alright so 2 years ago my tastes were idk..flashy...well here we are in 08 and i have a set of 19inch chrome stern st-2's...i hated them in chrome..so they sat in my basement for a long time..well i wore my 06 stockers out so i figured id put on my bling blings to save some money on tires for the time being..so after having them on for a while we decided they would look sick black..but i didnt wanna buy another set plus the factory bought ones just didnt looks to great to me..subtle differences you'll see between mine and theirs..anyway, on to the pics!

Just took off the wheels!


Sanding the chrome off!


Primered and ready for paint!


Painting the wheels!


ok so we were waiting on the paint to dry and my buddy had a mustang GT wing layin in his garage..being bored we wanted to see what it'd look like on the Z!


this is what it looked like before!


the is my new painted rim!


ready to put them on the car!


before picture


another before shot


finally done!


Another picture


might as well have another

 

i give mad props for doing this . wheels turns out nice.

 

thanks man...ill def. have a lot more pics to come once i can wash my car..but since the paints fresh im waiting a week or so before i get them wet just to be safe...granted they arent the wheels i would buy today if i was in the market... i think i can live with them until i do buy another set now! once tax money comes in itll be slammed!

 

i would have gone with gunmetal but still looks a lot better with the black.

 

Wheels turned out very nice!

 

damn looks soo much better..
props for the paint job..

 

looks good....just needs some spacers and lowering springs and you're set.

 

Looks great. Now........



...how about a drop!

 

Looks perfect!! Drop that monster truck!!

 

+1 but it stilled turned out nicely. mad diy props!

 

haha..oh yea a drop is coming.. i said in my 2nd post BUT i know everyone doesnt read...and spacers too!

 

Really digging the Black. Nice Job

 

+1 Good work!

 

Wheels look good. But did you have your rear bumper, sideskirts and gas cap repainted at somepoint or is that just the lighting?

 

Very good work, looks nice. Now slam it !

 

How long did it take?

 

well i dont have a definate answer...we did take dinner breaks and talk a lot a majority of the time...and we also painted a srt4 roof so if we hadnt done that im sure itd have been done a lot faster...but anyway we started @ 8pm tuesday night and was done with the painting of the srt4 roof and my wheels @ 3am that night...of course we had to wait on it to cure so that was the longest part...but i had the wheels on my car @ 8am in the morning..id' say if you worked hard and fast and didnt BS like we did you could get the prep and paint done in about 5 hours....and that time includes lifting the car and taking the wheels off and everything..but we waited for it to cure almost 4 hours before moving them to put on the car..

 

That is a huge improvement, and a huge savings compared to buying new wheels. Good job!

 

Cool. Thanks. Im thinking about painting my g35 wheels darker as well. 5 hours isn't long at all for this kind of project.

 

what paint did you use?