scooby-power

im thinking of changing my wheels to either black or white not sure which to go for so has any on got any pics or yours to help me make my mind up . i want to go more rally style but all photos with any wheels would be great this is my current wheels

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cheers

richiewong

Anthracite wheels on red, no brainer

T5OLF

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Here's mine Not sue if I like the white set - they are still growing on me.

Giddy

I think the white looks nice on your car T5OLF.

T5OLF

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Cheers

chocolate_o_brian

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view my scooby.... anthracite p1 alloys. the best i think for my car... bar anthracite pff7s

solosteve

mine after a self do, re spray...

2.5RSMatt

Black wheels;

every1sgottablue1

Black wheels! Hiya Matt....hows it hanging

CupraDave

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Black

Mifo

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just done mine on sunday :

Just need red calipers next.

scooby-power

cheers guys still cant decide i like both might do one colour on each side lol, only joking

martin850

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Solosteve how easy was it to spray your alloys, did you have to take out any kerbing?

solosteve

Hi martin,

To sort the rims out, I did need to sort the curbing mate
Every rim was curbed bad.
This did take a while to do, as it was bad tbh each rim was about 1hour

What I did was buy a cone drill piece from halfords
This tool cost me £7.99 not bad I guess,
total cost was about £70 notes
Well I got to work on the curbing and took it all out so the rim was all clean and smooth,
But the rims then was a little out of shape, you cant really notice it, if im honest
But I really fancied the rims to be as smooth as.

What I did then was to fill any un-even parts with a p48 paste again from halfords or you local car place.

When this was all dry, I the wet and dry sanded the rims till they was as smooth as,
Well you know what,

Now for the primer:
3 x coats of this, you need to sand the primer down after each coat as they seam they leave a little grit feel after the spraying, ive since been told you can buy a smooth base coat primer, but I didn’t look.
When doing this make sure it’s dry, fully as when you go to rub it, if it’s not dry it just flakes away and looks awful.

Black paint time:
I did three coats light,
When spraying the rims light, I sprayed them upright mate till the paint gets a grip on the rims/metal then I started to spray them,
Heavy this part I sprayed them laying flat down as that way no drips should happen on the outer rims part as for the inners I just did them up-right again as I wasn’t worried about drips on the inner. No drips did happen on the inner either thou:

Clear coat:

Again I did 3 x coats.
This stuff is really light and can easy to add, it looks like hair spray
When going on, and makes the rims look really shiny,
I think there I two types out there one shiny, one not,
Best to look into this tbh

Ive included loads of pics here so that should help,

One really good tip is
Do it on a non windy day as the cards you can see in the pics help very very much

smoothing toll


primed and ready for painting



first few coats on..



on with some clear laq:


quick once over to make sure ever-thing is 100%




why not do the claipers at the same time....
as im waiting for paint to dry....

before:


after:


and the finish::

renny

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I like the white 'uns actually.

top_fuel

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i like it black... looks more race!... whites too soft ...

what did u do to the calipers?... just cleaned them?... how did u clean them, cuz mine need doing and was thinking whats the best way ?

martin850

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Thanks for the detailled reply mate it was a great help and you have done an awesome job on them. I think I will have a go at mine but it will have to wait til spring now.

How long did you leave the laquer to dry before fitting your wheels back on?

solosteve

laquer took about 35 mins to dry,
when i tighted the bolts back up i gave
it one last coat of black around the them
as i marked them with the spanner and hammer
and then one last laquer to sill it,

easy job mate

martin850

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OK mate thanks again.

scoobyhunt07

What alloys are these?

every1sgottablue1

Look like Rota GRA's....same as mine?

CupraDave

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They are Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's.

They are the lightest alloys Team Dynamics make and of course Matt Neal uses them on his BTCC car

scoobyhunt07

It all makes sensse now, I shown of known, my last 2 set of alloys were these lol in white and black, on my vts.

What price did you pay and from where, Thanks

Looks stunning btw

CupraDave

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I got them from Keith at Revolution Revolution Performance Motorstore :: Alloy Wheels, Tyres, Auto* Performance and Styling Parts

Take out SN membership then give him a ring for some discount, the discount will pay for your membership, cover your carraige and get you money off the rims, thats what I did

Oh and thanks

Matt_taylor

mine, though i am selling thecar at the mo

DCTim

T5OLF, love the spoilerless look you got going on there. Could smooth out those body lines and go proper euro "cleaned"

T5OLF

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Cheers, the car always gets lots of response - some like it some don't. To many scoobs look the same these days so I like to be different. Maybe it's my age but I'm not really into the big spoiler/graphics thing.