As some of you may well know, the wonderful Flic gave me some of her spare alloy wheels, they look a bit like this:

Now, some of you like the gold (don't i just !Removed! know it) but me and Flic aren't fans, so they're going Grey!

I started off by sanding off the top layer of lacquer so that the paint would have something to stick to:

Prep'd up for spraying, then decided the tyre's are going anyway so i didn't need to!

This is the end result, i hope you like:

Very nice indeed!! And a fine choice of colour, might I add :D

They are going to look great with some blacked up tyres. When do you recon they're going to be on the car?

there not gold all so the thing you said by text has not happened :angry:

did you do the inside as well or are they still gold oops i mentioned gold again..

there not gold all so the thing you said by text has not happened :angry:

eventually!!

did you do the inside as well or are they still gold oops i mentioned gold again..

Did the inside too. Grey and too much gold didn't go together

Wow! That looks really good! Well done you. I approve :)

Wow! That looks really good! Well done you. I approve :)

Thank you Fliceroo :) Hopefully i'll get another one done tomorrow also, and then i'll get new tyres on them at the weekend hopefully

Erm look ok but needs a different profile tyre now!!!!

Erm look ok but needs a different profile tyre now!!!!

The pictures make the paint job look crap, it's better in person, promise!

Not sure about tyre profile, all comes down to cost...

They look brilliant Mike! The grey is much better than the gold, good choice ;)

Look very good,

Top job :P

Yea I agree, top job!

Thats only one coat as well! Covered the wheel really well. Undecided about lacquer though....

I'll do the other one tomorrow and then hopefully by the weekend i can get two new tyres on them ready for when i can put them all on!

Looking good Miikhl (however you spell it )

Now we just need to see them on the car!

Looking good Miikhl (however you spell it )

Now we just need to see them on the car!

i was going to put one on the car for a sneaky peak but i've put my wheel nuts on too tight!!!

I will try tomorrow, promise!

By eck, that was quick! Looks good too!

Excellent work again Michael - they're going to look good on M11HKL. You could do with some lower profile tyres though really, for some reason it's not particularly noticeable when they were gold but in grey they do look a bit pumped!

Looks very nice mr p good job well done :)

By eck, that was quick! Looks good too!

I don't take my time when i like doing something!

Excellent work again Michael - they're going to look good on M11HKL. You could do with some lower profile tyres though really, for some reason it's not particularly noticeable when they were gold but in grey they do look a bit pumped!

Lower profile tyres = ALOT more money for some reason. I can get 165/65/14 firestone's for £180, any thinner and they're going about £60 a tyre.

Looks very nice mr p good job well done :)

Cheers!

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Back to progress, i have sanded and sprayed another wheel tonight:

I also lacquer'd the first wheel also:

Made it quite matt-ish which looks alright! With a few polishes and waxes it will look good.

Tomorrow bring with it lacquering the second wheel and then i'll leave it until the weekend probably, i think two in two days is alright!!

Looking good Princess :)

Looking good Princess :)

Cheers m'dear

Ok, I assume that was for 4 Firestone Multihawks from Kwik Fit at £178?

Blackcircles.com will do you 4 Yokohama A.Drive 165/60 R14 T's for £188.64 VAT inclusive, fully fitted and balanced with disposal (you choose the garage from a list), or you can get 4 Kumho KH15 165/60 R14 H's for £166.28 fitted. Both decent brands, apparently Firestone isn't what it used to be.

Ps Yes I am sad and did just spend half an hour looking that up.

Damn you Andrew!!

Thank you for proving me completely wrong :)

You haven't bought them yet though have you? If not, kerching.