i promise this is the last i'll buy

[worm]

Weird.... I put those pics on image shack, because when the bandwidth is exceded at photobucket they stop displaying the images.... but for some reason they are working again *shrugs*

[alex g]

thank you sir

[alex g]

i love wide arches on alpine



and when these are back together they will be filling that big void, just waiting on the finishing touches. they really are one of the best wheels around

[alex g]

so finally the fedex man and an unnamed crew got it together

but damm was it worth the wait

3 inch for the front and 3.5 for the rear 9 and 9.5 ohh yer
and some gold bolts for good measure

[worm]

*drools*

They would look well wicked :twisted:

I expect photos as soon as they are on your car!

[Golf Loon]

And this is for your daily driver right :roll:

[GoLfMan]

DROOOOL when are they on your car???

[joshyd-mk2gti]

holy-wack-mick-jagger-jesus thats some big lip. cant wait to see em on the car.

[86gti]

daaaaaamn!!!!!!!!!!!! those are awesome!

[alex g]

test fit

daily driver um yer it is oops ive done it again









still got a little work to go on the arches but they are working well. does anyone know of a paint to retexture the arches????

[ausgolfer]

That is fantastic, I wanted to do the exact same thing to my GTi arches but had the same problem you have now of how to get them back to a textured finish, as I'm not really a fan of color coded arches, especially on a white car.
As a suggestion to get the texture onto the arches you could try some of that sound deadening spray. I'd obviously trial it on a bit of old wood or something, it usualy comes out fairly unevenly though. Or maybe if you had some gloss black in a can and a fine sponge to dab a texture into it (would take quite a few coats and lots of dabbing)??? I think last time I was in Bunnings I noticed you can get speckled type paints in a can but again you'd want to trial it.
Probably stupid ideas but brainstorming is what you need to get the ball rolling.

PS. Does anyone know where I can get Simmons wider lips and bolts for that matter?

[Oneofthegreats]

Try The Mag Wheel Centre

http://www.magwheelcentre.com.au/

This is where my Dad & brother always go for BBS stuff & wheel repairs.
The also build wheels in house (Simmons etc.) so I imagine that they will be able to help with wider rim lips & bolts.

[alex g]

or talk to wal or paul at neil wheels they have heaps of fat lips for simmons in stock 96421002

[ausgolfer]

I just asked the guys at the mag wheel centre and they're $198 per rim and $3.20 a bolt. Sounds like an exercise I can't afford at the moment. Just after paying for $900 worth of tyres which will only go on half an inch wider rims I might have to wait for the next lot of tyres before going a few inches deep dish.

Anyway back on track can't wait to see pictures of this thing back together, painted, with tyres.

[worm]

If you go the dabbing techinque suggested by ausgolfer, I would suggest using a piece of sponge, which you can get from art supply stores.