Finally painted my wheels
Jan 24, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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From: Suwanee, GA
Finally painted my wheels
Jan 24, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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From: oklahoma city
Jan 24, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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From: Interwebz
maybe its my work firewall, but I am not seeing any pics
Jan 24, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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From: Atlanta
Jan 24, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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From: Malvern, PA
Looks like it came out great. I bet all the prep work took you a long time.
Jan 24, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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From: Suwanee, GA
yea man, prep work was a *****, since i had to scuff in little spots. but it was well worth it, the better you prep the better the finish.
Jan 24, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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From: DFW
100X times better then before, looks good.
Jan 24, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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From: Seattle/Portland
Did you paint the fake rivets also?
Jan 24, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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From: Suwanee, GA
^yea was going to take them off, well tried and broke one of them off, so **** it and painted them.
Jan 24, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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From: Tucson, AZ
Jan 24, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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From: Brenham, TX
Jan 24, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Jan 25, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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From: New York
That actually came out pretty nice. Good job!
Jan 25, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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From: ATL
Niiice! It it rattle-canned or powder coated?
Jan 25, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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From: Suwanee, GA
^ base coat clear coat. using PPG base and southern polyurethane clear coat.
Jan 25, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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From: Ohio
Jan 25, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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From: Austin TX
Moderators should start banning for hosting on myspace. Anyone else want to host these on a site we can see at work?
Jan 25, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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From: Indianapolis
hmm thats interesting, I always just assumed that normally the whole tire is seperated from the rim before its painted, Isn't that what the guys with the black painted stocks do? ...and yes I know the OP didn't paint the whole rim... nice work
Jan 25, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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From: Suwanee, GA
why take the tire off if you can mask off, since i had to mask off the polished lip anyways. my buddy painted his rims, he has no lip he just put vasaline all over his tires lol.
and there was no over spray on the tires, i used low pressure and my aim is good
Jan 25, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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From: Arkansas/Nebraska
Looks good, keep us updated how the paint holds up.
