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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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painted my GTS rims....videos inside

although i just finished painting them the videos are of the back of them applying first coat...I will post pictures with the rims on the car in about 2 hours.

More pics to come as paint dries.


http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?i...e333003xb0.flv
http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?i...e333006yu2.flv


first coat





damn cat!!



finished













Now all i have to do is get the CF grill from RRM and it will look sweeeeeeett.

P.s. RRM header will be here on wed, install that following fri or monday.

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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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I like the cards, thats a good trick.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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looks good
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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came out REAL good man, what kind of prep work did it involve?
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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how many coats did you use?
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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i washed the inner side of rims with warm water and soap, then after dry, took some liquid sand paper ( i know ) remover and removed some of the clear coat from the rims and made it more rough to touch. then basically had my dad paint them....the paint itself ran me 70.00 for a qt
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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on the inner 2 coats, on the front 3 coast with 15 minute breaks in between
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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btw, wat springs/coils do u have?
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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the wheels came out real nice bro

Nice work
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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huge difference! GREAT job
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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i would change the color of you brake calb.....
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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I like the cards, thats a good trick.
Never seen it done like that before. They turned out great!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Should've used girlie cards, but great work and good trick!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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nice trick with the cards!!
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Nice job on the wheels man!
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