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(Message started by: cossieguy on Nov 7^th, 2006, 1:48pm)

Title: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by cossieguy on Nov 7^th, 2006, 1:48pm

Hi, seriously looking at having my wheels refurbed, I like the 12 spoke 16's on my cossie and don't really want to go to 17's. The question I have is do I stick to the original silver finish or I was thinking about maybe having them done in black(My car's Aubergine) any thoughts/ideas/ opinions? Has anyone got black alloys on their dark car if so does it work?
Guy.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Highlander on Nov 7^th, 2006, 2:26pm

Scorpioman got his 12 spokes done, they look good but not black

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1139518082

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by andyjones on Nov 7^th, 2006, 4:45pm

just don't bother to wash them for 6 weeks and they will turn black on there own ;D ;D

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 7^th, 2006, 4:47pm

Keep 'em silver, wacky colours like black or gold look awful IMO, more so on a big car like the Scorp. Nicest thing on a dark saloon are nice silver wheels. Don't get me wrong mate but a Scorpio isn't a boy racer motor and doesn't look good with mods like that ;).

One of mine has some kerb marks on the rim but they look too good otherwise to mess with, if it's only small marks the refurb kit you can get form Halfords does the job well for a tenner, or you can clean the dirt out of any gouges with a glassfibre pen and lacquer the gouge, barely notices...

The original chrome 12's looked great but seems like they had some problems with finish, seen many a Mondeo with badly stained/pitted chrome alloys, shame because they look lovely...

Regards, Bruce.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Highlander on Nov 7^th, 2006, 5:44pm

My preference is for the silver/chrome wheels too.
my mate put black alloys on his clio, and I just think it looks like it has steel wheels now ;D

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Dave2302 on Nov 7^th, 2006, 6:29pm

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Keep the cossie standard looking !

;D

Regards

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Matt on Nov 7^th, 2006, 6:46pm

you could always have them chromed and have the bling look (and ford also supplied the 12 spokes in chrome so no one would think any diffrent)

matt :D

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by RichardMS on Nov 7^th, 2006, 7:47pm

Don't do them black, They will look bloody awful, Silver is best IMO.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by twinturbo on Nov 7^th, 2006, 7:50pm

Get some 20" Spinners on and a ground lighting kit.. :D

Silver...

Although anthracite is quite nice...

Chrome to expensive..

Or go for a mirror polish..

TT

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 7^th, 2006, 9:30pm

on 11/07/06 at 19:50:29, twinturbo wrote:

Get some 20" Spinners on and a ground lighting kit.. :D

Oh crikey :D

Blasphemy }{

hmmm...

Serious thought though, I toyed with the idea a while back of having the Scorpio resprayed Metallic Roman Bronze, would look nice with a pumice interior, not sure what others' opinions would be on this though???

Saw a Jag (ever the Jag nut ::)) in Roman Bronze once, 1994 6.0 Sovereign XJ12; way, way above my price range (about £12 grand :D) but the only one I'd ever seen in that colour, I thought it looked lovely ;)

Regards, Bruce.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by twinturbo on Nov 7^th, 2006, 9:54pm

mmmmm 6.0 V12..

The 5.3 was regarded as one of the very best engines in the world..

TT

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by twinturbo on Nov 7^th, 2006, 9:55pm

p.s.

I you fancy bronzed romans, thats your business :D

TT

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 9^th, 2006, 8:50pm

on 11/07/06 at 21:55:34, twinturbo wrote:

If you fancy bronzed romans, thats your business :D

Bleedin' cheek :D

Seriously toying with the idea of robbing a bank to raise the funds to get the Scorpio resprayed bronze...

Bronze or pearlescent white. Any opinions on a fantasy Scorpio colour chart? Any colour anybody would like to see one painted in?

Regards, Bruce.

Duo-tone powder pink/lime green anyone?

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Kjetil S on Nov 9^th, 2006, 10:16pm

Well, would definately give you some attention ::)

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Matt on Nov 9^th, 2006, 10:50pm

Fantasy colour?

brushed titanium mmmm..

http://i13.tinypic.com/2d0m1li.jpg

and i would have 20" wheels, not spinners though

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by LiverpaulH on Nov 10^th, 2006, 8:46am

One thing that Ford do really well are decent looking alloy wheels. My original ultima had the telephone dial alloys which I swapped for 12 spokes which look the nuts. Keep em silver and original imo.

Paul

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by scorpio_man on Nov 10^th, 2006, 10:01am

hi there

that car's the same colour as my wheels!! ;D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/scorpio_man/scorpio%20bits/DSCN0095s.jpg

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by cossieguy on Nov 10^th, 2006, 1:07pm

Matt, is that an RX7? Love the colour and the alloys are to die for.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Matt on Nov 11^th, 2006, 2:39pm

it is indeed, although a rather modified one, i think they are one of the best looking cars ever and the engine note aint bad either. That paint would suit the rounded body of the scorpio to a tee

if it wasnt for the silly insurance prices (£5000 +) id be driving one of them round instead of my cossie :o

wheels are to common, the BBS Y spoke has been around for ever

matt ;D

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by cossieguy on Nov 11^th, 2006, 7:18pm

on 11/11/06 at 14:39:02, Matt wrote:

wheels are to common, the BBS Y spoke has been around for ever
;D

Maybe that's because in my humble opinion they're great lookers and suit so many cars. Would have them on the cossie in a flash.
Guy.

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 11^th, 2006, 7:56pm

I'm with Paul on this one, one thing Ford can do better than anyone is a good set of alloys. I can't think of any rim which would suit the Scorpio better than the 7 or 12 spokes do, in my humble opinion aftermarket rims seldom look as good as factory ones on any car :)

Leave it to the chavs with the 18 and 20" rims on their Beemers, the Scorpio is a wolf in sheeps clothing (as are all the best cars) - keep it that way ;)

Apart from anything else you crap up the ride quality more and more with ultra low profile tyres, the 225/50's are a good balance between ride and handling at speed.

Regards, Bruce.

p.s: I take it I'm on my own with the bronzed Romans, eh???

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by cossieguy on Nov 12^th, 2006, 7:30am

on 11/11/06 at 19:56:32, TiberiuS wrote:

p.s: I take it I'm on my own with the bronzed Romans, eh???

I do like the BMW bronze especially on the M3 so if that's similar to the "Bronzed Romans" we'll take them on together. ;)

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by TiberiuS on Nov 12^th, 2006, 12:08pm

on 11/12/06 at 07:30:03, cossieguy wrote:

I do like the BMW bronze especially on the M3 so if that's similar to the "Bronzed Romans" we'll take them on together. ;)

hahahaha nice one :D

Title: Re: Wheel refurb ideas
Post by Matt on Nov 12^th, 2006, 12:48pm

i think a set of flat multi spoked deep dish alloy would fit the scorp quite well