Fast Car – July 2019

Defi ning car culture 081

Time to rubber up

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Wheelsmakeththeproject!Andthat’s
why I’ve gone all out with the rollers I’m
putting on the Merc, and while the scene
has gone split rim and concave crazy, I’m
going for a more old skool vibe with the
hoops for the classic Benz.
The inspiration came back in November
last year when stumbling across Detroit
Steel Wheels at SEMA. As you can
probably guess, these guys specialise in
making custom steels for the American
market but they agreed to make me a
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Detroit offer three main styles, the Artillery,
Delray and Smoothie but I opted for the
Delray because the rectangular cut outs
look similar to the standard Mercedes-Benz
hub caps.
They arrived at Meguiar’s HQ with the
baby moon centres and beauty rings but

http://www.meguiars.co.uk

http://www.kustomkolors.co.uk

http://www.detroitsteelwheel.com

http://www.nankangtyre.co.uk

http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk

this build is about pushing the boundaries,

so I took them straight to Kustom Kolors

where I got busy prepping and painting

them in the same Copper Sunset hue

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for a satin clear coat to contrast the

shiny bodywork, plus it helps the baby

moon brightwork really pop. I honestly

couldn’t be happier with the way they’ve

turned out, so a big thanks must go to @

mobsteel_stevo, @mobsteel_adam and @

mobsteel_emma at Detroit Steel Wheels.

I really can’t wait to get the Nankang

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to the car, but there’s an awful lot of work

to be done before that can be done. So I

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