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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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painted stock rims gold (pix)

i really like the way it came out...just wanted to share. enjoy! ps dont mind the camera..its a jurassic 4 yrs old digicam


at night...

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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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looks good IMO!
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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looks good....
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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looks good. how much did that run you?
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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wow... i like it alot
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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that wouldnt happen to be the dupli-color rim paint is it?
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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omg they look outragous! i freakin love them, i wanna do mine
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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its not dupli color because we coudldnt find them in gold. we went to all the autoparts store and ended up finding the paint at LOWES lol.
the paint itself was cheap..but i paid a local evo ower $160 to paint them and black out my headlight. i couldve painted them myself but i prefer not to risk it lol. washed the car and the rims so far no sign of paint coming off *knock on wood*
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:26 PM
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ahhh im def doin that!!!!!
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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nice like it alot
but u used house paint ?
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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nice like it alot
but u used house paint ?
lol no not house paint...LOWES also sell paint for metal parts...i didnt have them mixed a bucket of paint or anything lol. we put about 5 coats on each rims, and the guy who did it has his in bronze and 7 months later its holding up great.
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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Looks nice!!
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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wow i didnt know that and i paint cars for a living too
looks like a great job he did
keep up the good work
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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Looks good, I'm sure they look even better in person.
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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Eh, i guess if you cant afford rims, this is the way to go. Painted rims have always looked cheap IMO, but if you like it, then its good.
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