Finally done black wheels!
Finally done black wheels!
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Alex1710

Original Poster:

44 posts

158 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Just thought I'd share some pics of my VXR8 now I've had the wheels painted!

Had a nightmare with the first company who did a terrible job of painting the wheels and the calipers! furious

The second company did a great job redoing the wheels, I now need to find someone to repaint the calipers as not many places do it frown






r8black

1,405 posts

160 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Why don't you paint the calipers yourself I did and was very happy with the result
After
Before

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

241 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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:O Yellow?!

Alex1710

Original Poster:

44 posts

158 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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I may try that if I'm brave enough but I'm not sure I'll do a good enough job!

I will be repainting them red not yellow though!

r8black

1,405 posts

160 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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stigmundfreud said:
:O Yellow?!
Because yellow is so much better than red

SturdyHSV

10,443 posts

198 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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r8black said:
Because yellow is so much better than red
Nah mate, red means stop dunnit? tongue out

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

241 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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r8black said:
stigmundfreud said:
:O Yellow?!
Because yellow is so much better than red
there was a big hoohah on here about yellow stoppers! I like them!

r8black

1,405 posts

160 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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stigmundfreud said:
r8black said:
stigmundfreud said:
:O Yellow?!
Because yellow is so much better than red
there was a big hoohah on here about yellow stoppers! I like them!
Something a bit different is sometimes a bit better
they all know yellow on black looks far cooler than faded standard red

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

241 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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this was about "you can only paint GTS brakes Yellow" or something like that, went on for pages and resulted in 2 mods resigning in the end (amongst other reasons)

r8black

1,405 posts

160 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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ARAF

20,759 posts

254 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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stigmundfreud said:
this was about "you can only paint GTS brakes Yellow" or something like that, went on for pages and resulted in 2 mods resigning in the end (amongst other reasons)
Nope, Colin wasn't the reason for mods resigning, that was a long time before.

I would have thought you'd remember the resignation incident. whistle

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

241 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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was it over the man on man photo?

ARAF

20,759 posts

254 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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stigmundfreud said:
was it over the man on man photo?
I think that was the final straw. The mods have been very good, and not aired dirty washing in public, so you'll have to catch them at a meeting to confirm.

jonnM

1,102 posts

170 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Alex1710 said:
Just thought I'd share some pics of my VXR8 now I've had the wheels painted!

Had a nightmare with the first company who did a terrible job of painting the wheels and the calipers! furious

The second company did a great job redoing the wheels, I now need to find someone to repaint the calipers as not many places do it frown





What a fine colour combination for the VXR8! thumbup

S800VXR

5,877 posts

231 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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I had my RS6 calipers done by the Caliper company. Postal service and the finished product was top notch. Mates got the car and does not clean it like I did and the calipers are still perfect, far better than you could hope to do with a rattle can I suggest.