Alfonze's Red K11

[Alfonze]

I used paint prep wipes and just used calipur paint and painted it on. Didnt sand it as far as i recall.

 

[Alfonze]

I attempted to paint the door handles today what do you think?

 

[joesouthgate]

they look alright. did u take them off?

 

[micrah220]

the door handles look good m8 (Y)

 

[Alfonze]

no sprayed em while on the car

 

[Alfonze]

good bad or ugly

Well my mum says Ive made a mess of my car

 

[micramac]

I now have my alloys fitted and it looks rather nice!

where can i get alloys like these? also in black

 

[Alfonze]

you cant buy em.


they are tsw apex r sprayed black using plasticote my mate did em me.

 

[Alfonze]

well yesterday I decided I would try and paint my boot handle what do you guys think?

 

[joesouthgate]

looks alright! Difficult to tell from that quality of pic.

 

[Alfonze]

I just finished getting rid of the bump strips using a candy wheel was it, it still needs T-cutting and that but I think it looks pretty good, tho

 

[joesouthgate]

Looks much better mate. Must do mine soon.

 

[Alfonze]

Im gonna be getting rid of the black alloys soon, to get some white ones which I hope Id prefer

 

[pjg1979]

Well my mum says Ive made a mess of my car

:laugh:lol:laugh: Mum's eh, She'll grow to like it.

Door Handles and Boot handle look great (Y) also top job on the bump strips, why get rid of the alloys?

 

[Alfonze]

I think red and white would suit it better personally

 

[TredderK11]

Red and White FTW thats what I had on my old K11 mate

 

[Alfonze]

Just finding some, I found one set for £305 with 195/50/15

 

[pjg1979]

Thought of just re-painting the current alloys white?

 

[Simonh]

top job mate ...reminds me to do my bump strips...cant be arsed though its going to take forever. but yes red and white ftw...thats what mine is....and it is soon to have white almera gti alloys

 

[Alfonze]

there already painted black, I dont think my mate wants to do it again tbh it would be easy to buy new alloys lol

 

[Alfonze]

Ive been thinking of buying some new alloys, but wasnt sure what size to go for, apparently it looks like its on stilts at the moment as it is not lowered. So what would you suggest, 13", 14", 15", 16" or 17"?


Also if its lowered will it not look like its on stilts anymore?

 

[Robert]

15's max imo.
lowering will redue the stilt effect yeah

 

[Alfonze]

yeah I don't fancy lowering it myself, so if I went for 14" would it look less like its on stilts?

 

[joesouthgate]

not a lot really! A lot of micras look too high on standard 13s imo!

 

[curtis]

Yeh k11s need to be lower

 

[Alfonze]

oh right then might just get mine lowered then work out cheaper no doubt.

 

[Nis]

K11's definately need lowering. It's quite easy to do if you have your own spring compressors. It makes them handle so much better too! If you can afford it I would go for shocks & springs else you'll find in a couple fo years your standard shocks will be shot.

James.

 

[Alfonze]

Well I bought some new alloys the other day and personally I think they look better than my black ones. What does everyone else prefer?

 

[Optispart]

they look mint!

 

[Trev]

I prefer the black ones mate, but thats because i have a red Ford Escort RS2000 MK6 (my g/f has a Micra Vibe) which i have painted the standard alloys black, and to me, a red car with black alloys will always look right.

My car. You can also see my g/f's Micra Vibe

 

[wgc_daz]

I prefer the black ones mate, but thats because i have a red Ford Escort RS2000 MK6 (my g/f has a Micra Vibe) which i have painted the standard alloys black, and to me, a red car with black alloys will always look right.

My car. You can also see my g/f's Micra Vibe

i love black on red looks boom!!! i wanna start a blog