T5power Posted November 21, 2009 Report Posted November 21, 2009 just a heads up thats awesome great idea, love the look. although i would have liked it a little better if the inside were a little darker, kind of like the new gti wheels. but this is totally sweet tho
Chilled man Posted November 21, 2009 Report Posted November 21, 2009 acutally been done before on SS someone did a blue for the backround But agreed I do like them , to bad there pegs thou :lol:
RBoy8 Posted November 21, 2009 Report Posted November 21, 2009 Dude that's SWEET! Very very nice for sure. Yay for another VS member in Ontario. :D
GiRaff3 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 acutally been done before on SS someone did a blue for the backround That was JKMachine, he and I were in Germany at the same time. He had the back areas painted blue to match his sonic R, but he did not shave the front. I believe the shaving adds a nice effect.
dmelviØØ7 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 Diamond Cut Pegs!! Look very cool, but I actually like them a little bit more off of the car :lol:
shanehutton Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 OK. Now that we have seen them on the car............How much? I tried to get a small bend taken out of a wheel and everyone I called around Ontario was silly expensive. I can't even imagine how much this was. They look great though. What happened to your front R bumper and the black trim in front of the doors?
specialk Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 Looks good. Great idea for curbed wheels to bring them back looking new
DevolvR Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Posted November 22, 2009 OK. Now that we have seen them on the car............How much? I tried to get a small bend taken out of a wheel and everyone I called around Ontario was silly expensive. I can't even imagine how much this was. They look great though. What happened to your front R bumper and the black trim in front of the doors? $560 for the whole ordeal which included tire install and balancing which was $80 (I gave it to him since cheaper places often do a lousy job and damage the rims). So the cost to machine & paint all for wheels were $480(120 each). So given the cost of the whole thing, it costed me $675 for these rims, + new tires 215/45/17 _ installation. Not so bad.. No R bumper because it's not an R, It's a 97 GLT. I just happened to have the R spoiler after getting a good deal on it. The mini trims on the fenders were an experimental paint job, while trying to find matching paint color to match the faded original paint. There's a bunch of these I have in store cosmetically for this car. I have an S70 rear bumper and front bumper(Non-R, that's mated to an 850), all sitting in my garage that needs to be installed.TYPO: There's a bunch of THINGS I have in store cosmetically for this car. I have an S70 rear bumper and front bumper(Non-R, that's mated to an 850), all sitting in my garage that needs to be installed come spring.
Volvoson Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 I liked the look of them off the car, but once they went on the car, I can't say the same... sorry :tdown:
johnloves850's Posted November 23, 2009 Report Posted November 23, 2009 Now everyone will. +1. Pegs are played out, but these probably look the best out of all of them. Too bad they weren't propus or titans with the center piece painted and the outer lip machined.
DevolvR Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Posted November 24, 2009 +1. Pegs are played out, but these probably look the best out of all of them. Too bad they weren't propus or titans with the center piece painted and the outer lip machined. As far as I know, Titans would look pretty much identical to this except for the outer lip, if you machine the whole thing. Not sure if painting the center of the titans with lip machined would look any good. For Propus would look like any other polished lip BBS rim, I'm not so sure that would be too original.I've had some time to get used to it. And it's starting to grow on me now, at certain angles the machined aluminum looks almost a "silver white" and at other angles it's a diamond glare, while the metallic pewter sides appear black at certain angles, and dark grey depending on the lighting... These are really reflective(but not quite chrome bling) but not over the top. Need to take more pictures during day and night, but definately not your average pegs which I've seen in numerous occasions,The beauty of it is that the darker paint on the insides make you focus on the outer rim, which actually makes the wheel appear larger than they are due to the contrast of colors. This was my strategy really, since I was downgrading to 17" rims from 18" multi-spoke style wheels, to be honest I don't feel these rims are any less hot..
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