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[gniknotle]

hey guys - just got my first set of 3 piece wheels which will hopefully give me a half-decent stance in conjunction with my new coilovers i just picked up
these are the wheels



and this is my car (as of a few weeks ago - a few things have changed since then (ie. coilovers installed, back to stock wheels, cupra lip to name a few)

http://vimeo.com/42905261

lips are coming up well (almost finished polishing them) as are the bolts (silver - polished) would love gold bolts but so far this entire car has been done, to an extent, on the cheap, and i don't want to go spending almost as much as i paid for the wheels on bolts. would drilling a shitload of holes in a board and lining up all the bolts and spraying them gold do the trick? or am i wasting my time and should just keep them silver?
anyway other big issue is the centres, what colour to go? currently thinking a deep burgundy, brown, bronze or charcoal.
thoughts and opinions would be great guys!

cheers, elton

[gniknotle]

got my lips and centre cap nuts back from the polishers today - quick trial fitment without the barrel gave me this
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...55950753_n.jpg
sorry about the horrible photo upload etc...
anyway, poking about an inch from the guards if not more, looking as ways to make the offset higher, currently running approx 18x9 ET17 and 18x10 ET22...
help.

[gniknotle]

already got 225/40/18s for the back btw

[P78]

u got more pics of this

[gniknotle]

will have some more pics up over the next few days just been working like a dog and havent had a chance to stop!

[HKSpeed]

Racing Hart Type C Tracers from the 90's. Awesome wheel. Too bad they don't have the original centercaps.

[gniknotle]

Originally Posted by HKSpeed

Racing Hart Type C Tracers from the 90's. Awesome wheel. Too bad they don't have the original centercaps.

got it in one
undecided what to do with the centre caps, despite the bmw PCD, they have nothing to do with bmw...
thinking either audi centre caps (going on an audi...)

unless if anyone else has any other opinions..?

also going to be spraying the wheels burgundy.

[P78]

look for original centercaps?

[gniknotle]

not the easiest things to come by i'm affraid..

[gniknotle]

x

[gniknotle]

coils have had a bit of time to bed in and as such i've had to raise the car a tad as i was scrubbing on the front sway bar!
just picked up a camera too so will have some photos up tomorrow arvo if not tonight

[gniknotle]

ok time for some quick snaps - got some new bolt in valve stems today so chucked them on the lips, the old ones were rooted and not one place i've been to in melbourne has had any or even known what they were... so ebay it was.
a few shots of how the car sits now, had to raise it up a tad as i was scrubbing on the front sway bar... car looks to have a big, high booty but i swear its just unphotogenic















a before and after of the bolts...





and how the new wheels sit with the adapters...

front





back

[gniknotle]

uncovered these little gems today
not sure if to keep them as is, or attempt to refurb them with a silver paint pen...

[hinrichs]

cant wait to see this with the wheels mounted

[P78]

Originally Posted by hinrichs

cant wait to see this with the wheels mounted

this

[gniknotle]

currently thinking similar colour to this

http://www.canibeat.com/wp-content/u...gundy9_CIB.jpg

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...literays/6.jpg

thoughts?

[P78]

no

tho ur ride ur choice, i'd favour something like this


or light beige as i'm planning on my gti

[gniknotle]

hmmm interesting... its my daily so i don't want it to have too much pop/be in your face..

also my dash/interior lighting is red, hence the red...

i'm still undecided though, silver is boring as is black but i can't think of a colour
also toying with brown...

[P78]

can't find the shop someone made for me

tho light beige on black isn't in your face

even the gf liked it

bhahaha

[kittenpuncher]

I like the black front end alot I am usually not a fan of alot of black on a car but it looks really good. Great start to the A3.

[INDOMI]

where in vic are you? cant wait to see the wheels mounted! red will look good man!

[kittenpuncher]

for colored centers what about... a deep burgandy with gold flakes kinda like the pics you posted but a little darker or just a nice fully polished look.

[gniknotle]

Originally Posted by kittenpuncher

I like the black front end alot I am usually not a fan of alot of black on a car but it looks really good. Great start to the A3.

thanks man!

Originally Posted by INDOMI

where in vic are you? cant wait to see the wheels mounted! red will look good man!

i'm in brighton man, south-east represent! how about yourself?

Originally Posted by kittenpuncher

for colored centers what about... a deep burgandy with gold flakes kinda like the pics you posted but a little darker or just a nice fully polished look.

thinking exactly that, would LOVE gold flakes with gold bolts to boot!
couldn't rock fully polished i don't think... not the biggest fan and once they're dirty...

[INDOMI]

brighton wow you must be loaded haha im in east bentleigh man, not too far from brighton SE ftw

[gniknotle]

Originally Posted by INDOMI

brighton wow you must be loaded haha im in east bentleigh man, not too far from brighton SE ftw

ahaha yeaahhh na. saved up for my car myself and between working 2 jobs and going to uni (not to mention having a gf and still living with my parents! (im 19)) i have hardly any time or money for the car - but on holiadys not so have been working like a dog, and my gf is in europe so trying to get this bad boy stanced!
a fair few of my mates are in bentleigh, a guy with a mk4 number plates 'V33DUB' - lives on hawthorne rd.
also a mate of mine has a 2dr mk2 number plates 'GTI16V' - BEAUTIFUL CAR. hes east bentleigh..