'BORIS' is looking Sweet ;)
 

Very Mean and moody looking Keith...

Nice pic.. really catches the charachter :cool2:

Nick.

who what where ?

Looks better than the last picture in the mud puddle you posted Keith :D

Ah well that was "up north" mud we get a different type in Shropshireland.
I have polished out a few scratches, still working on the wheels though

on the subject of wheels...
'Shadow' apex was on my must have list, However unfortunately the ones on my car were attrocious... (sp) not kerbed, just huge chunks of 'finish' missing :( I opted to have the dealer get them done, as I have a mate with a vxr Monaro that has a shadow finish and he shelled out £75 a corner (for a good job) This was out of my budget at the moment.
I didn't expect the finnish to be 'original' as the dealer seemed 'in the dark' when I mentioned the process involved,and how hard it was , but I wanted them done so accepted the silver finish I eneded up with.

They look fine and suit that car, so will do for now... but I do love the shadow finish....:drool4:

Nick

Have you got a picture of them Nick?

of them before they went (got painted)silver? yeah..

i took a few , but the light was fading, thyer good enough pics to see how awfull the finish was though...

Nick

heres 3 clickabubbles..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...h_PICT2829.jpg_http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...h_PICT2828.jpg_http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...h_PICT2827.jpg_

now theyre plain old silver... but they look ok with the nocturne

NIck

They look like they have had an abrasive treatment of some kind mine are in a similar state as well, not a particular well designed finish for day to day use is it.

Ouch! Those do look bad!

Apart from some brake dust pitting (well, OK, quite a lot of brake dust pitting where I've not washed them), they're still looking great after 3+ years!

Mine look great now too ;).... just silver ;)

however as theyer also covered in sh!te you cant tell... I work in a factory near 'working fields' so one day results in a complete car covering :(

and at the rate I'm using my detailing spray to get rid of bird lime as and when i see it, I should get shares in Meguires:eek:

hopefully dry morning tomorrow and I can get her clean and tidy :)

I havent had it clean and dry long enough to take any pics since I had it :(

Sorry if this sounds dumb but can you have a shadow finish put on any alloys? I have the 11 spoke straights on my ZT and although nice in silver I would like a shadow chrome finish. I've looked at replacing them with the Apex ones but I really do like the 11 spoke straights, just not the finish!

If you want the smoke chrome finish I can recommend a company in brum just by spaghetti junction.

They are called laptab and can do anything you want to 99% of alloys, from matt black to the shiniest chrome, will try and find the number, there work is amazing and seems to last, I now know 5 people who have had refurb work done by them, and the wheels still look as good as new after 31/2 years.
Workmate had his new shape celica wheels (standard fit) refurbed from a corroded matt silver to smoked chrome with a very slight tint off gold, and they look superb not at all flash but gives them a quality look.
Intend to get my 11 spokes done when i'm a bit richer.

Here you go........ Worth giving them a call they can do some amazing things.

http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/

HOLY MOLY! They look fab! :drool4: Defo added to my list of things to do! I think a small bank job would be in order to finance it all tho!:D :D