 Painting the Wheels UPDATED WITH NEW PICS (3/15/06), Work in Progress-DONE lol (56K warning) |
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 Feb 23, 2006 - 8:50 PM
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Hey whats up all. Well my wheels were all scrapped up from some curbage(thanks to previous owner
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Feb 23, 2006 - 8:53 PM
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Looks good.
 Is that duct tape?
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Feb 23, 2006 - 8:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '05 From Pittsburgh, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
U no it. Theres about 10lbs of it on each wheel. lol It took forever to tape them off. -John
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Feb 23, 2006 - 9:01 PM
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QUOTE(Celica_Kid95st @ Feb 23, 2006 - 5:54 PM) [snapback]398650[/snapback] U no it. Theres about 10lbs of it on each wheel. lol It took forever to tape them off. -John Yeah I had the same problem with taping my wheels... I'm surprised you got it to stick. One guy (from another forum) got so frustrated because masking tape wouldn't stick he used elmer's glue and painted it on... I thought that was pretty clever.
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Feb 23, 2006 - 9:31 PM
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I like those rims, they'r gonna look good when they'r done.
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Feb 23, 2006 - 9:40 PM
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nvm there is a how to didnt see it hahah looking good nice rims
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Feb 23, 2006 - 9:53 PM
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QUOTE(TheStreetzKing @ Feb 23, 2006 - 6:40 PM) [snapback]398683[/snapback] nvm there is a how to didnt see it hahah looking good nice rims http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=30863 Edit: What the did you just edit your post... This post has been edited by Chanh55: Feb 23, 2006 - 9:54 PM |
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Feb 23, 2006 - 10:35 PM
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should look good when they're done
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Feb 24, 2006 - 12:38 AM
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QUOTE(Chanh55 @ Feb 23, 2006 - 9:01 PM) [snapback]398653[/snapback] QUOTE(Celica_Kid95st @ Feb 23, 2006 - 5:54 PM) [snapback]398650[/snapback] U no it. Theres about 10lbs of it on each wheel. lol It took forever to tape them off. -John Yeah I had the same problem with taping my wheels... I'm surprised you got it to stick. One guy (from another forum) got so frustrated because masking tape wouldn't stick he used elmer's glue and painted it on... I thought that was pretty clever. I clean the tires really good before taping, so im guessing that help the tape to stick better. Theres so much duct tape on there it might pull the tire off the wheel later. lol Thanks for the comments -John This post has been edited by Celica_Kid95st: Feb 24, 2006 - 12:39 AM |
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Feb 24, 2006 - 1:06 AM
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very nice, what color you going with ?
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Feb 24, 2006 - 11:39 AM
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Im goin with gunmetal. My friend has the same wheels in gunmetal on his black RSX. So hopefully they turnout lookin something like his. lol
P.S. Srry to Wanabe for wasting ur time with my photochops but i decided to go gunmetal. -John This post has been edited by Celica_Kid95st: Feb 24, 2006 - 11:40 AM |
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Feb 24, 2006 - 11:59 AM
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Looks good man, good luck with it.
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Feb 24, 2006 - 1:02 PM
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Yeah, I hope it turns out spiffy as well.
I have a friend who painted his rims gunmetal for his civic and they look good. --------------------  CLOSED on 25 acres! -shop coming soon.... |
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Feb 24, 2006 - 3:17 PM
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my stock 15's will be gunmetal grey
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Feb 25, 2006 - 12:50 PM
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looks good. you can also use index cards and put them around the crevices where the rim meets the tire. a lot easier and it takes like 2 minutes, also works amazing. ill try to find some pics so you can understand what i mean.
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Feb 26, 2006 - 1:02 AM
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QUOTE(Jdog1385 @ Feb 25, 2006 - 12:50 PM) [snapback]399519[/snapback] looks good. you can also use index cards and put them around the crevices where the rim meets the tire. a lot easier and it takes like 2 minutes, also works amazing. ill try to find some pics so you can understand what i mean. Hmm never thought of that. I think i no what ur talkin about. That def. would have been a lot faster. took so long doin it the way i did it. lol. -John |
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Feb 26, 2006 - 1:16 AM
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Nice prep job.
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Mar 15, 2006 - 2:36 PM
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YEAH UPDATE
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Mar 15, 2006 - 2:57 PM
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Taping off tires is a waste of time...just use index cards
Painted gloss black then painted lip red. 
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