got my wheels back - what d'ya think?

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:15 pm

i got my wheels back with new balanced eagle f1's on, they did a good job of them. had them split, shot blasted and then powder coated 'black chrome finish' looks cool, sometimes looks dark, sometimes looks light, also cleaned up my brake calipers while the wheels were off.

let me know what you think

nick

ps - cause i put the wheels back on the car myself, are there any other adjustments or anything i should have done?

pps - yes i know its red (i like red, and yes its 5 dr, which i think suits the shape of the car better - so no b***h about either of those things lol)

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:08 pm

nice finish! its like a gunmetal.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:10 pm

The certainly look the part.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:39 pm

Hats off - looks very nice

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:41 pm

nickpolo wrote:ps - cause i put the wheels back on the car myself, are there any other adjustments or anything i should have done?

Check the bolts after 50 - 100 miles

nickpolo wrote:pps - yes i know its red (i like red, and yes its 5 dr, which i think suits the shape of the car better - so no ***** about either of those things lol)

nah not me mate

I like red ones - and I like 5 doors but wouldn't buy one!!!

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:21 pm

Nothing wrong with five door red GTi's

RED IS THE COLOUR POLO GTi IS IT'S NAME!! Sing with me all red GTi owners

We shall overcome the others one day!

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:30 pm

Lookin' good! Which company did you go to in the end for the refurbishment job?

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:59 pm

Looking pretty damn good. That reminds me, i must get my centres powder coated. The outside rim has been finished for ages now

. Aint got round to it.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:21 pm

moynas wrote:Nothing wrong with five door red GTi's

RED IS THE COLOUR POLO GTi IS IT'S NAME!! Sing with me all red GTi owners

We shall overcome the others one day!

Amen brother, on the red bit at least

GaryUK · Post by **GaryUK** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:35 pm

That's the finish I'm gonna go for when I have to refurb mine.

They look fantastic. How much was it per wheel?

kenny15 · Post by **kenny15** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:52 pm

that the colour my centres are getting done right now, as they were dropped off this morning

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:23 pm

thanks to you si for recommending that place - bjv enginering, i dropped by to talk to them about it, thy were really helpful, left them with them on monday, and picked them up on friday was very pleased - Â£45 per wheel, paid in cash - soo much nicer than plain silver, just have to get the bodywork really polished up now - the previous owner didnt like many, if any, aspects of car cleaning. i want to get it looking like glass - like yours moynas. i bough megs 3 step stuff, hopefully that will do it, seem to be lots of surface lines like swirl marks...

GaryUK · Post by **GaryUK** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:33 pm

Â£45.00, absolute bargain!

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:21 pm

Good stuff. Â£45 per alloy is a fantastic price, the only problem is that BJV are darn sarf, and I would need a second set of wheels to bolt onto the car whilst I deliver the alloys and give the guys the knackered BBSs for a few days to refurb. Hence why I'm looking for a set of G60 steels!

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:07 am

Nice finish mate. Colour looks well smart.

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