AUG 2012
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So after a long year away Down under :afro: i decided to come home for a few weeks, thankfully i bribed my younger brother with packets of haribo to start it up once a month and give it the odd wash, so was in good condition when i pulled it out.
The Veilsides where looking fairly poor, so decided to polish up the lips to a mirror finish
Before:
Took out all the Studs, and started with 320 grit and worked up to 2500 grit wet and dry sand paper, then gave it a lashing of metal polish.
Finished result, came out pritty well but its hard to tell with the rubbish camera pics,
the studs had some ammount of white scum on them comming out and i was told to leave them in Coke for 24hr and it will clean them up... i guess time will tell LOL
truth be told i wasnt fully happy with how the wheels came out, the lips came out ok, but the face on the spokes where still all dull, i considered getting bronze paint and spraying the face and lip flat bronze (still undeceided on this i think it will look good), but decided agienst it, got another pack of 2500 grit paper, and spent 2 hours on each wheel doing every inch of them,
:afro: now thats better
so i have a high metallic silver spray paint that ill finish the center where the nut bolts are and between the spokes and it finished.
then that will still be 2 down 2 to go
so a few ill updates, as i plan on getting a s14 in the coming week for a project car iv been stockpiling parts for it,
so i bought a yashio factory s14 knob and gaitor, loved it so much i was hopeing it would sit on the s15, bud sadly the threads are different non the less looks sweet and will look good in a s14
Next ordered some Yashio Factory stsmokedLED lights
Lights on
TBH im still undecided on them... old or new? or might get another set unsmoked??
Opinions?
so then wheels i really want something with more dish, and give the arches a lil roll. missed out on a perfect set of meisters in england twice
or another option is to buy 4 new Dish Barrels for the Veilside Wheels but i dont know where to go looking to get this done?
So if nothing creeps up in the next few weeks ill be going another route,
18x10 et0 varrasteons white or royal bronze.
epic looking but not keen on them side on.
or some humble Rota Torques 18x9.5 +20
SO for now, im waiting for a heap of stuff in the post, mirrors spoiler, and alot of interior bits,
So a little Dilemma.. i purchased This gen bride material because i was going to re-trim the centres on my lowmax's as the graduation was wearing off on me... its a little busy if you get me, but now when im weighing them up the graduation is growing on me again... i can get graduation material also, what do people reckon?
stay graduation? or go for the Black centers...
the seats. as they are with the Graduation Material
Bride Black Material
horrible picture but you get the idea.
this is what it should look like
if i go for the black, i will be retriming
~the Fabric on the door cards
~Lowmax seat cushions
~then fabric dye the rear seats black, and retrim the centers of the back seats with the Bride materaial also.
but it is a tough one, Graduation material or black material :/ i need opions on this one... :huh:
also confirmation i have these on the way 3.5 inch lips :P should look good on the FRONTS! :wink:
a extra 1.5 inches so im hoping 30mm overs and camber with a nice strech will look mint
and nearly have the Rears sorted also
4.5's :P