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Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:04 am
by Nimminz
Decided i'm e furbishing the wheels again to White. Probably go for some Pearlescent colour.
Coil to buy tomorrow too.
Also thinking of a silver pinstripe down the side of the car, just under the swage line and possibly something where it meets the c pllar, will have a play on photoshop

white wheels:
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thanks for looking, comments more than welcome!!

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:15 am
by jon-ovlov
Loving the sticker choices lad! Wheels look good, slightly more silver than white, must be the lighting.

Keep the pics coming :D

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:51 am
by Nimminz
cheers mate!

its just a photoshop above, closest i could get to white without a lot more hasstle. buying paint tonight if all goes well :D

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:58 pm
by Speedy88
haha you sure love them wheels

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:25 pm
by Nimminz
Speedy88 wrote:haha you sure love them wheels
haha aye i do, its more the fact refurbing them is cheaper than getting new wheels :)

Done 2 wheels - wanted a pearlescent white like those ford Kuga things come in but halfords didn't have any. so got 'appliance white' - perfect colour match to fridges and Dishwashers :D

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fitted:

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Cant wait to get the next 2 done, they are fairlys stuck to the car after i ran out of copper grease when i was changing them last time :/

Thanks for looking
Matt

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:30 pm
by sven360
White wheels suit dark cars.

They be lookin' good.

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:31 pm
by Nimminz
cheers mate, they really seem to suit it, as if volvo had done em like that ... which i beleive they did on r-sports :D

want the whole car white now though hahaha

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:54 pm
by jon-ovlov
Like that alot! Keep the car blue, Not sure bout white on white, not that you were going to respray the car though! :lol:

Very nice dude.

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:03 am
by Nimminz
cheers! my finances really wouldn't allow it! would actually be cheaper to buy a white one i reckon lol. Seen a pic of a white R-sport mk3 with white leos and it looked amazing.

But nah, will stay blue :) might see about getting them spaced out a tad next :)

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:05 am
by Speedy88
Looks better than I expected :D

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:50 am
by volvosneverdie
R-Sporty!

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:54 am
by Nimminz
Ok so got all 4 corners white now, did go do a photoshoot but the camera card is still in the car and I aint going to get it now!

Also got a pinstripe for the car in silver, chose the one that looked most like what i've seen on 700's and i think i've seen similar on 300's

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Opinions welcome.

Will get better photos uploaded tomorrow and possibly a couple more mods :D

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:28 am
by jon-ovlov
I like it a lot. Mines got a pinstripe, black. Where did you get yours from, Need to restore some of the panels on mine, which would involve the destroying of said stripe. Might actually do it now that I know they're available!

Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:28 am
by Nimminz
cheers! I actually got it from halfords, just less than a fiver for that one. They do black ones too and in lots of styles, you get 10 metres and its just enough if you leave gaps for the badges, well could possibly JUST make it if you worked it out perfectly but it is best to let them curve round the edges of the panels. Also the boot lock, mine goes over that by about 2mm, had to trim it with a scalpel to get it to stick down properly.

i was tempted by one like this
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Re: Nimminz' GLT

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:55 am
by Chris_C
That is amazingly close to the dealer fit one, really suits your car too.