Wheel Colour ... decided ... i think

[SteveTDCi]

After trying to decide what colour i want the cupra wheels refurbishing in i think i have finally found the colour,

First attempt was Rover storm grey which is close to the renault sport range,

I wasn't 100% happy with the colour, it looks a touch blue in real life, so yesterday resulted in another trip to Halfrauds to pick up the next two colour choices, BMW Sparkling Graphite and Satin BLack.

I never got around to using the sparkling graphite and i have settled on Satin Black, i've only got the one done just to make sure i'm happy with it and i'll probably spray another this afternoon so i have 1 side complete, I need to paint the insides as well and really they could do with a coat of Satin Laquer which i cannot get from Halfords. Anyway the pictures..


painted and ready to go on

I thought i would clean the calipers quickly, ideally they should be cleaned painted and laquered, oh and i fitted the brake clip from the GOlf R that I have had lying about for 6months

and here it is on the car ..

The finish is ok, the insides really need painting but the intention is to get them refurbed properly. Its just a cheaper way of making sure i'm happy with the colour before spending £300 to get them done professionally.

 

[Al]

Red and black is a great combo.

 

[IanG]

The wheels look great against the red paint

 

[Nath.]

 

[cuprakemp]

looks good mate like the satin black

 

[Jinxy69]

Look cracking m8 love the red/black contrast

 

[Cupra R]

I likey

 

[dazjb69]

I tried spraying and lacquering my wheels last year and after one gritting session on the road they were knackered, pitted and peeling, got through the winter and then had them refurbed, you're probably best waiting to get them powdercoated anyway, not worth getting them done till spring time now.

 

[Rickst3r]

I'm getting mine powder coated in a few weeks time, either in black or white. Looking at your pics, reckon I'll go black.

 

[SteveTDCi]

Yeah i don't doubt these will last long, but before spending £300 on getting them done, not to mention the hassel i thought i'd have a go myself, they couldn't look any worse since the paint was already peeling. I might paint the otherside white, that was one of my other options

 

[Petrol head]

They look well and your spray job seems good too! As pointed out above though they will crack and peel at the first sniff of bad weather!

 

[knight]

looks great. is the golf r caliper clip easy to fit? as i have had mine in the cupboard for months

 

[SteveTDCi]

looks great. is the golf r caliper clip easy to fit? as i have had mine in the cupboard for months

yep, 2 screwdrivers and the old clip pings out, then just fit the new ones, really easy compared to the crappy spring clips you get on the FOrd calipers and its that easy i still have the skin left on both hands. Its litrally a 60 second job.

 

[Dotti Og]

How much are the brake clips? And can you get seat ones, i noticed ones on the thread with cupra on them

 

[SteveTDCi]

I paid about a tenner for them from the GOlf forum. Have a look on ebay, i was going to fit the S3 ones but they were something like £20 each.

 

[knight]

yep, 2 screwdrivers and the old clip pings out, then just fit the new ones, really easy compared to the crappy spring clips you get on the FOrd calipers and its that easy i still have the skin left on both hands. Its litrally a 60 second job.

cool, thanks for that mate... looks like a job for the weekend