dave.irl

Well a time consuming week of work on the S has completed.

I gave its 6 month service (I do 'em myself) and replaced the discs/pads and added goodridge braided hoses

So as part of my cleanup of the S I painted the wheels a dark Grey. Wasn't sure how they would turn out, but they are growing on me. I've aways thought the at 16" wheels looks too small, but this colour does a good job hiding the size.

Next week, the calipers will be painted black.

What do you think



Dave

Nottm_S2

tidy

i have a spare set which, once i decide on exact shade, i'll be powdercoating

lovegroova

Looks like someone stole your wheels. Black cars need light coloured wheels...

JimUK

Sell them to me they'd look mint on my Silverstone..

Dembo

All you need now is a black interior.

j8mie

I think it looks really sweet for a car with 16"s on

All you need now is something red in colour low down on the car to tie in with the seats and tail lights. Ideally a set of Brembo red calipers would do the job, or maybe red lug nuts

jonner

Very nice...

Where did you get them done...??

dave.irl

I did them myself. Only cost me the cost of the primer/paint/clearcoat.

Its the prep work that does it. Lots of sanding with 80/240/400 and higher. Probably about 6-8 hours of sanding in total, and about a week to to paint including all the drying times.

Usually waited 24-36 hours between coats. All in all I did it for about 25 quid (35 euro) on 6 year old wheels that had a good few scuff and the usual corrosion

As for the calipers. I don't want to draw too much of attention to them, so probably red is out of the question. At the moment I deciding between black or bright silver. Cannot make my mind up though

Nath

I like it! I choose to go for Black on Black with my wheels, at first i wasnt sure but after a few days it grew on me, now local cars all over my town appear to have black wheels, i think i started sumit.