Calypso Vert owner, basketweave wheels restoration

[TrentW]

Well that escalated quick...

HAHA!!!! he went from, "i'm painting some commonplace basketweaves with autozone paint" to, "let's get some $3000 BBS wheels"

As someone who also went through the laborious process of restoring a set of weaves then ended up buying new wheels, I salute you sir.

[dubsport87]

haha, yep well I figure if I'm going to mod it, I guess I should do it right.

[Garageaholic]

Well that escalated quick...

HAHA!!!! he went from, "i'm painting some commonplace basketweaves with autozone paint" to, "let's get some $3000 BBS wheels"

[robrez]

Well that escalated quick...

[lambo]

Welp I broke down and decided Im going to mod this car, it's going to be just some bolt on parts and I will keep the stock parts just in case I want to switch it back.

I'll start with these wheels I just got for it.



They are BBS RF wheels 16x9.5 in the rear and 16x8.5 in the front. Once I pull the car out of the garage from its winter hibernation, Im going to throw some coils on it and slap these wheels on.

Oh yes. Those are very, very nice.

[dubsport87]

Welp I broke down and decided Im going to mod this car, it's going to be just some bolt on parts and I will keep the stock parts just in case I want to switch it back.

I'll start with these wheels I just got for it.





They are BBS RF wheels 16x9.5 in the rear and 16x8.5 in the front. Once I pull the car out of the garage from its winter hibernation, Im going to throw some coils on it and slap these wheels on.

[freeride53]

nah, Im keeping this one original. Modding is a dangerous, addicting and expensive game. I went down that path with my old GTi and spend too much time and money.

damn, i salute you sir. that's some grade-a self control. wish i had it :(

[dubsport87]

Excellent work. After the easy off did you sand, clean and primer? Or sand, clean and paint?

After the easy off, I cleaned, then sanded, then primed, then sanded, then cleaned again, then painted and cleared.

what size of tires do you have on there?

monster truck tires haha, Im really not sure I can go check

very nice! you should considers some 185s and lowering sprangz

nah, Im keeping this one original. Modding is a dangerous, addicting and expensive game. I went down that path with my old GTi and spend too much time and money.

[freeride53]

very nice! you should considers some 185s and lowering sprangz

[Zreberlcoe]

what size of tires do you have on there?

[reelizmpro]

Excellent work. After the easy off did you sand, clean and primer? Or sand, clean and paint?

[dubsport87]

Got her all cleaned up and went for a Sunday drive today

[dubsport87]

Haha your tires do look kind of huge, but it looks great none-the-less! It actually looks very OEM in my opinion, the lip and center cap add the right amount of balance.

I like really like the way it looks, especially compared to the bottlecap wheels.

Wish my calypsorot looked like that and not all peely and sheeeeeet

My paint looks good from about 10ft any closer and you start seeing stuff. I plan on doing a paint correction which will hopefully fix a lot of stuff. I just got done claying the car. If I have time later today It will get a cut and buff.

[Polaris15]

Wish my calypsorot looked like that and not all peely and sheeeeeet

[davesmystery]

Haha your tires do look kind of huge, but it looks great none-the-less! It actually looks very OEM in my opinion, the lip and center cap add the right amount of balance.