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My 3rd Golf !!!
millar95:
So since the weather had been good the past few days I thought it was time I put my girlfriends new stripes on her mini since I kept putting it off ! :booty:
After washing it and putting the stripes on we I painted the calipers red to tidy them up a bit as her new wheels were quite open !
Before
After
I usually use hamerite smooth but ended up with halfords high temp paint and id say it gives a more red look instead of the hammerites more orangey appearance :happy2:
I also tried my dads editon30 wheels but really didnt like them on my car :ashamed:
I couldnt believe the size difference even though both wheels are only 18" so decided to stick with my own atm but currently on the look out for some team dynamic 1.2's or rota grids :evilgrin:
So after all that last night I managed to curb my first ever wheel an absolute peach whilst driving :signLOL: so will need to give the lip a rub down and touch up to hide the mess :ashamed: :grin:
RC84:
Great job on the mini calipers mate, they look superb. I take it from the pics they were done in situ and not removed? Did u just mask everything off? Looks a decent match for the gti calipers aswell. Brushed or sprayed on? Cheers
millar95:
Thanks mate ! yeah painted in situ. Steel brushed everything and wiped the calipers and hubs with some degreaser. I just covered the caliper with a cloth and put cardboard behind the disc to cover most of the wheel arch etc and sprayed the hub with hammerite smooth silver spray paint. I just wiped the excess off with degreaser and spun the disk round a bit to get the spot that was hidden.
For the calipers I just used a tin of the red halfords paint and a half inch brush and gave them 2 coats each! Came up really well!
bluebert92:
Those calipers have come up beautifully! My golf has them dingy grey ones, but as luck would have it I'm off work tomorrow and I'm going to attempt this!
millar95:
You can't go wrong! Nice and easy way to smarten things up :drinking:
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