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[devolv]

So about 2 weeks ago, I ran into an unbeatable local deal to buy 17" Pegasus Rims with some nice tires, which costed about $650 US for the whole deal. I grabbed the deal anyway since the tires had very good tread on them about 8/32" tread on 1 year old tires. The rims were in mediocre to bad condition as best with lots of curb rash on the wheels. I then found out that the tires were 235/40/17 which is slightly too large, I put them on craigslist and actually sold them for close to $450! So in other words, I got the Pegs for $200!

Not being completely satisfied, I took that cash and consulted a local Rim repair shop to see what can be done to them. Anyway here are the pictures of the Pegs before they were machined and repainted. I thought it was money put to good use to repair a set of Pegs better than it will ever be, infact one of a kind! I 've seen VW GTi's with Rims with a machined front and blacked out sides, and the 18" Atreus on the C30s. With the angular design of the Pegs, I definately thought it would work!

BEFORE:






I apologize for the bad pictures, but you know how rashed up Pegs look like.


AFTER:




Pictures are from today, so no daylight. I'll be taking some more pictures in the morning

[devolv]

How come I can't edit the post, would like to have the pictures lined up instead of vertically placed.

[JVC]

what uhh... did you do? I can tell theres a difference but not sure what happened... might be the whiskey talking but I have no idea what was done to them to make them look different.

And you cant edit posts because you're not a supporting member.

[Canadianplat855]

That looks amazing. Great idea.

[devolv]

Ok, I admit, those pictures sucked. So I kind of got too excited tonight and took these pictures in the garage. I tried taking some more pictures just now of them with the flash, a lot of glare caused by the clearcoat and dust though. I need to take pictures again tomorrow of them with it on the car... Can't wait.

[MrTopher]

awesome, love the idea - can't wait to see pictures in the daylight.

[Chilled Man]

hmmm I like

[adamdrives]

omfg that is sexy

[Jesus]

Eagerly anticipating higher quality visual representations of what these actually look like. Intriguing concept.

[303jrodt5]

those actually look pretty nice! different from your standard pegs everybody has, i like!

[gilber33]

Those look sick. I like them way better than stock.

[855]

It's a Bolbo Holmes, on 21 November 2009 - 03:27 AM, said:

what uhh... did you do? I can tell theres a difference but not sure what happened... might be the whiskey talking but I have no idea what was done to them to make them look different.

And you cant edit posts because you're not a supporting member.

has to be the whiskey if you cant tell they are a machined finish vs the stock painted finish

[sacrifice]

not bad, they look like monte carlos though.

[Colbert]

Nice pegs, want to see it on the car

[deepsovlov]

devolv, on 21 November 2009 - 03:08 AM, said:

So about 2 weeks ago, I ran into an unbeatable local deal to buy 17" Pegasus Rims with some nice tires, which costed about $650 US for the whole deal. I grabbed the deal anyway since the tires had very good tread on them about 8/32" tread on 1 year old tires. The rims were in mediocre to bad condition as best with lots of curb rash on the wheels. I then found out that the tires were 235/40/17 which is slightly too large, I put them on craigslist and actually sold them for close to $450! So in other words, I got the Pegs for $200!

Not being completely satisfied, I took that cash and consulted a local Rim repair shop to see what can be done to them. Anyway here are the pictures of the Pegs before they were machined and repainted. I thought it was money put to good use to repair a set of Pegs better than it will ever be, infact one of a kind! I 've seen VW GTi's with Rims with a machined front and blacked out sides, and the 18" Atreus on the C30s. With the angular design of the Pegs, I definately thought it would work!

Pictures are from today, so no daylight. I'll be taking some more pictures in the morning

Amazing, how much did it cost and how long did it take?

[devolv]

sacrifice, on 21 November 2009 - 09:23 AM, said:

not bad, they look like monte carlos though.

You mean VW Monte Carlo wheels? That's the idea


But the Pegs now look a lot edgier than those, which is really cool...you'll see them on my White 854 soon and you'll know what I mean. They remind me of Cassiopeia's without the slit in the middle of the spokes.

deepsovlov, on 21 November 2009 - 01:14 PM, said:

Amazing, how much did it cost and how long did it take?

Reasonable price. Not going to say that the service was entirely cheap, but I'm gonna hold off on exposing the price until after you seen it on the car. I'll be installing them in the next few hours whenever I have the time. Pics will be posted today.


It took about 4 days for the Rim repair shop to complete; which includes the rash repair, machining, painting, tire installation and balancing.

[Mesoam]

nice to see someone doing it a bit different, those look great!

[GiRaff3]

beware of curbing, OMFG. I really like the look though, awesome!

[JoshV70]

Looks fantastic! Can't wait to see quality photos of them. Nice picture of the Cassiopeia btw.

[sacrifice]

devolv, on 21 November 2009 - 01:32 PM, said:

You mean VW Monte Carlo wheels? That's the idea

Yep. The pegs look much nicer though.