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redid my rims, whatcha think ? :)

Old Mar 20, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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hey,
Really didn't care for the ugly flat black everyone loves to spray on nice wheels so i decided to clean them up and repaint them, almost done.

Before ( crappy pic)



now (still need to clean them up some):



 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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Looks damn nice - good work man
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 07:52 AM
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nicely done. Much better than the flat black. Better contrast. Now get rid of the wheel gap!
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 12:05 PM
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Yes drop it! Wheels look good!
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 12:49 PM
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Sweeeet!
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Those look delicious
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 02:10 PM
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Looks great man! I like that you left the gaps/barrels black. Did you spray lighter paint over the black or strip it all off? Can't really tell from the pics.
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 02:45 PM
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Stripped it down to bare metal, sprayed silver, tape off silver the next day then sprayed the gloss black below, figured it would be easier to do it that way then trying to tape off all the black. yea, still working on the dropping thing.
i covered the center in a carbon fiber wrap, if you look clsoe you may see it, much better look. actually looks decent now.
 

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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Paint the lower mouldings too. Should be fairly cheap to do.
 
Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:14 PM
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I have thought about that.
 

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