YAY 17's on the mk2, but question?

[ausgolfer]

picked up my wheels from being sandblasted this arvo they turned out great, am really happy with them and they look pretty cool as raw alloy.
Here's a pic of one.


Cost me $100 for the sandblasting and that was a good price after shopping around a little.
The powder coating will cost the same. Hope to get that done soon.

[Preen59]

picked up my wheels from being sandblasted this arvo they turned out great, am really happy with them and they look pretty cool as raw alloy.


$100 for the sandblasting and that was a good price after shopping around a little.
The powder coating will cost the same. Hope to get that done soon.

They look good, Carl. Old mate has done a good job.

I told you that was a good price..

[Jarred]

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By the way carl, I like your old wheels better. (the ones in your avatar).

they'd be on my car atm score..


as for raw alloy. nice!. clear coat it and leave em as is hahah

[Preen59]

they'd be on my car atm score..


as for raw alloy. nice!. clear coat it and leave em as is hahah

Are they Zenders or what?

Yeah, you can get this 2 part epoxy paint for alloy that you apply with a brush, but flows really well and looks sh*t hot.. A lot of hot rodders use it. We've been doing a lot of cast alloy parts with it lately, bloody brilliant!

[Jarred]

They're standard 16V GTI wheels preeny, nicknamed bottle caps. They only look cool cause they are centrecap-less.

I've rarely seen them run by anyone in the states before..

[WABIT]

ey carl a word of warning before you powdercoat them.......... make sure you sand the surfaces of those wheels, because they will stay rough once powdercoated, when i blasted my 17's i had to sand all those spokes!! i wanted to die!!

dom

[ausgolfer]

ha ha no mate apparently they coat them twice, 12 dollars per coat and 2 coats per wheel.....~$100

[BlackVr6ix]

that is very very cheap

[ausgolfer]

bit of an update on this one people, have been quietly and slowly been working on these wheels.
Chose to go for a slightly different look so I have modified them a little to suit the cars large flat surfaces.

The wheels after sand blasting....

then....

and....


At this stage they still need some more sanding and spraying to get the surface perfect. But am not in a rush.

[Jarred]

did you spray them?


I thought you were getting powder coat?

[Preen59]

Looks great, Carl!

did you spray them?


I thought you were getting powder coat?

You can't powercoat over bog..

[andy t]

good work, they look great filled in. will look sweet on a mk 2.

[rayray086]

I must say they look a ton better with that indent filled in!! Pics of them on the car when you're done!

[Mrk_Mickey]

I must say they look a ton better with that indent filled in!! Pics of them on the car when you're done!

Yeah x2 on that. Phatter

[Spyda]

Got pics of it on the car?

I rekon 17s look a bit silly.