How do you like them hubcaps

[reezvaan]

 

[Bigbear]

:shock: :shock: :confused0068: :confused0068:

 

[Trikky2]

Amazing artwork. Whats the story?

 

[DeeDeeTheBay]

Wow! They're pretty funky!

Lainey

 

[reezvaan]

Amazing artwork. Whats the story?

Anyone who has been to Pakistan knows that the sight of a fully decorated Pakistani truck is unforgettable. A truck embellished from bumper to bumper with paint and colorful, sculpted metal is expressive and captivating in ways that few other artistic media can duplicate. Decorated Pakistani trucks declare a dazzling, exuberant artistry that is unmatched on vehicles anywhere else in the world.

Pakistani truck art takes two forms— "Murals" (painted scenes) and “Decoration Pieces.”

These "Decoration Pieces" typically adorn a truck’s side carriage and are placed on top of a mural or painting. Ranging in size from less than a square foot to more than six feet, decoration pieces are often the flashiest part of a fully embellished Pakistani truck.

Consisting of a metal base covered with colorful reflective vinly tapes (such as high quality 3M reflective vinly tapes), which are called "chamak patty" (Reflective Tape) in local language (Urdu). These "Deocration Pieces" are then further highlighted with mirrors or studs and are shaped to represent any of the truck art motifs, such as birds, fish, and flowers etc.

A "Decoration Piece" is an important flourish on the truck because the artistic materials make the piece the most reflective part of the vehicle. There is no Urdu word for decoration piece, and both truck drivers and truck artists will use the English term i.e. "Decoration Piece."

These Hubcaps are then decorated by the local workmen mastered in their trade, with thousands of tiny cut out pieces of top quality 3M reflective vinly tapes of a vast color range (virtually as many color combinations are possible as many are available in 3M) to match your Volkswagen's color stock/custom schematic.

Wow! They're pretty funky!

Lainey

Yeah sure they are

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[Trikky2]

Ah thanks for that. Fascinating.

I didnt realise it was done with tape - it looks like laquer / paint.

Very skillful - must take ages.

 

[reezvaan]

Ah thanks for that. Fascinating.

I didnt realise it was done with tape - it looks like laquer / paint.

Very skillful - must take ages.

its 3M reflective tape as can be seen in one of the pics under camera flash. it takes a week to complete one hubcap in perfection.

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[aspro]

Looks amazing. Love the artwork. Shame you only sell them in sets of 4. I'd be up for one.

 

[Toad]

Ah thanks for that. Fascinating.

I didnt realise it was done with tape - it looks like laquer / paint.

Very skillful - must take ages.

I'm sure they would have been originaly....thats tac-nology for you lol

 

[BARKING MARK]

That's brilliant, to have the patience and skill to do that.

 

[68_early_bay]

8)

 

[mike202]

love them

 

[aogrady]

Hi,

Here is the link i have just been sent

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1416518" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers!

Alistair

 

[aspro]

That's where I saw them too Andy. I enquired about them a while ago and he won't send just one. I only wanted one for decoration.

 

[dubscum]

there really cool!

 

[A5H]

That's where I saw them too Andy. I enquired about them a while ago and he won't send just one. I only wanted one for decoration.

Perhaps we should start a group buy for those who would just like one

 

[reezvaan]

That's brilliant, to have the patience and skill to do that.

love them

there really cool!

^^^Thanks Mark, Mike & dubscum.

That's where I saw them too Andy. I enquired about them a while ago and he won't send just one. I only wanted one for decoration.

I would have done the singles too aspro but then there are factors to be considered. With VW logo tug-of-war in europe, these hubcaps are getting hard to get hold of, in brand new and if they are available, the price is ever inclining, so doing in sets or 4 or 5 makes more sense to me.
2ndly, the shipping of a single hubcap would have been to much for a buyer to bear. A set of 4 or 5 is way cheaper to ship across (flat rate shipping).

Perhaps we should start a group buy for those who would just like one

^^^Thats fine with me, I can do a group deal, ensuring that I accommodate the "singles" too along the way, provided there is considerable quantity ordered. That way everyone can save big on shipping too, which is freaking high for singles.

I can do colors to match your buses color scheme, no problem.

I can offer trades too, to interested parties who have something from my 1969 walkthrough deluxe "parts wishlist"

Cheers

 

[reezvaan]

Oh, and forgot to mention, inside of each "brand new" truck art hubcaps is sprayed with red-oxide to prevent from rusting - free of cost, for those who choose it so finished.

 

[reezvaan]

 

[Hunza]

Ah the shameless bugger steals my pictures and posts them to sell his wares. The pictures that you see are of my car and the hub caps that I was selling at shows in the US and canada for US$50 a piece. The pictures at the top of the thread are his own and you can tell the difference between those and the ones that you see on my car and the set of four that are at the bottom. I do not have a problem if someone picks up a business idea and promotes it. What pisses me off is that they should at least have the decency to acknowledge that these are someone elses pictures.