cico

Do you think is it pox to turn a golden alloy into a silver one reaching a good result in years?
i don't even know the procedure.
has anyone of you done a thing like that on his scooby?
AWD

cico

Please;please guys help me...
i'm asking you this 'coz i'm thinking of buying a new grey STI but i don't like too much golden alloy on that colour.
thanks
cheers
cico

Andy Mid.

My car is grey and had gold wheels from new but I didn't want them either. I asked the dealer to swap them for standard silver wheels before I collected and he was happy to oblige as he said he would have no problem finding someone else who would prefer gold on their new car.

Might be worth speaking to your dealer to see if he would do the same thing ?

Kippax

Cico - if you like the wheels buy the car and take them to a decent spray shop and have them painted another colour. You'll need to leave it with them or borrow a set of wheels in the meantime.

The spray job on my wheels is better than the original.

cico

Andy Mid- the problem of bartering the wheels is this:STI has different tyres size than standard WRX, they are bigger and here in Italy STIs are imported only with golden alloys,so i should fit up my car with others alloys not original...but i don't like the idea, as the original ones have a great design!
thanks anyway for your suggestion!!
cico

cico

Kippax-so you're saying the spray job will ... "last forever" ?
how long ago did you spray your alloys?
and how long does it take this job?
sorry for all these questions but i'm seriously thinking of doing it !!
thanks again
cico

barge

dont just spray the wheels.

Look at this months Street Machine magazine the one with the balck ****** coupe on the front cover www.chp.ltd.uk as they have a full thingy on changing wheels from silver to black.

Great~taste~Bloke

gold is horrible imho
Matthew
www.scoobycity.co.uk

ChrisC

Not IMHO on a black car !

SimonJM

The ONLY colour for a mica blue car.

Simon

cico

SimonJM - i certainly agree with you : gold is the best for a blue car,taking in consideration also that these two colours are the WRC official ones; but on a grey car it's not so good...

Kosy

iTrader: (2)

I can't believe PSLewis has missed this thread!!!

cico

Kippax-THEY ARE FANTASTIC !!!!
****ING AMAZING WHEELS !!!!
ALSO THE BRAKES : WONDERFUL !!!!
DID YOUR SCOOBY CHANGE SO MUCH IN THE CORNERS WITH THAT SIZE OF WHEELS CONFRONTING TO STANDARD 16" ?

Kippax

Thanks Cico. The car handles better than ever because there is less roll with the 35 series tyres.

cico

but did you also change your suspensions ?

Kippax

Cico - When I bought it the Eibachs were already fitted with standard STi shockers, bit too soft for me really. I'm gonna get some coilovers next.

alexf

Kippax,

Did you get your wheels refurbished locally? I've been trying to find a local decent refurbisher so I don't have to travel far on that lovely spacesaver

Alex

alexf

Cheers for the link Kippax - I'll give them a ring this weekend

Kippax

SimonJM - they do look best on a blue car I agree.

Cico - as long as you go to a decent spray shop and the wheels are prepared and painted proerly they will look as good or better and last as long as the original sprayjob. I bought four 18" Comopomtive MO's in gold (the colour didn't matter) at a reduced price and had mine colour coded to my silver STi5.





[Edited by Kippax - 1/8/2002 12:31:36 AM]

Kippax

Alex,

It was Grove Auto's on Anfield Road, Cheadle Hulme.

I borrowed some standard wheels to have mine done but didn't think they wouldn't go over the front disks. Had to do them in pairs

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=europe&X=387000&Y=387000&scale=1 0000&width=700&height=400&gride=&gridn=&coordsys=g b&db=&overviewmap=&scale=10000&multimap.x=299&mult imap.y=167

[Edited by Kippax - 1/9/2002 12:31:01 AM]