What do you think guys ?

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Great job!

[jamie g]

What are those black things in front of the front wheel for?

[GTO400]

Car's looking great Simon, look forward to seeing it on Saturday.

[jdearden]

jamie g said:

What are those black things in front of the front wheel for?

hedge trimmers

[FUNKSTER UK]

jdearden said:

jamie g said:

What are those black things in front of the front wheel for?

hedge trimmers

They are aerodynamicsystically designed and engineered..........
Bits of ally plate.........

Edited by FUNKSTER UK on Sunday 23 January 20:57

[TuxMan]

GTO400 said:

Car's looking great Simon, look forward to seeing it on Saturday.

ha ha ha .......not sure it will be ready for saturday as there is no floor and no seats

[TuxMan]

jamie g said:

What are those black things in front of the front wheel for?

Hi Jamie, they are designed to gather the air as it tumbles of the front clip and guide it down the side of the car into the side scoops .

[jamie g]

TuxMan said:

jamie g said:

What are those black things in front of the front wheel for?

Hi Jamie, they are designed to gather the air as it tumbles of the front clip and guide it down the side of the car into the side scoops .

Ok, I've never seen them before.
Have you done anything to the area behind the scoops (the air that goes in seems to just hit the rear wheel liner)?

[TuxMan]

front arches modded to allow air pressure from under the wheel arch down the side of the car , passenger side pod is openned up and gearbox oil cooler fitted , drivers side is std at the moment .modds planned :-)

[GTRene]

the wheel looks good, nice job...
did you use special wheel paint? I mean a strong version and many layers?

[TuxMan]

Hi Rene , each wheel has had 2 coats of primer flatted between each coat , 2 coats of satin black again flatted between coats then 2 coats of acrylic gloss laquer !!! If they bloody chip after that lot they can get stuffed :-) :-)

Edited by TuxMan on Monday 24th January 21:43

[TuxMan]

Edited by TuxMan on Monday 24th January 21:44

[TuxMan]

Edited by TuxMan on Monday 24th January 21:46

[GTRene]

wow, almost pro work

its bin a long time ago since I sprayed wheels of a car (back in the good old days )
but then I did no more then sanding it then spraying 2 or 3 layers silver-paint out a can and that was it...the result was euhm...not so good but the wheels look a bit better and euhm silverish again

so respect for your work, I guess thats why they ask around 50 a wheel if someone else does it for you.

[2.5bluenob]

TuxMan said:

Hi Rene , each wheel has had 2 coats of primer flatted between each coat , 2 coats of satin black again flatted between coats then 2 coats of acrylic gloss laquer !!! If they bloody chip after that lot they can get stuffed :-) :-)

Edited by TuxMan on Monday 24th January 21:43

that looks like a good finnish there tux but why use satin then laquer??
is it tougher than just using a gloss black??

[TuxMan]

Wanted to use a separate lacquer for a high gloss finish never find with gloss paint I get such a good finish , satin is a good hard finish and if you flat between coats you don't get a orange peel effect , amazing what you can achieve with Halfords aerosols !!!! The secret is in the lacquer. And prep work !!

[andygtt]

best you cancel your plans for saturday afternoon, Im planning on forcing you to stay down south and help finish my car lol

[verba1]

Nice set of wheels !!

[930gaz]

That looks tops in green.

Well done

[gunghochef]

ive been following the whole job and turning green myself, car looks amazing.
Well done.