Painted my vert rims, turned out **REALLY** good
10-27-04, 04:38 PM
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i think the center cap wpuld look nice if it was all high gloss black nice and shiny like just would have to keep it clean and dont paint the part that says mazda or bbs if you have those caps theres a mx5 buy me that has the vert rims with the bbs caps
10-27-04, 08:14 PM
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those look awesome - im curious how did you do it, did you have it professionaly painted or did you spray paint it.. ? and do you plan on painting the center cap?
it looks really good man...
it looks really good man...
10-27-04, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by neoekai
those look awesome - im curious how did you do it, did you have it professionaly painted or did you spray paint it.. ? and do you plan on painting the center cap?
it looks really good man...
it looks really good man...
10-27-04, 08:44 PM
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AWESOME, im going to purchase a set of infini wheels and do as you did, I just think that looks SOOO nice.
and yes someone could definitely only powdercoat the middle portion if you have it professionally done, which is what I plan on doing.
and yes someone could definitely only powdercoat the middle portion if you have it professionally done, which is what I plan on doing.
10-28-04, 01:55 AM
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They do look good, but like when I mounted 'vert wheels on the front of my car (I use S5 TII's in the rear) they looked just a bit small. That's what I was going for, but I don't know about you.
10-28-04, 07:31 AM
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*singing* Pimpppnessssssssss.....That **** is sweet. I want to paint my vert rims black seeing as how I have a black FC, what paint did you use and how many times you paint it? Let me know, I don't want my rims turning out like donkey ****.
10-28-04, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by gerbraldy
*singing* Pimpppnessssssssss.....That **** is sweet. I want to paint my vert rims black seeing as how I have a black FC, what paint did you use and how many times you paint it? Let me know, I don't want my rims turning out like donkey ****.
10-28-04, 09:59 AM
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I do the same process but I find that you really need to bake this paint on for it to stick. I have one wheel almost done but the polishing takes forever. I can powder coat in 2 hours. I spend about 4 hours per wheel just on sanding and polishing. And yeah don't try and do anything witht he center caps. Powder coat will not stick and spray paint sure as **** would last one drive in the rain over plastic.
11-02-04, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DEZERTE
I used 400grit to sand down the part i painted, i used some regular old primer you can buy at schucks, i gave three coats of black (duplicolor), and 2 coats of clear (also duplicolor).
With sanding the painted areas, how come you didn't go up into a finer rated sandpaper when you sanded them down like you did for the lip?
11-02-04, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by niubi731
Wow! Do you have any more pix such as with the rims mounted?
With sanding the painted areas, how come you didn't go up into a finer rated sandpaper when you sanded them down like you did for the lip?
With sanding the painted areas, how come you didn't go up into a finer rated sandpaper when you sanded them down like you did for the lip?
12-21-04, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ilike2eatricers
Haha I've been so busy. Now that I'm done with school maybe I'll get off my *** and mount them for pictures.