James' VY Acclaim Series 1 (1st Car!)

[James VY]

Where did you go in bayswater mate?

ARCHM Industries, on Bayfield road. I will more than likely pick up the package next week. I've hunted around and unless I go second hand they're the cheapest I've found.

Mint, looks better then mine 100%

How hard was it getting steering wheel silver spokes on ?

Cheers! It's a piece of piss, just take off the steering wheel (good guide on here somewhere) clip the back bit off and unscrew the grey ones. Really simple job!

 

[soslowbro]

Car looks good champ!

 

[James VY]

Car looks good champ!

Thanks mate, hopefully it'll look better soon!

UPDATE:

So last week I picked up some Monroe shocks/struts and King Spring SL's. I'll put them in myself in a few weeks, just gotta get through uni exams first! If anybody is looking for suspension in the Eastern suburbs, ARCHM suspension on Bayfield road Bayswater were awesome. Knowledgeable and a really good price!

Went to pick up my pentagons out of storage and realised that one of them has fallen over... Scratches all over the face and a few dints :cry::cry::cry:. I took it to Eastern Wheel Works but because of the machined face on the gons they really can't fix them 100%. They've had people come back and say it looked better with the scratches. So $350 later I'm picking up a new wheel on Monday.

I'll get some pics up later.

 

[Danielzke]

What paint did you use mate ? wanna do piano black now but wanna do it probably.

 

[James VY]

What paint did you use mate ? wanna do piano black now but wanna do it probably.

Not 100% sure. The can cost about $15 from Supercheap Auto. I'm at my girlfriends tonight but I'll upload it with pics of the wheel tomorrow arvo.

 

[Sandman]

It'll be the power-plus cans then $14 for the small cans and $22 for thew bigger ones. Don't go the $3 export cans, they're cheap for a reason.

 

[Danielzke]

I wanna do it right

 

[Sandman]

When I do my dash thats what I'll be using. Having staff discount is nice too

 

[James VY]

When I do my dash thats what I'll be using. Having staff discount is nice too

Yep it was the power-plus stuff. Get the big cans too, gives you more room to mess up haha!

Sorry I've been AWOL, uni exams :bomb:

Okay here's an update on the pentagon situation. I picked up the new wheel last week and could tell straight away that it was a different shade of silver. This leaves me in a bit of a pickle. Do I run with the scratched gon on the car and have the different colour one as a spare, or vice versa. I took some pictures, so you guys can be the judges.

(I'm not a photographer so if you can't tell the difference in colour, ah well.)

Giving you an idea of the scratches, it's like this on each pentagon.




New wheel:


Scratched wheel same distance:


Colour differences:




New:


Old:


So yeah this could just be me being picky, but let me know what you guys reckon.

 

[soslowbro]

Looks like the difference is mostly brake compound buildup. Run with whichever you choose, but I doubt it would be spotted. If you can see it tho, change it.