The wheels and tires went on as soon as I got home (to bring the snow tires) to the shop! Now patiently waiting for the black bow ties, and pedals..tuxmats are mostly in..just need to clip everything in.
Wow - good thing I waited until I was in a patient mood...that sticker is 35 individual decal letters (the capital Cs were connected), and the bow tie decal...recently clipped fingernails didn't help either, lol!
That is what I was hoping for, but as I went for the first letter at the end, I saw the dreaded lack of the clear plastic surrounding the alphabet of a decal(s).
First detail complete (exterior - interior later today). I'm an old school polish/seal/wax guy that tried ceramic coating for the first time. The polish/prep was familiar and easy, and the ceramic coat application is much easier than putting on a coat of sealant. Now if it lasts as long as it is supposed to and I can maintain it with washes and detail spray, I might be converted to this new coating thing..including a pic of the X2 because it was feeling neglected
Thanks, wheels are TSW paddocks, I think the more black accents I can give the oasis blue, the better. They haven't messed with the blind spot indicators yet, and I think they stick out 13mm - the tires are 20mm wider, but only 10 mm will be outside, while the other 10mm will be on the other side towards the suspension..hope that makes sense - I've messed up offsets and wheel width, and tire width conversions so many times..
Wheels look great. I'm interested to know if they mess with your blind spot indicators. My calculations say your setup sticks out 23mm more than OEM which is not trivial.
On the offset -> Only posting because I am going thru the process right now to find winter wheels. So my calculations from www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator# suggest going from the OEM 6.5" and 44 ET to 8" and ET 40 nets a 23 mm extension from OEM. Also 15 mm less inner clearance. Total of 38 mm. I mean thats only 0.9 inch out further.
I thought the OEMs were 17X7 - nope your right 6.5.. They definitely poke out more than the stock wheel - but I like that look..I'm using the oems with the 1 year old winter tires from the civic as my winter wheels.
I weighed the summer set and it is 41 pounds - the stock wheels and Michelin x-ice tires weighed in at 47 pounds - those tires are supposed to weigh 22 pounds, so the stock wheels are around 24 - 25 pounds if anyone wanted to know.
How did you choose the color of the calipers? For instance you could have painted them the color of the body, but you chose a different color blue. I'm just curious what your process was in selecting a hue.
Love the Chevy downlight. Where did you get those?
On the calipers - IMHO - the blue is too close to the color of the car. It would look better either matching or way different (like red, orange, etc). Just a thought.
Finally finished with the brakes, but of course the decals came right after I put the wheels back on...and I'm such a genius that I painted the back calipers black, and the decals are guess what? yup black! If anyone wants a pair of small black bowtie decals. let me know and I'll mail them out..because well,
Electrician is here converting the 120 back to 240 so the level 2 charger can go in...(now I regret taking it out after having it installed for the 1st gen Volt). It will be nice to not take an entire work week to charge the Bolt! In the two (almost) weeks of having the Bolt, it has only been fully charged once since picking it up...but the range almost makes that a mute point for driving around town.
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