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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2010, 12:24:08 pm »
VC you need to contact JPC and have his white R32 Brakes on your car ask him for some pics.

Trust me matey I know brakes and they would look awesome on the mighty V6 fridge...

PS Just the one wheel refurbed same as the other 3 for me

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2010, 12:25:26 pm »
hmmm maybe just a refurb then, they are still pretty new i guess  :laugh:
........gets my vote.  :happy2:
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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2010, 12:27:10 pm »
VC you need to contact JPC and have his white R32 Brakes on your car ask him for some pics.

Trust me matey I know brakes and they would look awesome on the mighty V6 fridge...

PS Just the one wheel refurbed same as the other 3 for me

surely cheaper just to respray the brakes i have?  :laugh:

once i saw JPC's it did get me thinking thats for sure  :innocent:


so i guess the refurb is the way i'll go, its the majority vote and does make sense  :drinking:

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2010, 12:59:18 pm »
VC you need to contact JPC and have his white R32 Brakes on your car ask him for some pics.

Trust me matey I know brakes and they would look awesome on the mighty V6 fridge...

PS Just the one wheel refurbed same as the other 3 for me

surely cheaper just to respray the brakes i have?  :laugh:

once i saw JPC's it did get me thinking thats for sure  :innocent:


so i guess the refurb is the way i'll go, its the majority vote and does make sense  :drinking:

Just do it on an exchange basis he'll still be looking for some R32 stuff (i.e.yours) for his new car...   :happy2:

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2010, 02:28:48 pm »
hmmm maybe just a refurb then, they are still pretty new i guess  :laugh:
........gets my vote.  :happy2:

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2010, 02:34:34 pm »
As far as my brakes are concerned, they are sold unfortunately, BUT, i would definitely have a set powder coated again. they look as fresh as they did when i fitted them. Being white, you might think they were a pig to clean, but not at all. some good wheel cleaner, a pressure washer and your rocking!

Honestly VC, they are brilliant.

What i did was get dave to send me a new set of calipers powder coated in white, then swap my calipers with the new ones, then sent dave the old ones plus some cash! great job!

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2010, 02:38:22 pm »
mm white calipers and carrys i like the sound of that..

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Re: Refurb, Respray? What should i do with my rims?
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2010, 07:10:55 pm »
+1 for white calipers. Much better than painting parts of the rim white.

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