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Polo GTi
Ah I see, be worth asking my mate though as they are said to have made it there, starting point at least
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Quote: Originally posted by matbrown on 17 August 2004
The paint code that someone has managed to get is not recognised by any of the systems in this country! Mat.
Northy says differant....I know the paint code...Where to buy it...what page its on in the colour chart...All this from Illusions Code he posted.
If anyone is intrested wait untill i have my wheels done and you will see then.
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Quote: Originally posted by Daz on 17 August 2004Quote: Originally posted by 2 live on 17 August 2004mine are...pro-clean prescottSo they are diamond cut all after the rim? So no silly gold after it between the rim and the tyre?
lol....So its silly having original Williams 3 style alloys now hey ?
2Lives are dimond cut.
Northy, yes.. cus Willy 3 style dont exist. They had the same wheels for 1, 2 and 3..
Ive seen BRAND NEW ones from Renault..
Everyone says "I have original alloys" - How can you tell? Low mileage means nothing, ive seen a 20k Williams advertised as "Wheels Refurbed".
Mine are Williams 3 - badly refurbed.. you can see the original paint under the new paint.. BUT, there is no gold after the rim. Why? Cus they didnt paint the whole wheel like they do when they get refurbed - they were bodged.. but, in the case of Williams wheels, it seems bodged is better.
Why are they gold after the rim on refurbs? Because no one can (or at least for a good price) diamond cut the rim right round the side.. youd need a specialised lathe setup I guess to do nothing but that - which, Speedline would have had making thousands of these wheels. The gold after the rim occurs when someone refurbs them - they spray the whole wheel gold.. then diamond cut the rim, but as they dont have all the specialised equipment Speedline do, you never get the cut round the rim.. result? You get gold after the rim..
If it wasnt for sidewalls with rim protection, the gold would look rediculous after the rim.. itd be like.. gold rim looking down on them.. changing to silver as you move your head..
So in conclusion,
2 Live.. did they diamond cut your rim all the way round? Cus if they did.. Id be prepared to make the journey.
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Fair points Daz......lol
Hang on going off topic...but -
After looking at gaztwos car (Williams 2 30K Very original) his wheels were silver (as in bare machined alloy) at the rear.....mine appear to be powder coated yellow (not gold like the front face but yellow) so that’s one point to him...
Mine seam to have a different designed rim to the MAJORITY of refurbished wheels I have seen. Martin. Has new alloys and his are almost identical to mine.
But ( I don’t have a decent enough camera to show you) my silver rim, has a chamfer on the leading edge before it drops away into the tyre rim. (i know my tyres are not original but I’ve only owned the car for a year, and they will be exchanged soon) That’s why mine go gold again...would looks pants if its was all silver.
The refurbed ones posted on here by the many members all have had kerb damage before the refurb. So the wheel has been machined back flat to remove the damage, then diamond cut and lacquered. That’s why the majority look the same and have no visible gold after the silver rim.
At the end of the day…I’m not too bothered. They will be refurbed to the right colour and existing style as they are now.... with the right profile tyres fitted ....Mine are just rarer than all the others.
2lives have gold after the dimond cut rim as they should have
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Take a look at this pictures and tell me if they are refurbed or original.
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1092818020__1083659414__FrontRightAlloyWheel.jpg
I spoke to a nice bloke a few weeks ago in Safeway carpark, he asked me where i got my wheels re furbed, because he has williams no. 3??, hes had it from new, and the wheels are in desperate need of some attention. Not been touched since new. He gave me his email, I can contact him and ask for some pics of the original rims.
May help to find out? Mine were re furbed by lepsons last year or the year before. they were diamond cut ( pretty sure) ill take a pic in a min. see if there is any gold before the rubber.
daz mate......yes they do and yes it is.........mine came with 5 absolutely unfurbed original alloys...........
they are a greyish colour on the inside of the rim....the gold does come after the polished lip....and its still on its original tyre that it left the showroom with............if all willy wheels are the same, how come the some of the unfurbed ones are difrent colours??......both my williams had dif coloured wheels, none refurbed.....was hard to tell tho unless u put em side by side
Northy, assuming that wheel pic was re-furbed, where was it done? i need mine done again soon. and that looks good. have heard some bad things about lepsons recently.
Cheers
Rich
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No idea...it is a nice wheel thats why i have kept it on my pc. Forgotten his name at the min, but this is his car -
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1092819883__1062685170__Left_side_front_view_close_new.jpg
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Quote: Originally posted by matbrown on 18 August 2004Quote: Originally posted by northy on 18 August 2004Quote: Originally posted by matbrown on 18 August 2004 Ok!Enough with this again.If you want to carry on with this conversation? Do it on a seperate thread!Malcs back off honeymoon so ill post some pics up very soon. Mat.
Well its never been sorted has it....
So start a seperate thread!This has nothing to do with the amount of williams produced/left? Mat.
Wasnt me who first mentioned wheels on this topic...
