Wheel opinions

[Hairyarse 10]

Now I know that taste in wheels is a personal thing but I would appreciate peoples opinions.

 

I've never been convinced on the white wheels on my recently acquired C. I can't really justify spending on new wheels or refurb at the moment (damn I wished I bought the mint Estorils I was offered for £80 a few months back!) so any change short term will be me painting them.

 

Here's how we stand at the moment;

 

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Up close the finish isn't great. Sometimes I like them, others I don't. I did think about spraying them silver then lacquer them but I'm not sure it'll work so now think along the lines of black, graphite grey etc.

 

So, opinions please - throw em at me! lol (and if anyone is handy with photoshop feel free to have a play ;) )

[loepan 11]

i like white on white, but as you say wheels are like everyones marmite

[sexybourbon 0]

They look like borbet c's to me , i quite like them but would never run them if that makes sense

 

Id do them a darker grey colour

Theres a few home painters on here including me so if you have any questions im sure people would be happy to help

[Hairyarse 10]

Yes they do look very similar to Borbet C's. These are made by 'Titan' - never heard of them before! Dark grey may well be on the horizon ;)

[Jim Bowen 1]

Bright silver always looks nice, white on white can look alright but i'd get bored of it quite quickly (gives the car a bit of a cheap/boyracer look if i'm honest)

 

I'd get the missing bit of bumpstrip put on first :)

[Hairyarse 10]

Bright silver always looks nice, white on white can look alright but i'd get bored of it quite quickly (gives the car a bit of a cheap/boyracer look if i'm honest)

 

I'd get the missing bit of bumpstrip put on first :)

 

It will be on by the end of the day ;) The trim turned up earlier in the week, I was just waiting for some trim tape to turn up - which did this morning

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I had white Rotas on my Ice Grey Rado and that looked sweet. Not sure about white on white though. It's a bit double denim.

[Hairyarse 10]

Good point, however;

 

[Tigerfish 10]

I'd do the anthracite, should look decent on a light car. Black looks sh1te IMO :)

[Portent 0]

I'd say either silver or black centres with a silver rim. I saw a white 944 with black/silver recently and quite liked it.

[Hairyarse 10]

I've had a cunning plan (I think?!) I've just picked this up tonight for stock;

 

 

It will need a couple of little paint touch ups, so I may get a couple of rattle cans made up for it and use the remainder on the wheels.

[sexybourbon 0]

Love 205's and that one looks sweet , what is it you do with these stock items ? Do you run a sales plot or something ??

[Hairyarse 10]

Love 205's and that one looks sweet , what is it you do with these stock items ? Do you run a sales plot or something ??

 

Kind of. I was made redundant in May so started up in June, attempting to turn a passion for cars in to a business - http://www.yesterdayscars.co.uk

 

I'm no whizzo mechanic or anything but finding my feet buying cars like this and breathing some life back in to them! So far, so good lol

[Goldie 2]

205, there can't be many people who don't like them..

 

Looks in good shape, I've been following them for a while and values are strong for good examples..

[Hairyarse 10]

Yes, esp. 1.9s. I haven't driven one of these for over 20years! It brought back fun memories!

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

i decided to go with black centres & polished lips on the BBS splits for the white valver - cant wait to see what they will turn out like....got the repaired wheel ready to collect today

[Hairyarse 10]

i decided to go with black centres & polished lips on the BBS splits for the white valver - cant wait to see what they will turn out like....got the repaired wheel ready to collect today

 

 

Oooo pics when you get them please :)

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

Oooo pics when you get them please :)

 

might be a week or 3 until they are on the car but there are before & after refurb pics on page 4 of my build thread http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=44751&page=4&highlight=g0ldf1ng3r

[Hairyarse 10]

They look nice ;)

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

They look nice ;)

 

thanks andy - much appreciated

 

many many hours of polishing but was done in the garden with sun on my back & a scrumpy in hand ;) lol

 

i will update my build thread as soon as they are fitted & drop you a line m8

[g0ldf1ng3r 13]

They look nice ;)

 

thanks andy - much appreciated

 

many many hours of polishing but was done in the garden with sun on my back & a scrumpy in hand ;) lol

 

i will update my build thread as soon as they are fitted & drop you a line m8

[Hairyarse 10]

Sounds a nice way of refurbing wheels!