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#1 creakyjaws5533

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:14 PM

Got bored of my revos so thought I'd try some steelies that i sand blasted and then painted in ford diamond white let me know what you think?
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#2 Archived4

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:17 PM

Love that! Looks cream in the pics :P I'm painting my car in it in a couple of months.

#3 creakyjaws5533

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:18 PM

They are cream ish ford diamond white is basically old English white :P

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:21 PM

banded 12's look nice. I wanted some banded just to 5 wide to go on mine.



#5 creakyjaws5533

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:26 PM

These could do with being wider the do look a bit skinny :P

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Posted 20 June 2013 - 06:05 PM

Look good  :shades: Planning on getting a set and doing the same  :D



#7 creakyjaws5533

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Posted 20 June 2013 - 06:14 PM

Look good  :shades: Planning on getting a set and doing the same  :D


Aha good good we need to show that 12 inch steelies are just as cool as tens :P

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Posted 20 June 2013 - 06:53 PM

soo much better and retro, but yeah get them banded, dont cost much and they will fill the arches better 



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Posted 20 June 2013 - 07:10 PM

I also have a set of these that im going to paint in diamond white

Will look great with my M&S tyres 



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Posted 20 June 2013 - 08:27 PM

I've got the paint to do the same to mine ready for the winter so that my superlites don't get any worse

#11 creakyjaws5533

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Posted 21 June 2013 - 07:14 AM

Cheers guys I owe the idea to DanParsons and the colour idea as well glad you like them I think they look my better and dont need disc conversions :P

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Posted 23 October 2015 - 09:15 PM

Hi! Can you tell me where you got the 12" Steelies from? I've ben looking everywhere!!!



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Posted 23 October 2015 - 10:56 PM

Hi! Can you tell me where you got the 12" Steelies from? I've ben looking everywhere!!!

You can only get them second hand, eBay, on here etc, you can usually pick up a set for £40 that needs a repaint.



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Posted 29 October 2015 - 11:02 PM

I've got a set of 5 starting on ebay on 5th November
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