Starfish Alloys, Ideas?

[Steely]

Im getting hold of a second set of Starfish Cupra alloys, Which are in need of a refurb for a good price,

I keep thinking on what i could do the them color/style wise, Its a Flash red LC , cosmetically Stock/OEM which is along the lines i want to stay, But since ill have 2 sets i want one set to be.... well.... different,

Any ideas? 1 set will be staying Oem silver, the other set there are no limits,

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Matte black, like I refurbed mine!

 

[Nef]

thinking about getting my starfish alloys done in anthracite.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

White.....I'll try dig out a pic of me old red car with whie wheels.

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

Don't laugh it was a few years ago

Think the red and white go quite well tho

 

[Steely]

yeah , Hmm i did think about the red a white look,

Even had a quick 5 min "poor" photoshop , Overly slammed i know but ignore that!

Few mates even mentioned a Camo look but im not sure!

 

[Steely]

The olny other question i have is, :

How much tougher is the paintwork/powdercoating on a proffesional refurb in comparison to using rattle cans,

reason being what are the chances of the paint being stripped off the rims when the new tyres are being fitted?

 

[Faxo]

Mate, it you can get to about 3 miles from Leeds/Bradford airport then i use a company called CAS Coatings. They're £1 an inch for any colour, over 300 in stock. It you wanted it laquering, like for a really shiney silver, its £1.50 an inch, but just standard black, white, red yellow etc this isn't needed.

They're really good and helpfull, all you have to do is get the tyres off yourself, and they cant do plastic centre caps as they basically bake them in the over until they're bare metal, clean up the edges best they can, then powdercoat them. The paint is hard as nails

If your interested ill get the number from work

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

The olny other question i have is, :

How much tougher is the paintwork/powdercoating on a proffesional refurb in comparison to using rattle cans,

reason being what are the chances of the paint being stripped off the rims when the new tyres are being fitted?

Tyre machine won't take the paint off just make sure its dry [leave it a good couple of days after paint]

 

[midgetgem]

Go crazy and get them chromed, would look sweet!

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

il keep an eye on this , as thats pretty much what mine looks like , & i want something different
only i dont have 2 sets

was thinking white , what about bare metal polish that possible on this style or cost too much etc

 

[MarkWales]

bare metal on wheels ok on centre caps no go they are plastic

 

[Dajmin]

I love the starfish alloys - I'd be reluctant to change them at all

How about doing the spokes black but chroming the rim? That way you'd have a nice contrast against the bright red of the car but the chrome frames off the wheels nicely.

 

[Gooner_Mike]

How about doing the spokes black but chroming the rim? That way you'd have a nice contrast against the bright red of the car but the chrome frames off the wheels nicely.

Good idea that can look good but that would be too fussy on this style of wheel I think.
I'm liking the white idea too!

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

bare metal on wheels ok on centre caps no go they are plastic

would the plastic centres come out good in pain tho , or likley peel or sumin

 

[Steely]

I love the starfish alloys - I'd be reluctant to change them at all

How about doing the spokes black but chroming the rim? That way you'd have a nice contrast against the bright red of the car but the chrome frames off the wheels nicely.

exactly my thoughts, its only because ive managed to get hold of a second set im going to experiment, The original Starfish's already fitted are mint, and would rather keep them that way,

up to now Its white, possibly powdercoated, but i think i might get hold of a few colour rattle cans and have a play on one of them, then once decided look at a good quality refurb,

im not sure on the chrome personally, mainly because its what i used to go for when modding cars

A light pastel/baby blue was another suggestion!

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

would the plastic centres come out good in pain tho , or likley peel or sumin

You can paint them chrome but it will look crap unless its over a really good coat of silver base coat.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

hmm will keep thinking before i take the plunge as there not much wrong with em , just fancied sumin different

my other thoughts now is if im going to get bigger brakes ,ie R32 brakes could i keep the orginal wheels or need bigger ones for clearance

cheers

 

[R4MSN_86CUPRA R]

defo's white' will look awesome

 

[Steely]

Would anyome be able to photoshop them a fluorescent Orange for me>? ive picked them up tonight, first stage is to do a bit of de-curbing!