Got myself a cheap (£850) ST170 a couple of weeks back. Needed a fair bit doing (including cambelt and water pump changing, rear springs etc) but wheels were rough as anything and looked awful. It also had a dodgy red paint job on the calipers.

Before pic:



Having done all the mechanical stuff I couldn't afford to get original or decent alloys so I've done a DIY job using liquid metal, acid etch primer and good old Satin Black. I've also done the calipers in black so it all looks a bit more stealthy.

Quite happy with how it's turned out.

After pics: