Painting rims, help ASAP
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Originally Posted by whtmustangt99
I did the back rims today.. After studying the front rims, I realized they were so dull and textured because of the over spray! I just laid them on the ground when i painted them so the over spray was just floating all over the place, So today i stood the rims up and put a fan right behind them blowing out so that it would suck all the over spray, and they came out 100 times better... then i had it out to dry and a dumb neighbore comes through the fence and nocks one of the rims over so its messed up. But needless to say, i got them looking WAY better
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Originally Posted by dr. octogon
painting wheels. what people do when they run out of money, or ideas. haha
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why spend a few hundred when i can do it myself? Its not like i dont have the time. anyways, here are pics of the car, its dark out so there not great. But its with the real camera so there clear.
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better pics but its dark, sorry
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yeah I plan to drop it some day. I figure that dropping it will hurt the strait line performance and a drag suspention will not make it a fun street car, so i will prob leave it for a while
I plan to drop it some day. I figure that dropping it will hurt the strait line performance and a drag suspention will not make it a fun street car, so i will prob leave it for a while
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Originally Posted by TheShow50h
Not always, when I had my pony wheels still on I painted them the factory silver with a slight metallic flake because the finish was completely gone from them and they came out incredibly well. Costed me $30 instead of a few hundred for powdercoating or 600 or so for new ones.
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Originally Posted by 954RR
Looks good. Now you just need to paint the rest of the car something other than YELLOW............ 
