2006 Omega

[ROHJ]

Cool , but that looks a little odd... can you take another pic with the front wheel straight

Cheers. Yeah I'll grab a few shots of it tomorrow (the front is still stock though)

 

[salute the ute]

You just gotta lower the front end, cant not now. I definitely think you should go the black rims, it would look really good

 

[ROHJ]

Yeah the front will be done in a few weeks, work screwed me over with my pay so I ended up returning the front springs because I needed the cash

What's the best way to keep my tyres as dark/black as possible?

 

[ROHJ]

There's a proper picture. Front should be lowered next week on wednesday

 

[MikeCuzzy]

Anyone of a million tyre shines.

Personally I like either Armor All Extreme Tyre Shine for a quick option (and cheap when it's on special) or any similar.

Ask Tinsnips what he uses, he gets a really nice matte black - looks really nice.

 

[Potta9]

Yeah the front will be done in a few weeks, work screwed me over with my pay so I ended up returning the front springs because I needed the cash

What's the best way to keep my tyres as dark/black as possible?

I use an old sponge and give them a good scrub at the end of my wash. They always come up like brand new. The problem with alot of tyre shines is that they have a silicone base and it attracts dirt like crazy . If not applied right will spray all up the side of your car too. My wheels sit outside the guard a bit so they would make one hell of a mess.

 

[ROHJ]

Got the front lowered yesterday with SSSL, wheel alignment tomorrow (y).

Considering swapping my current rims for 19" Supersports.

 

[ROHJ]

Been a while since I posted any pics, here's how she looks now

Rims are painted for 4 coats of PlastiDip, callipers done with VHT calliper paint.

 

[BigBoss]

Looks good mate, how did you get on with the PlastiDip? And how is it holding up?

 

[ROHJ]

Looks good mate, how did you get on with the PlastiDip? And how is it holding up?

PlastiDip was easy enough. Took each wheel off, gave em a good scrub (just a normal wash pretty much) and waited until they were dry before I got to it.
I sped the process up by drying each coat with cold air from a hair-dryer and a small heater (turned heat off). I didn't want to use any heat because last time I tried drying some paint with a heat-gun the paint ended up cracking and it was a disaster.

I've had the PlastiDip on for probably close to a month now, the rims have been washed twice and it's holding up perfectly. I do think though that 5 coats on the more visible parts of each wheel would've been worth doing but I probably didn't have enough left anyway




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Purchased an SV6/SS S1 front bar last week, going to put it on today even though it's the wrong colour. Gotta get used to the height before I get it painted.