neoquip
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ssssshhhhhh, these are winter.. ALLOYS 
I can cope with the Dunlop tyres that are on and at over £100 a corner, too good not to use. If the weathers that bad.. the car won't come out 
I did slip out last night to the wife that they could be track day wheels.. or the 19s could be..... she hit the roof!!!! 
I thought about masking up... but wanted to make sure it didn't look amateurish, as taping up the valve might not be easy, then spraying round it might cause over spray etc. Also I wanted to spray just slightly around the lip/rim. Being green I thought it might show up, if I'd have done a dark colour like satin Black maybe I could have got away with taping it all.
Saying that, the alloy and tyre are heavy to lug about, the alloy on its own make it easy to turn and handle.
[Edited on 22-10-2011 by neoquip]
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M2RTY
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Insides being black would have saved some quids and looked better once the insides get dirty
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Gary
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4pages and no fitted pics. tut tut
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Graham88
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Looks good!
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Jonny.K
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Registered: 26th May 11
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i want ti see them fitted look great imo 
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
how comes you didn't just keep the tyres on and mask the tyres up? would've saved you 50 quid.
and it was fairly pointless using etch primer, should have just keyed up the wheels when they were silver and sprayed the green straight on.
Its quite expensive for a DIY job but your obviously happy so thats cool 
[Edited on 24-10-2011 by Adam_B]
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neoquip
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the primer made a good surface to work onto, it made it all even and the same colour.. grey
60mm Centre caps arrived yesterday and the 60mm STI trims arrived today.
I've had to cut a bit off the back of the centre cap to make it go in easier.. but they do fit
well chuffed.
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Steve
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hi looks nice how much to spray my face the same colour?
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neoquip
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cheers.
why do you want your face green? halloween?
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Stu
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Done a cracking job with them matey, reckon they will look pretty good on the car although they do have a hard act to follow cos I love your standard rims!
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neoquip
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I love the Prodrive GT2 19"s too, but the STi 17"s in Green will be different for the winter
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BeetleGav
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you certainly wont loose your wheels in the snow 
[Edited on 26-10-2011 by BeetleGav]
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neoquip
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snow.. the car won't go out in snow.. lol
Centre caps now sorted...I had to do a bit of trimming down on the rear of them (you can see from the pic) as it originally was a bit deep to the back, now cut/trimmed the caps fit nicely into the recess that is the centre cap area (how good are Draper - hobby craft cutting wheels & sanding discs!!) .
Before applying the STi sticker to the plastic cap I made sure it was decreased with some brake cleaner .. as that's all I had to hand I also warmed the sticker up in the palm of my hand so it went soft making it easy to fit/stick into place on the cap. I'll leave them in the house a few days... so the sticky on the back of the sticker can set up and bond to the centre cap face.
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neoquip
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19"s have come off and the 17" Signal Greens are now ON!!!
The look tiny compared to the Prodrive 19" GT2's that have just been taken off. They do make the STi brakes look even bigger now though lol
These will be my winter alloys till about March 2012.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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I don't even think they look small. I think they look bloody awesome!
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Jamie-C
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Apart from them looking lost in the arches that looks boss 
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neoquip
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Apart from them looking lost in the arches that looks boss
funny thing is the overall height of the wheel is still the same as the over all height of the 19"
it must be more an optical illusion.
glad you like them though.. it was a leap of faith doing them this colour
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Ben G
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that actually looks good. they aren't that small for the arches really as the tyres help bridge the gap.
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Stu
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Looks great matey, you done a right good job of them!! Perfect for the winter months Id say.......although your original wheels look mega though!
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neoquip
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I know they do.. but over the next few months I'll save on tyre read with them
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MarkSport
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They look shit
HOT
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Jon_C
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I really like them
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neoquip
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