Easter Hol's Progress!!!!

[340GLT]

Right well i have been fairly busy with the car but not had much time to post pics etc so here goes. I was looking on ebay and stumbled across a set of the Taurus 480 rims. Bidded last min and won for the sum of. £37. When i got them they were pretty tidy but needed repainting. To do this it meant losing the centre logos, as the caps are huge it would look very plain without them. So called in on a vinyl place by me and had some vinyls made up for £20. Then i got round to flatting out the minimal curb rash round the outer rims. Then i painted the wheels inside and out with aerosols. Before laquering the outside i applied the vinyls so they would be protected by the laquer.
Here is some pics of the refurb job.


As i picked them up. Tidy but badly painted.

After some flatting and primed

Tidy inside too

Painted inside

Vinyls

Before laquer

After laquer

Aswell as the wheels i'm spending another insane amount of money on fresh paint. I'm having the pass side repainted as a T$£T dented my door with theirs, whilst my car was in works car park!!! And when i got the car i repaired a dent in the rear quarter and was never 100% with the finish of paint so i bit the bullet and got the lot done!!!
The car looked pretty sorry for itself, as i stuck it back on steels so i could get tyres put on the new rims from old ones.



The car will be back on Friday and i should get some gud pics done Sat morn!!!

Adam

[D4V2K1]

Those new wheels look really smart mate. Are they 15's?

Should be looking pukka come friday then

[340GLT]

Yeh they are 15's and also are 1/2 inch wider than the old six spokes. The offset is also a tad lower so will give a wider track of about an inch overall.
Adam

[petefarrell360]

Good work mate! Steve and myself have both been interested in the Taurus alloys, but I'd never seen a cheap set, you did well there! However Steve and myself found alternative alloys, but you've proved they'll look mint on a 300. I like the decal touch on those, looks good. That's going to be one clean and tidy car, real PITA when muppets open their doors on your car. I think we need a 300 protection system, or in other words someone hiding in the bushes with a cattle prod if some careless fool opens their door onto your car!! It's worth the effort mate, and money.
Pete

[340GLT]

It doesn't help that i removed the bump strips though!!!! Wouldnt of dented if i had em!!!
Adam

[Omar]

Excellent disks. I such searched but and have not found it was necessary to buy others. I congratulate. We wait for a photo when you will put them on the machine.


Cheers Omar

[redline]

as usual , excellant work Adam, your attention to detail is great the r sport logo on one spoke is the perfect finishing touch

[Bilbo]

yeah they look really nice m8!!
give us some pics with them fitted !!

[girlracer]

hey thats not fair my wheels are similar but yours look better!

[340GLT]

Well as promised!!! This was this morning!!! i'm well chuffed with the results!!! I have changed the grill too to a debadged turbo/egg crate style one i knocked up.
Adam





oh and Foggy i am prepared!!!! Make sure u bring the lenses 2moro!!!!

[petavius]

Blimey Ad that looks bloomin' fantastic!

[MJ]

Your car just keeps getting better. At first I wasn't sure about the red volvo logo on the wheels but on the car it works perfectly, what with the red on the bumpers and badges

[ebdl]

Like it, nice work! I think that grille's great and a lot more Volvo than the old one, but still different.

[SteveP]

Nice work mate, I wasnt convinced on the wheels but they do look good on the car. Not sure about the grille though - I'm still all in for the Volvo slash, but good work all the same.

Your bodyshop bloke is awesome... mines going there next time..

[Wiktor]

I'm really shocked. That wheels looks GREAT!!!!