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What colour wheels on Crystal Blue Metallic 5th gen?

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Post by Shiny » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:56 pm

I've seen these up for sale on an Accord forum, they would look sweet on a blue Prelude...

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Post by skinny » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:25 pm

mcj78 wrote:Cheers A1ex - got it from the States on eBay for about £90 delivered, think some of them are a bit hit & miss regarding fit however this one's pretty good - quite tight, took a bit of wrestling on & could have done with being a couple of mm longer, but overall pretty pleased with how it turned out 8-)

Yeah - i'm pretty much set on a gloss anthracite finish (subject to last minute mind changing :lol: )

Looking good Skinny - what wheels are those?

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buddyclub P1's i think :)
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Re: What colour wheels on Crystal Blue Metallic 5th gen?

Post by toadster » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:32 pm

LO :D

Your alloys look great 8-)

Noticed you still have your rubber rear arch trims fitted , i would take them off as they are a moisture / rust trap , they only pull off :mrgreen:

I removed mine last year when i had my Lude undersealed.

Most peops do take them off :D

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Post by Lude-dude » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:14 pm

if you take them off, slap some underseal under there

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Post by mcj78 » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:15 pm

Shiny wrote:I've seen these up for sale on an Accord forum, they would look sweet on a blue Prelude...

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Those are pretty sweet - what are they? Not in the market for wheels now, but i'd like to to see how they look on a 'lude right enough :)
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buddyclub P1's i think :)


Ahaa - I thought they looked familiar, I like those despite not being generally a fan of 6 spokes on 'ludes, sweet car in general infact!

I was set for going with a finish similar to those at the top of the page, without the blue highlights, until I seen a new Civic with these on the other day:

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...then I decided I really liked the dark-silver-metallic-gloss type finish on them & went for the colour I ended up with :mrgreen:

Re. the rear arch rubbers - the bodyshop that painted my lip advised to take them off too, there'd been a tiny bit of surfact rust on the bottom of the arches & the guy basically polished it off with G3 compound or something & told me to bin them & treat the edges of the metal before it got any worse, hopefully i'll catch it & it won't get worse anytime soon - i'll get them cleaned & sealed when my mate's doing the rear brakes next week 8-)

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Post by craig_jdm » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:00 pm

i would like to see a lude slammed on 16" rota gt3's itpart of my one day plan :lol:

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Post by Shiny » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:37 pm

mcj78 wrote: Those are pretty sweet - what are they?
Kei Racing Evo apparently.

I wonder how the red will look on the ATR...

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Post by mcj78 » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:11 pm

Righty - as a final update to this thread i've taken a few pics with an actual camera, still not great compared to some of the pics on here, however a bored girlfriend & hungry dog meant time was of the essence! :roll:

The only bits that aren't 100% are the plastic surrounds of the "H" logo on the centre-caps, the powdercoating guy said they just would not accept paint without serious time & effort spent sanding & prepping the surface as it's begun to deteriorate slightly & this would be a major ball-ache (i'll probably go over them with gloss black just to tidy up, or even find some ATR ones & get them painted to match) - otherwise it's all good so far as I can see 8-)

No taking the body lemonade out of the dog - he belongs to my girlfriend & is much more masculine in person :|

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Post by toadster » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:23 pm

LO

Alloys look great 8-)

Cheers for posting ;)

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Post by Merlin » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:28 pm

Yeah they do look good 8-)
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