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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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Painted stockers Bronze...sweet!!!!!!

close up on the wheels, 3 more pics comming, i have only two done and wanted to see the differnce on the two, stock sliver and these.........It has been an overwhelming opinion that the bronze looks unreal! everyone loves em and cant beleive people are paying thousands for aftermarket when you have nice lightweight wheels to be painted, you can do white, silver, gunmetal, bronze and gold....4 cans of paint, and 1 or 2 clearcoat...DUPLICOLOR WHEEL PAINT and there clearcoat..

Take wheels of, you can keep on the tire, wash clean, wet sand 800 grit, tape of tire and paint then clear. Looks factory and is an unreal product. you shoudl give it a try.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:05 AM
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soem more and one of me and my girl!
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:14 AM
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Great job on the paint. I did the same to my old Impreza RS stockers and will probably do the same to my evo stockers once winter leaves.

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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:30 AM
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goo djob w/ the paint but i wouldve done silver/gunmetal only reason b/c i dont think the bronze flows w/ the rest of the car..
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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i love bronze and like the blue bronze carbon fibre look, gunmetal was the other choice but i wanted to be a little different since ive seen many black/gunmetal wheels in my area on a lot of cars.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 08:58 AM
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looks hot...i wanna do this my evo is white...i don't know what color to do my rims and also how much they charge u to do ur wing? PM me please???
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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I thought of doing this too, with the same color.....do you think the paint is durable?

Looks hot by the way
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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the paint is awesome, i had to drive it the day i did it and no chips, it is rock hard. i did my spoiler myself, cost me a few dollars for sandpaper. i love paintitng and did all the work myself. its like a hobby.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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thanks for the tips....by the way can you purchase the paint at your local automotive shop ie...pepboys,kragen?
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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auto zone , advanced auto parts Dupli Color Wheel Paint
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 09:58 AM
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Looks sick man I'm going to paint my stockers black this christmas and maybe finish them off with a glossy clear coat or two (black on yellow) theme. Wish me luck
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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i was gonna do black too but decided to break up the colors a little so did the bronze, i love it, and the best modd ever, why spend $3000 on wheels when you already have a gorgeous lightweight enkie and all you have to do is paint em for a new look.

good luck!
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 10:41 AM
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Well...

Your a damn artist. How many coats of color did you put on and how far away did you hold the can? I would love to do this to my car buy have no artistic talent whatsoever.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 11:24 AM
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i did 6 coats, a full can on each wheels, taped the tire off nice, about 5 inches from the wheel is far enough. then finish off with a few coats of clear. th emost important is sanding EVERYTHING before you start painting and clean of with acetone.

thanks for the compliment.
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Old Oct 26, 2004 | 11:36 AM
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soem more and one of me and my girl!
Damn man your girl needs to shave
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