My Amazon Estate Rescue Mission

[Alf ista]

Originally Posted by jimbo1593

I think wide wheels wth standard colour look best, they don't need advertising other than filling the arches properly.

Agreed, but he has his wheels above and they are not the wide ones. I sprayed mine silver and I like them with the hub caps. I managed to get a set of stainless trims off ebay and they fit well. My wheels are 4.5inch 1800 ones though.



Maybe as you suggest a gloss black centre around the hub cap with a grey rim might look different. Best to photoshop it first though. If trying something really different I would practice on a spare wheel first.

[39 Chevy Coupe]

re the wheels I have had them silver, body colour with ww trims and wide chrome so have a look at each -

[123GT-AMAZON]

hi ya the first and third images look the best

regards

robert

[Alf ista]

Originally Posted by 1800necwinner

hi ya the first and third images look the best

I second that.

[Andy the Aussie]

So, I've just realised Mitch has done a whole thread on this last week...

My ideal would be a set of 5.5 steels in silver, but no budget for that right now so I'm working with what I have, they are 4.5 estate correct wheels and will be fitted with some 165/80 tyres and atlas whitewall inserts that I have, if I don't like the white walls than easy solved , looks like its hard to go away from silver/ metallic grey....

[Andy the Aussie]

So yesterday this happened......



I handed over the reigns on my project,

But just for a week

Off to the paint shop she went for the outside to be done in the booth....

I raised a little white flag and decided to let them do the priming too, I had hoped to prep the car to the point of being 100% primed and flattened off so that all the paint shop did was lay on the shiny stuff and buff it up but life threw a jab to the ribs recently and I had to give a little up...

Anyway onwards - hopefully I get the car back next weekend looking like a million dollars and start throwing parts at it...

In the meantime I need to push a few buttons for parts, rubbers - windscreen seals, door and window seals etc etc

Money money money...... (Swedish Lyrics

[Burdekin]

Very exciting Andy, a bit of the glossy stuff will look great.

[pez]

Great work there mate,i know the feeling all too well of flinging money at an estate!
Keep the pics coming

[Andy the Aussie]

Thanks guys,

My boy helped me deliver it to the the painter.....

Two swede's in picture - one young and one old

[Andy the Aussie]

While the car is off wit the painter I've been attacking some of the bits and pieces to go back on when I get her back.....

Fuel tank, I decided to strip it back of all the underseal that had been coated onto the bottom side of it...



And a few hours later...