Now that the paint has cured its just as durable as powdercoating. The best part is that I have a can of black and red paint in the garage (or can run down to home depot for replacements) for touch ups if they ever get fucked up.

The only down side is that the paint does not fully cure for almost a week and is easily damaged when its still soft.

I had the tires mounted a day after I finished painting them, and it fucked my red lips up pretty bad.

It was no big deal since I just busted out the sandpaper and brush and fixed that shit right up.

Since they have cured they have taken some hard cone hits and one fell on its face in the garage with no damage at all. The red paint is now so hard I know a tire change will not be as destructive the next time around.

Once my street rims are shot and I have the time I will probably do the same thing to them too.

 

Dave, go for the black!!

The black wheels that are/were on it looked sweet as hell!!

 

I really want fr500 wheels powdercoated plasma or black with a polished lip ( on a black cobra)

 

Black bullit wheels with a shiny polished lip......that is all.

 

nothing wrong with black rims, for one its easy as fuck to keep them clean

 

Yep, I gots a new toy...FUN TOO!!
Why is he selling the Stang?
Last I heard from him, he was looking for a 2.3T for it, since his dad wouldn't let him drop in a V8. I found him an engine, computer(LA3) and a big VAM for $400. He said that he found a whole car for $700.
That's the last time I talked to him...

Is there anyway you could polish the lip on the new wheels?

 

black wheels look good on white cars only .. and it's still hard to pull off.... IMO

 

I've got black wheels on my bike....