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 Feb 22, 2005 - 11:59 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%)  |
When I bought my car it had the 14" with hubcaps so I bought a set of stock GT wheels off a local and they were OK. They were rashed and dinged up a bit so I finally had the opportunity to paint them. I thought about doing gunmetal but I want it to still look stock so I stuck with the silver - and it was a perfect match - they look brand new. anyway, pics
taped up and paint ( no clearcoat yet )   painted and clearcoated   the pics really don't do them justice. They shine  next I need to buff them and maybe wet sand them.I should of taken a before pic  they used to be peeling and a little darker in some spots ( after I would clean the brake dust off, it looked like it was still there )-------------------- |
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Feb 23, 2005 - 12:26 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
nice work!
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Feb 23, 2005 - 12:45 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 18, '04 From NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
looks good. are you gonna end up painting them a different color? and how long did it take you??
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Feb 23, 2005 - 1:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
I stuck with silver. It took about 2-3 hours for paint. The toughest part was getting them off the car (and putting the old 14s back on) and lugging them up to the 3rd floor
 once the clear is comletely hard (hopefully tomorrow - I have a fan on them overnight) I will putt hem back on and snap some pics
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Feb 23, 2005 - 1:36 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
go mad with the clearcoat... i painted 2 of mine last spring and needless to say i did not use enough clearcoat. the wheels pick up tons of dirt and crap and they already are looking iffy... the only unaffected parts are where i really overdid it, or so I thought, and now they look normal and havent aged because the excess spray smoothed over
-------------------- Car #3: 98 Accord LX- purchased 5/06, totaled 8/06
Car #2: 95 Celica GT- purchased 8/03, current daily driver Car #1: 01 Focus ZX3- purchased 5/01, sold 8/03 |
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Feb 23, 2005 - 2:38 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '03 From Vancouver, Canada! Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
thats my next project
 what kind of paint did you use? just your average silver paint and clear coat spray? |
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Feb 23, 2005 - 3:21 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
I used dupli-color wheel paint (silver) and clearcoat. duplli-color how 2 for wheels
saleeka, what did you use ? dupli-color ? -------------------- |
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Feb 23, 2005 - 8:15 AM
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 Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
looks good batty, hit me up on aim man, long time no talk!
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Feb 23, 2005 - 11:17 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Nice job man. I keep forgetting how good stock alloys look.
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Feb 23, 2005 - 11:32 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Looks like the stock color, but yes go mad with the clear.
I put about two coats on mine and it seems from all the salt we have on our roads, ate the **** out of the fronts clear, so im going to pull off and do the fronts again. but i think im also going to do a lil wet sanding too. Looks nice |
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Feb 24, 2005 - 12:12 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 14, '03 From Long Island, N.Y. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
wanna do mine!
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Mar 1, 2005 - 7:54 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '04 From Rhode Island Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
batman is a ballar
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