Well, I got a set of 18" OZ Prodrive wheels on Friday afternoon and have spent the entire weekend fixing them up/painting them!

Got them for the bargain price of 13,000 baht (260 quid) with tyres! 2 were shot but 2 were ok, Bridgestone Potenzas too!......couldn't believe I got them for this cheap. At one point I was considering buying some second hand ones from England and sending them over here because I've never seen any here before.

Gotta say I'm really pleased with how they look now. When I got them 2 of the wheels had been kerbed really bad so I got the good old polyester filler out and refurbed them myself. Painted them with rattle cans (gotta say the quality of the spray paint here is much better than the crap you get at Halfrauds, at a fraction of the price).

Here are some pics:


Gave them all a good sanding first and repaired any scratches or kerb damage.



Then a couple of coats of primer.


After that, the metallic black base coat.



Then on with the top coat.





Had some OZ stickers made up............and finished!

 

Look spot on mate

 

Thanks, I feel totally knackered now but I think it's been worth the effort!

 

looking good :-)

blimey didnt realise how poor the exhange rate got! use to be 74baht to the £ when i first went!!

 

looks great mate, nice colour

thats a crazy looking house, first i thought you'd done it in your kitchen and then you see the scooter, you then think he's got a tiled garage floor and then you see the picture where you can see the stairs. Thailand - explains it, I love it mate

 

look sweet mate good paint job, had some good hol's in thailand, got 79 baht to the £ last time i was there too....

 

Cracking job mate, the wheels look mint.

 

nice!!

 

Tidy, great job you've done there

 

great job mate

 

Thanks all! Yeah the exchange rate has changed a lot recently.
The tiled floor is pretty sweet but it's a bit of a bugger to keep clean. Thai people are pretty crazy about tiles, so they're everywhere in my house.

 

very nice..

 

Top DIY'ing

 

TBH I got the idea from this youtube show I always watch, It's called 'Mighty Car Mods'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oG-1...feature=showob

Really funny youtube show, check it out!

 

Superb

 

fantastic looking classic now looking even better. top work m8

 

Looking forward to coming over there in near future mate.Will be living in Mukdahan in North East.Thanks for the advice before,will be leaving my Blob Eye behind.Looking at your Classic i might go there as yours is mint.Nice wheels

 

Look good fella

I did this to a set of my old wheels from silver to white, but I didn't mask up the tyres

I used Vaseline instead!

Similar basis to masking tape, but easier to get round the wheel lip. Then all you need to do when finished is just to wash the vaseline off

 

Thanks all!

 

When will you be moving over?

Thats a good idea man, I never would have thought of that!

 

I picked that up off of someone on here

Worked a treat and if find a pic I will post it up

 

Here you with a couple of pics:

Still had the vaseline on.


After wash.

 

they look superb mate

 

Love it
Nice tip too

 

[quote=ironbridge;10165144]When will you be moving over?
Not sure at this time mate.All i know it will be a definite and not a maybe.Looking forward to not having to de-ice the car .