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Old 12th July 2015, 10:46 AM
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Default Finally finished my wheel refurbishment

Finally got my summer tires back on! And I don't want to do that again in a hurry! After removing all 4 wheels of the 8, mask up, glass blast, break the beads, mask up, etch prime, flat , prime flat and fill several times, base coat, and clear coat, wax and refit. Even with professional help (thanks Nige!) it's a very time consuming tedious process, that I don't want repeat! So respect to anybody who does that for a living, they earn there money!
So after seeing my friends RS4 wheels that had been done by AWR in Bury for £240 I'll be going that route next time.
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Old 12th July 2015, 10:53 AM
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looking very nice for all the effort Dave
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Old 12th July 2015, 10:56 AM
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Just spotted something different about your fog light grilles........
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Old 12th July 2015, 11:18 AM
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Cheers Neil
Fog grills! Yes mine where missing when I bought the car, so I knocked up a tempory pair (3 years ago) I've got used to them now, so haven't even chased up originals
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Old 13th July 2015, 04:03 PM
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Looking very good! Hat off to you for doing the refurb yourself, sounds like too much hard work.
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Old 13th July 2015, 10:10 PM
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I'm a fan of those Avus 18" wheels. I know, I know, everyone is after the 20" FE's. Nevertheless that car, in that colour, on those wheels looks perfect IMO. Nice job, beautiful motor
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Old 13th July 2015, 10:22 PM
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The subtlety you may have missed is that they are facelift 18" Avus wheels with pre-facelift centre caps.

If anyone wants a set of the original PF design I have them for sale here: http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthrea...3467#post93467
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Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
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