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Old 03-20-2012, 02:06 AM
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hey,
Really didn't care for the ugly flat black everyone loves to spray on nice wheels so i decided to clean them up and repaint them, almost done.

Before ( crappy pic)



now (still need to clean them up some):



 
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Old 03-20-2012, 06:27 AM
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Looks damn nice - good work man
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 07:52 AM
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nicely done. Much better than the flat black. Better contrast. Now get rid of the wheel gap!
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 12:05 PM
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Yes drop it! Wheels look good!
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 12:49 PM
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Sweeeet!
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 12:56 PM
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Those look delicious
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 02:10 PM
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Looks great man! I like that you left the gaps/barrels black. Did you spray lighter paint over the black or strip it all off? Can't really tell from the pics.
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 02:45 PM
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Stripped it down to bare metal, sprayed silver, tape off silver the next day then sprayed the gloss black below, figured it would be easier to do it that way then trying to tape off all the black. yea, still working on the dropping thing.
i covered the center in a carbon fiber wrap, if you look clsoe you may see it, much better look. actually looks decent now.
 

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Old 03-20-2012, 06:08 PM
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Paint the lower mouldings too. Should be fairly cheap to do.
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 06:14 PM
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I have thought about that.
 


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