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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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where to find wheel paint

i've heard that Duplicolor makes good wheel paint. where can i get it...any auto parts place?

or i'll take any suggestions on wheel spray paint that won't just chip away.

thanks!

p.s. i searched and didn't come up with anything about where to buy any.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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@ your local autozone
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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cool - thanks!
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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please don't spray paint your evo wheels. if yu have some other car, thats fine, but not your evo. if you wanna do it, do it right with powdercoating.

my .02
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gsujeff55
please don't spray paint your evo wheels. if yu have some other car, thats fine, but not your evo. if you wanna do it, do it right with powdercoating.

my .02
+1

im tired of reading about these cheap B@stards who spend $30,000 + on a car and then want to do civic mods in order to not spend money, ........ do yourself a favor, save up $450 and do the powdercoating

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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by gsujeff55
please don't spray paint your evo wheels. if yu have some other car, thats fine, but not your evo. if you wanna do it, do it right with powdercoating.

my .02
because this looks sooooo horrible doesn't it?







almost 8000 miles later and not so much a scratch in the paint.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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because this looks sooooo horrible doesn't it?







almost 8000 miles later and not so much a scratch in the paint.
righttttttttttt... like you took off your wheels to show us that there are no scratches on it

nice try, go take a picture of it now, and show us the chips
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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yeah, well just look at em. you can tell its spray paint by looking at the texture. RICER

come talk to me in a year when you are having to repaint them...and once a year every year after that.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by gsujeff55
yeah, well just look at em. you can tell its spray paint by looking at the texture. RICER

come talk to me in a year when you are having to repaint them...and once a year every year after that.
by looking at the texture? Thats a new one, the paint is as smooth as it would be had it been done by a professional, so i'm not sure how you can tell by just looking at it.

and RICER whatever man
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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righttttttttttt... like you took off your wheels to show us that there are no scratches on it

nice try, go take a picture of it now, and show us the chips
theres 5 coats of paint, and 4 coats of clearcoat on each wheel...there's not a chip anywhere on them.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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you know how spraypaint looks....come on looks like you got a bunch of sand in your color. thats spray paint.

they do look nice in the pic though.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:51 PM
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i think it looks good for spray painted.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:51 PM
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Well my parents ran out of money for me to mod my car, so I had to do it cheap for myself.

Anyway seriously, have you ever seen those pics of powdercoated wheels breaking? And plus, why spend $450 on your stock wheels, when you can paint the stockers for $25 and then save the more cash for wider aftermarket wheels
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 06:27 PM
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honestly i like it. did you use the same mr wheels color?
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 07:13 PM
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first, it's not like i'm going to be using house paint...it's wheel paint. and i'll do all the process (sanding, multi-coats, ect.). it'll look great (just like matt's there), and you can just go ahead and hate me for it.

besides, i don't plan on keeping them for 100,000 miles or anything.
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