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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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Default refinished my wheels

I decided to do it myself, and they turned out really good.
They used to be all silver and faded.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 01:42 PM
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id rock them
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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how did you do it? is that paint?
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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I repainted my wheels myself like a month ago. It's easy and they look great. Takes about 20 bucks worth of paint to do the job, oh ... and a lot of free time
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 07:14 PM
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Thanks fo the complements. I got the paint at Discount Auto. It's called Dupli-color wheel coating. It's just spray paint. It was easy, but took quite a bit of time. I had to clean them real good, and lightly sand them for paint grippage, then mask off the silver lip and tire. Sprayed them with color then with clearcoat. They came out better than I thought they would. Almost professional looking,and only cost about $15 in paint and supplies.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 07:18 PM
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Purdy. From those pictures, they look damn decent for a stock job, but for a 15 dollar job, I think you did a beautiful job.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 07:27 PM
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Good job, btw is your tire flat?
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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Originally posted by Road Rage
Good job, btw is your tire flat?
Thanks. Tire looks flat, but it's just the way it was sitting, and prolly a bit low on air too. I guess I should do something about that.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Pics look good, but the wheels even look better in person! Nice job Rob.
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