hoskib

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had my wheels refurbed and wanted then to be even darker than these -



what i've ended up with is these -



yes, i agree. what the ****?! not even close, not even if stevie wonder had picked the paint pot off the shelf could they be more different.

however, i actually sort of like them. hated the gold on the white, but fookin love the dark contrast. this is a nice clean colour and doesn't clash like the gold did.

so what i'm after is some scoobynet comments to pick me up after a phone call to the refurb company got me no-where to getting them done in the colour i wanted.

so guys (and girls, coz a girl at work likes them) yay or nay??

brens.scoob

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they looked better darker mate,they made the calipers stand out more before.

hoskib

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was a bit of a cheat that pic to be fair cleaned the nuts out of the wheels and callipers and had the camera on flash new pics are of god awful dirty ones!! do agree with your comment though

scoobymoz

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they looked much better darker mate, i think it may be time to pick up the phone and kick some ***

wrxjay03

prefere the darker ones but both look good

hoskib

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of the 3 colours i've had on the car it's in the middle of most liked


dark is best by a long shot. getting a bit pissed off now no go with the refurb company i'm afraid moz, i went down to the company and picked a colour off the colour templates they had (very dark anthracite) he went and got a pot of the paint with the name on the template and showed it to me, i ok'd it so as far as they are concerned i've given a thumbs up to the colour that's ended up on the car.
my argument is that i assumed the paint in the pot wasn't stirred completely and was only looking for the 'metallicness' of the paint anyway. i will be going back for a row though

wrxjay03

they look v.nice in gold as well imo

SC008Y_MAD

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They are sort of a light bronze colour...perhaps a dark bornze aka Volks would look very lush

scoobymoz

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can you not get the colour template and check it against your newly refurbed wheels, then if it don't match kick some ***

hoskib

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it's a flattering picture is all i'll say given the liking for gold on the site

i ain't painting the bloody things again!!

this will be the line of attack, get the feeling the template in question may be 'missing' from the range though

anyone want to swap?

5doorbullet

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scoobymoz

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class

scoobymoz

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there is nothing wrong with the new colour but the dark ones looked much better

barry wemyss

i like the new ones but i also like the old and the darker ok they are all great but like i say it is you who is driving about in the car so follow your heart lol try get the template from the company and match wheels it could be wrong label on tin or in a batch etc good luck any way mate

jasonius

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They look a similar colour to the 03> blob wrx (dark champagne)..!

Would have looked much better a lot darker IMHO..

hoskib

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now that is the bollox and yes, that is the guy who sprayed my wheels

dark champagne, i was trying to think what they looked like and i think you've hit the nail on the head there! funnily enough they called it a colour from their 'subaru range'

cheers guys, if nothing else this thread's given me a chuckle

jasonius

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If they are like the 03-05 wrx wheels they look almost two tone depending on the level of sunlight, IYSWIM..?

TBH, It's very hard to tell what they're like from pics on a screen, it's how they look in the flesh that matters..!

FWIW, I prefer the new colour to the original gold..

hoskib

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a piece of cardboard sellotaped to the rims would look better than the gold IMHO, but that's open to discussion

the pics are a little bit more bronzy than in the flesh, but yeah they are a bit two tone depending on the light.

worse case and i get sent packing i can live with them. not what i wanted and they're hardly cheap to get done, but if it's got to be then i'll hardly be cutting my wrists over it.

richardg

Mackers

Ask them what base coat colour they used as this can effect a colour outcome (get a 2nd opinion of another sprayer), ask if they took a leak in the clear laquer pot to produce an "antique anthracite" although they where probably not laquered.

Don't look to bad though, am sure the picture doesn't do them justice

53

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They don't fit your brief but I like them. Car needs lowering though

hoskib

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zak will be getting more of my money very soon

stevey

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i prefer the new colour

james baldwin

I like the new colour, but at the end of the day it's not what you asked, and paid your hard earned for. Even if they do warm on you, I'd still give them grief if it were me

hoskib

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hurrah managed to convince the refurb co. that they had dropped the clanger and not me and they agreed to redo them in the colour i wanted

so rather than slagging them off, a big thumbs up to Lepsons of gillingham

the wheels now:-

riiidaa

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Glad Lepson's changed thier tune, bad service / experience stories travel far further than goodens.

The previous colour would have been fine if it were a diff colour scoob. Pleased for you!

taffyboyo

much better mate, good result

james baldwin

Good news mate, nice one

mystic_magic

Fantasic just what im after. Is there a paint code for that end result?

Or what did you use as the sampler to say 'match this' thanks

hoskib

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nope, no paint code i'm afraid. after the *ahem* mix up of the previous effort i pointed to a rim in their showcase and said 'i want that one' (only without the little britain voice) and it was just called new antracite, so no help there!

most good refurb places have a fair range for you to choose from so you should find something that suits your taste