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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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the lacquer was peeling off so i decided it was time for a re paint. painted them white as it's a nice easy colour to get a half decent finish with. i will probably get then powder coated again in the future

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may go back to grey when they are re powder coated as i've only done a few miles & there already covered in brake dust
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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Looks wicked mate
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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They are very nice mate. RL7 are wicked.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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lovin that mate looks better now
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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looks nice mate

but imo they looked better before
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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Prefer the grey colour.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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I think you should stick with the white mate looks a lot better
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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both look good so either way id be happy.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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looks great with both. white wheels are so hard to keep clean.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 05:51 PM
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white looks ace

What's the deal with your headlights? Are they those projector type lenses??
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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defo keep them white fella.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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they look great, top work there mate
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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Nice in both colours,how did you mange to fit the grills on your bumper m8 ?
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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I love RL7's would bin my Comps tomoro for a set.
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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looks nice in white, but like you say a nightmare to keep clean, when you get em powder coated i would have them done in black as silver wheels look gash.


p.s my wheels are silver
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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cheers for the comments guys

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yes bmw 3 series (e30) projector lights

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just removed the fog lights then glued the mesh to the surronds with a hot glue gun. no problems in over a year
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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Looks mate, i so want a set of these rims but they are so hard to get hold of
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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good choice
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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look better white but then im biased
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Look better in the before pic.

But its what you like, not what people on the net think

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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 12:09 AM
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both look awsome but i think i prefer grey
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Prefer the new look - more purposeful I think
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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looks mint with the white rims!!!
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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grey looks ok but the white is spot on
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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GREY LOOKED BETTER TO MUCH WHITE NOW GO BACK GO BACK
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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White is so much better!!
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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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Preferred them before

And by CHRIST, look at the camber on those rear wheels
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Old Jun 26, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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awesome mate, i love both colours
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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i like em both but prefer white there a nightmare to keep clean t-cut works well on mine
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 03:48 PM
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i've already given them a nice coat of auto gleam super resin polish, hopefully that should make them easyer to wash
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 04:18 PM
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looks massively times better in white
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Still looks superb mate but think i prefered it befor
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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looks the bollocks mate! love it
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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Lovely wheel mate, what size and offset? Also what suspension/lowering have you done please?
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan
Lovely wheel mate, what size and offset? Also what suspension/lowering have you done please?
18x8j dont know the offset but the bloke i got them off had them fitted to a focus. sit nice in the arches (needed to roll the fronts but rears were fine) suspension is koni shocks with castle performance enginering springs
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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 05:07 PM
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White looks hard as nails
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