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Offline jonesltd

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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #30 on: 31 March 2010, 18:15 »
Having a lil blonde moment!!!

Have used grey primer and have chosen volks satin silver from halfords to hopfully match my rs6's?

Anyway am worried that as the primer looks dark and when I spray the colour on it it will appear darker than it actually is and then its OBV that I have done it myself as the colour is gonna be damn sight darker than the colour it came in. M8 also has tried the reflex silver and was too dark but as it was only a little dent to repair then it didnt matter
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Offline MK3GTI_16Valve

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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #31 on: 01 April 2010, 12:57 »
in the middle of refurbing my alloys, will post up a tread as soon as its done....had a bit of a set back when i dropped the alloy on its face just as I was putting it back on the golf...Thing is the paint seemed as though it wasnt fully hardened, seemed a bit soft, it was dry to touch and was at least 6 hours since the last coat of laquer was put on....Learnt my lesson as had to go all the way back to the start as it was badly marked

Long story short how long should you wait before you put the wheels back on the car?
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Offline Neo Badness

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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #32 on: 01 April 2010, 13:48 »
Quote from: MK3GTI_16Valve on 01 April 2010, 12:57
in the middle of refurbing my alloys, will post up a tread as soon as its done....had a bit of a set back when i dropped the alloy on its face just as I was putting it back on the golf...Thing is the paint seemed as though it wasnt fully hardened, seemed a bit soft, it was dry to touch and was at least 6 hours since the last coat of laquer was put on....Learnt my lesson as had to go all the way back to the start as it was badly marked

Long story short how long should you wait before you put the wheels back on the car?

Depends on factors such as type of paint used ambient temp etc. General rule of thumb is not to drop alloys on there face in first place :wink:
Seriously though can take a few days/ weeks for paint to cure completely
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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #33 on: 01 April 2010, 21:38 »
Got a pic of these fitted yet?? :laugh:
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Offline FOREST GREEN

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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #34 on: 01 April 2010, 21:55 »
Taking pics tomorrow, will post up then :smiley:
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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #35 on: 02 April 2010, 00:36 »
good job, seen one of your cranes today in weymouth :)
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Re: Painted my wheels
« Reply #36 on: 02 April 2010, 17:39 »
OK, finally got round to a bit of cleaning today, so here are the wheels on the car (along with some other new bits :wink:)












What do you think
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Offline zdebx

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Re: Painted my wheels **NEW PICS PAGE 4***
« Reply #37 on: 02 April 2010, 18:31 »
Everything's good, but I think there's too much "halfords-style" crap, like the "MkIII" badge, "8V" and aftermarket GTi badge.

A bit over the top with Wolfsburg stuff too, imo.

Otherwise nice :)
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Re: Painted my wheels **NEW PICS PAGE 4***
« Reply #38 on: 02 April 2010, 18:42 »
Quote from: zdebx on 02 April 2010, 18:31
Everything's good, but I think there's too much "halfords-style" crap, like the "MkIII" badge, "8V" and aftermarket GTi badge.

A bit over the top with Wolfsburg stuff too, imo.

Otherwise nice :)

LOL, well each to their own I suppose, but rest assured, theres nothing from Halfords on there.
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Offline jonnypolish

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Re: Painted my wheels **NEW PICS PAGE 4***
« Reply #39 on: 02 April 2010, 18:47 »
You love your personal touches which i admire since your different ;)

I had to laugh when i saw the pokemon CD case

Other than that good work on making the car your own mate :)
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