Coops
11-04-2010, 14:16
took the wheels off 0199 other weekend as they had the baldest, get me points on my licence, tyres in the world on them.
weirdly i felt no difference in the wet from when they weren't bald, PE2's are simply epic tyres! 8)
so got my pa to strip the tyres off yesterday morning and gave the wheels a clean inside and out to see what they were like. knew they were in decent nick and had had a refurb at some point but wasnt sure how good or recent
colur match? any good people think, on the inside of the wheel, as in under the tyres, written on each is
SUBARU GOLD
POLISHED LIP
maybe see it here?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0103.jpg
but the colour looks pretty good to me!
anyway cleaned them up from this
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0102.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0101.jpg
to this
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0107.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0105.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0106.jpg
and as you can see, main issue is the kerbing around the polished lip, its cracked the clear coat and corrosion had taken hold.
idea is to touch up bad areas of the paintwork, recut the lip and relaquer them where required, then respray the centre caps
heres a question mainly aimed at ex-scooby boy Dan (wobba) any ideas on variations in 'SUBARU GOLD' for wheels mate? so i can match some for the centre caps??
then fit new tyres and rock on, mint wheels for 0199!!
cheers
Coops
weirdly i felt no difference in the wet from when they weren't bald, PE2's are simply epic tyres! 8)
so got my pa to strip the tyres off yesterday morning and gave the wheels a clean inside and out to see what they were like. knew they were in decent nick and had had a refurb at some point but wasnt sure how good or recent
colur match? any good people think, on the inside of the wheel, as in under the tyres, written on each is
SUBARU GOLD
POLISHED LIP
maybe see it here?
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0103.jpg
but the colour looks pretty good to me!
anyway cleaned them up from this
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0102.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0101.jpg
to this
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0107.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0105.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/Williams%200199/IMG_0106.jpg
and as you can see, main issue is the kerbing around the polished lip, its cracked the clear coat and corrosion had taken hold.
idea is to touch up bad areas of the paintwork, recut the lip and relaquer them where required, then respray the centre caps
heres a question mainly aimed at ex-scooby boy Dan (wobba) any ideas on variations in 'SUBARU GOLD' for wheels mate? so i can match some for the centre caps??
then fit new tyres and rock on, mint wheels for 0199!!
cheers
Coops