hoping you'd post something soon so I could see what they looked like. As mentioned here are the replacements on mine. What do you think?

 

Personally I don't like white wheels,
but I do think they only look good on Red cars.
So i am not surprised it looks good on your car.

I nearly bought a Red evo4 which had white wheels and they suited the car.

 

Looking good Rob!
Look really good sprayed white too!

Cheers,

Nick..

P.S: Still ain't seen you around Frodsham yet?

 

Very nice Rob,good choice m8!!

 

Argh !!! Rob !!! White Wheels.... Bit Essex Girl me thinks...

Should've gone my route... Muts Nuts..



O.M.

 

Looks cool m8,

Reminds me of something, but I can't think what.

Can anyone remind me?

Rich

 

 

Thanks for all the feedback everyone,

I do acree Markus, thoes brakes would look cool

Scarramanga, is that you Simon? Looking good mate, are they 17" or 18"?

Nick, Im still looking out for you

Rich, I think it looks very American, fast and furious style! Have to get to work on my carbon bonnet now

Cheers, Rob.

 

Rob,

Scaramanga = Simon
Tis I. The wheels are 18" and I love them. Must admit that white 17" MY01 wheels look pretty dammn cool though. You running lowered springs on that thing?

Pleased that the delivery finally got sorted out.
Cheers,

Simon

 

Rob, I've been meaning to say this for a while - Colour code the door handles - they need it

Otherwise white wheels look crap Seriously white wheels are a bugger to keep clean...



See... New owner of the wheels has painted them anthracite I believe

- jon

 

Hmmmmmm

White wheels sound OK, like Matt Neale's car he had when in the BTCC, but not sure after a a week up and down the dirty motorways. Still, my Scoob is also a 93 WRX in the same (flame) red, but I bought it with 17" gold Speedlines on already, which I prefer to standard alloys, but they get dirty too (and match the rest of the grime on the car) Everyone to their own, you likes what you likes, so stick to your guns (or wheels)

Matthew

EDITED FOR PS

luv the spoiler, sets its off better than my MY99 one

[Edited by Matty B - 3/20/2002 8:18:59 PM]

 

I should add I offered the new owner of my car a choice of the white wheels or the gold 17" Prodrive/speedlines I replaced them with... He went gold

 

mr. polar bear is right, i have sprayed them anthracite, but then my car's dark grey not bright red, and i'm not seeking any attention from certain law enforcement groups

white wheels + red car =

 

Avi,

That's it!! That's what I was thinking of.

I knew I'd seen the red and white combo somewhere, the Fast and the Furious Honda Integra!

Thank God, that would have driven me mad.

Looks

Cheers
Rich

 

Rob...That front splitter of yours is mighty tempting...

Remind me how much?

(resist, resist!)

 

Im not looking foreward to keeping them clean to be honest, but sod it, I will see how it goes. It only cost me £20 in materials to do them, so I could always change them back to silver (not that I want to)
The splitter costs £130 primed, or £199 colour coded M8.
Cheers, Rob.

 

Any tips on spreying mate, would want to give it a go myself see what it look s like with sonic blue, i how did yo uget the rubber off and on again ?

 

Catflap.
I rubbed the surface down a little using 600 wet+dry, masked the tyres and valves, and primed them using 3 coats of a cellulose primer from a spray gun. The white paint was actualy SIMONZ WHEEL WHITE, comes in 500ml cans. 1 can would manage to give 1 coat all 4 wheels. I applied 2 coats, with half an hour between.
I cant say how well it will last, as Ive never done any before this, but the top coat seems to be some kind of enamel, should be pretty hard wearing.

Hope this helps,
Rob.

 

Heres a close up, pretty happy with the finish.



[Edited by rob oneill - 3/24/2002 6:59:09 PM]

 

You will have to touchup the paint on the wheels when you have your tyres replaced. You have painted over the balancing weights. For a quality finish you really should get them painted before putting the tyres on them.

 

Yes, I realise that. But if you weigh up the cost, Its just as easy to give them another coat when that happens.

 

Rob, yhm m8

 

Rob, how easy to switch it back to silver? how to remove paint? or paint them silver again?

Red and white is very sharp!

 

Probably no more difficult than doing them white. Just key the surface again and give them a couple of decent coats of primer.

Rob.

 

MARKUS!
Where did u get them brakes(red callipers etc)
How much?
Tell me now now now!

Would they look ok behind Prodrive anthracite wheels