Painting up Rims
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RE: Painting up Rims - 2/21/2005 11:58:42 PM
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sacicons
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allright. i just finished painting the rims on my wifes car. and ill post pics later. but damn, they look awesome! they were some old ass American Racing rims i had, and they were a little beat up, so she wanted to paint them dark gunmetal. we cleaned them really well with simple green (which is great cause its non-toxic and biodegradeable, so it doesnt matter that it washes down the driveway into the storm drain. and it works AWESOME.) then sanded them with 320 grit wet/dry sandpaper. then we masked them off by putting tape all the way around the tire, then taping newspaper to that. it worked great. we even removed the paper carefully from the first 2 wheels and reused it on the second two. then just did three coats each, very light coats. i even painted the wheel locks so the chrome wouldnt stand out as much. i know theyll scratch up, but they still look better than they would have chrome. oh, and i just dusted the insides, to save paint. it just needs to be close to the clor of the outside on a more closed spoke design. hope this helps. oh yeah, we used the color-match wheel paint. its hella metallic, and goes on nicely.
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RE: Painting up Rims - 2/22/2005 12:05:56 AM
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imadj
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Where can you pick this paint up from? I need to go from purple to something else.
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RE: Painting up Rims - 2/22/2005 12:24:51 AM
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sacicons
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purple? damn. i got it at autozone. its not too hard to find.
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Yes, there's a "Replacement for Displacement". Its called Volumetric Efficiency.
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ORIGINAL: Forty04
I choose the rear ending
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RE: Painting up Rims - 2/22/2005 1:14:23 AM
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imadj
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Damn?! Impressed or saddened? I am of course but hey the shoes came with the kid.
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94 civic HB DX auto
AEM CAI w/air by pass
Sprint sprgs/KYB GR2/skunk2 cmber kit
DCsport 4-2-1
17" ADR w/205/40/17 mstrcrft Avngr HP
2.5"hdr bck to PRO1?
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RE: Painting up Rims - 2/22/2005 1:55:20 AM
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imadj
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here is a shot. They call it the jellybean for reasons as seen. Green and Purple.
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94 civic HB DX auto
AEM CAI w/air by pass
Sprint sprgs/KYB GR2/skunk2 cmber kit
DCsport 4-2-1
17" ADR w/205/40/17 mstrcrft Avngr HP
2.5"hdr bck to PRO1?
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