What silver for wheels?
Apr 21, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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What silver for wheels?
Can anyone recomend a good shade of silver to use on standard series 2 wheels to get an origional factory look?
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Apr 22, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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From: preston
used to be a painter n panel beater n we always used pug platinum silver for alloys was closest to a standard finish
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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does depend if u want it to look standard or something a bit different!
statros silver looks nice!!
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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just dont paint them black or gark silver not a nice look on standard rst wheels makes them look small
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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Stratos silver all the way......Heres Why!:
Cant complain about the colour, or the shine these give of in the sunlight.
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Apr 22, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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thanks i painted them myself, if you do it make sure you use plenty of laquer to bring out the shine.
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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i always used to coat mine in loads of auto glym to keep the shine n protect them
u could always go a bit funky with them my new rs2k has had its wheels laquered with a pearl tint looks the bolloks with the aubogine paint work
Apr 22, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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yes my old XR3i cabriolet was resprayed in dark blue, the laquer had pearl in and it was amazing in the sunlight. it gleamed.
Apr 22, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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Peugeot aluminium.
Apr 22, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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i used stratos silver on my cossie wheels thats what ford use according the the bloke in the paint shop
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