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3CorsaMeal
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5th Sep 06 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any tips?

can i leave them on car and paint, what should i avoid painting?
Ditch
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you can leave them on the car jimbo...

just make sure you take the wheel off first

and avoid painting the disks...
3CorsaMeal
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what colour shall i do?

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black, red, green?
Ditch
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pink
3CorsaMeal
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ok, thanks matey
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for some reason i think brown would be good
Dione J
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
for some reason i think brown would be good


How about hammerite copper finish
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your better taking them off!!

I done mine red, disnt take them off...looked a bit sloppy!!
Marc
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I took mine off, then put an abrasive wheel in a drill to clean them up. Went over with white spirit and dried them off. Then painted them with Hammerite Smooth.

I'd go for black.
jr
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sliver, and take them off jim, and do as marc says, will be 100times better
Marc
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Mine are silver actually!
csweatherston
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nickle plate them or take them off, get them bead blasted....then use 'thinned calliper paint and spray them...
or powedr coat them.....
mikey-corsa
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Take them off spray them, red?

Mine are orange

 
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