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My names Ed, and I live in Barcelona, Spain. I am from the Republic of Ireland. I've been living here for 13 years. In that time I've had a number of cars.
First one I got a year after arrival was a '93 Prelude 2.2 vtec. After that I got a '00 BMW 318ci. I sold that to get back into university. So now I've got this 1996 GT. Its covered in dents and scrapes. Pretty tired looking. I want to make it look like new, improve it where I can and try to keep it as standard as possible. I'll be painting it black, and keeping the wheels as they are, just tarting them up a bit. All of this depends on my finances of course, so it'll be a slow process. Patience will be required. Lots of patience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This post has been edited by Edser: Jul 21, 2022 - 5:58 PM -------------------- ![]() |
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i really like how those wheels came out, i havent seen anyone polish the gt wheels yet nice job!
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i really like how those wheels came out, i havent seen anyone polish the gt wheels yet nice job! Thanks Ted! Yeh I'm surprised that polishing them isn't done more often. I guess maybe it's because the finish is never going to be as shiney as the original finish. Also, the grained texture of the wheel needs to be sanded off to get rid of all the oxidation and stone chips and curbing, and well, it's a lot of hours... Approx. 4 each wheel for me. Taking into account labour and paints, it'd be cheaper to buy brand new 15s. I guess I'm poor now so my labour isn't worth anything. Also keeps a certain amount of originality to the Celica. I like that. This weekend is a long weekend, so I'm going to the car. I shall be installing the painted console. I'll take photos. Also plan to keep shaping that front wing till its right. Then I don't know what to do. This post has been edited by Edser: Mar 16, 2013 - 10:22 AM -------------------- ![]() |
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