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Old 10-28-2010, 09:37 PM
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Default Painted my wheels today.
washed with soap and water, sanded spokes with 400 grit, tapped off lip. began with 3 coats of self etching primer, 3 coats of wheel paint, 3 coats of wheel clear. unfortunately i ran out of daylight so i onlt finished 3 of the wheels. but heres the finished product.





when i paint the last wheel saturday, ill take the car out and get some whole car pics.
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Old 10-28-2010, 09:47 PM
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Great work! looks real good.
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Great ******* job man!
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I've debated doing this to mine as well but back to charcoal centers like I had before...just don't know how resale will be affected when I want to change wheels again haha...
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OP... Wheels came out great. Looks real good

TBird31... IMO, i would leave yours the way they are. Your car has/is the right setup with the add on's and color combo.
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Excellent! looks like you bought them like that. Nice.
More motivation to do my stocks for now... =/
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OP... Wheels came out great. Looks real good

TBird31... IMO, i would leave yours the way they are. Your car has/is the right setup with the add on's and color combo.
thanks alot, and i agree with you. travis, keep yours polished.
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WOW, those look great
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Looks good, also looks like you have been driving on MI roads...a few bent spots going on there.
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Originally Posted by ZYA_LTR
Looks good, also looks like you have been driving on MI roads...a few bent spots going on there.
LOL, MI roads are perfect...


OP....nice improvement!
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Wheels look great! need to get some paint on your calipers tho.
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Dam those look pretty badass! I wanna get another set of wheels but those tt2 are hard to find.

If you can post the entire car with all four wheels & let's c how it looks
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Originally Posted by ZYA_LTR
Looks good, also looks like you have been driving on MI roads...a few bent spots going on there.
lol, im aware, i got em cheap so i deal with it.

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Wheels look great! need to get some paint on your calipers tho.
part of my weekend project

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Dam those look pretty badass! I wanna get another set of wheels but those tt2 are hard to find.

If you can post the entire car with all four wheels & let's c how it looks
i will tomorrow, i need to paint the last wheel and the calipers.
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autox tires out back and sumi's up front, interesting...

wheels look good though
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The finished product came out great, let me know how they hold up.. i would like to do my set of z06's black as well
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wow, nice job! yea, keep us updated on how the paint holds up!
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