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Old Mar 26, 2011, 11:57 AM
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Thanks. It was just a spray can of wheel paint made by RustOleum. The color is listed as 248930 - Graphite. I like the color. My crappy cell phone pixs don't show the "real" color of the wheels. They look even better in person. We'll just see how long they hold up.
do they look lighter or darker in real life?

did you take off the tires to paint them? did you bake them at all?
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Old Mar 26, 2011, 12:03 PM
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Are you using spacers? I can't quit tell, but it looks like it.
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Old Mar 26, 2011, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
do they look lighter or darker in real life?

did you take off the tires to paint them? did you bake them at all?
I think a little bit darker but the paint has a lot "flakes" or something. They really look good in the sun.

And I didn't take the tires off. I just wrapped them up with lots of newspaper and tape.
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Old Mar 26, 2011, 12:47 PM
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Are you using spacers? I can't quit tell, but it looks like it.
Nope. No spacers. I've thought about getting 20mm spacers but I think I'm just gonna keep saving and get new wheels eventually instead. I would love to get some TE37 SL's. I've got alot of red pieces and i think they would go perfectly with the rest of the color schemes.
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Old Mar 27, 2011, 04:16 AM
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Old Mar 27, 2011, 06:27 PM
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Looks good
Thanks Chris.
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Old Mar 28, 2011, 12:14 PM
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Nice I gotta touch mine up
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Old Mar 28, 2011, 12:16 PM
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should of used platic dip just in case you wanted to reverse it
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in one day you:
remove the four wheels, took the tires out, deep clean the four rims, paint them (3 coats), clear cloated, dry it, mount the tires and sensors back and mount the four tires?
2 people? without professional tools?
dude, you should open a shop
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Old Mar 29, 2011, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Alexl08
should of used platic dip just in case you wanted to reverse it
I didn't want to reverse it. Trust me, there was no going back after the way we cleaned these wheels anyway. We scrubbed and cleaned until there was almost no finish left.
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Old Mar 29, 2011, 06:54 AM
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in one day you:
remove the four wheels, took the tires out, deep clean the four rims, paint them (3 coats), clear cloated, dry it, mount the tires and sensors back and mount the four tires?
2 people? without professional tools?
dude, you should open a shop
No. I have no way of breaking a tire down. I just wrapped them up. I thought about doing that but i figured if i didn't like the way they turned out I could just buy new wheels pretty soon.
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Old Mar 29, 2011, 07:03 AM
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Hey is your evo really that low or is it just the angle of pics? Do you scrape now without a lip?
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Old Mar 29, 2011, 09:43 AM
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Hey is your evo really that low or is it just the angle of pics? Do you scrape now without a lip?
It's low but not that low. It might just be the angle of the pics. My sister just moved into a new townhome and they have a HUGE lip I hafta get up to pull in the driveway. I have got to go in at an angle but I don't scrape on that. My mudflaps scrape on everything now because they're like less than inch off the ground.

Il try to take some better pics.
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Looks good. How did you prep the wheels?
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I'd like to be able to do that to my wheels. You need to do an entry for the 'How to' section.

Nice work!
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