heya all

i cleaned out and pollished out my rims adn they turned out really well
old

after a hour or two of rubbing


all i used was some chemical cleaner, fine sand paper, wax or polish
it cost $20 for my to do this

quite different ey

i also might be painting the centers gold
do you guys rekon that would look good?

cheers,
davey

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i used a wire brush and some el-beau grease when i had contessas.

i'd paint the centres black/charcoal or chrome/silver.

i havent seen many if any gold ones that look spectacular, and i dunno with a red car also..

maybe if you had a subaru world rally blue mini gold wheels would look good

welcome to the site btw

Good to hear from you again mate....


Yeah, as Ryan said.... definitely not Gold 10's on a red car. A dark metallic grey / charcoal centre would look best. Black would be too dark.... and matching them to the body colour is too 80's.


But hey..... if you really cant decide...... prep all 4 wheels, paint the right side 2 gold and the left side 2 charcoal, take photos of both, then drive around on stockies while you decide (or drive around like that if ya want - people will think its 2 different cars )

You wont know until you try it out..

If i find some pics of both combo's i'll put em up.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

My first car was Monza red similar to your signature.

It also had the following monza red features

Contessas (all red, not with a polished edge)
flares
engine
filters
hoses
master cylinders
pipes
and pretty much anything close to the car when it got painted

The guy I bought it off obviously didn't know that masking tape existed!

Anyway, like supercharged850 said, red on red looks 80's, especially when you don't have chrome bits to provide some sort of break. Mine looked ok once I polished the edge and added chrome strips down the side though.

I think any colour wheel except gold would be ok, so long as they are nice and shiny!

oh yeah, my car was black inside, hence the name JAFFA!

Daniel

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Videos - Turbocharged A-Series on Dyno & at Wakefield
Mafs waz not my strong subgeckt at skkol

any pics?

or should i look my self?

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I spent a while searching google but came up with nothing.

Probably got a few pics on my computer, but I cant be bothered uploading em to the net

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

D1_Davey....Are you going to Mini's at the Mill this year? Since you live in Adelaide and all...

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

dont know

prob not cos im only on Ls atm and my dad is fair busy with uni and all so yeah

will when i have Ps tho

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Ok fair enough. Last year I drove up on L's in my dad's clubby...this year on P's in my roundy! See ya next year or so then....

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

ok sure thing

thanks dude

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"My rim job"

Means a whole different thing on the other side of the globe

Anyway, I like gold... It all depends on the car, I think gold wheels suit her

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Working on a mini is like wallpapering your living room through your letterbox!

It means the same here. Just a little play on words I assume.

And there was I sniggering away to myself at my antipodean Mini fans

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Working on a mini is like wallpapering your living room through your letterbox!

or just come this year