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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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Has anyone painted their rims?

becuz i have a azure pearl tC and was thinking of painting my stock rims black.
Old Nov 26, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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mine are painted black :D
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there you go :D

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So you did that with a can of spray paint right?




That looks pretty good, but I like gunmetal lips like motegis.
Old Nov 26, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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I think a gunmetal/anthracite/hyperblack finish with a decent sized polished lip would killer with that color.
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Originally Posted by sddykstr
So you did that with a can of spray paint right?




That looks pretty good, but I like gunmetal lips like motegis.
its really not just "spray" paint....trust me it took sometime doing that.....first you have to sand the wheels down just a little bit and add bout 2 coats of flat black engine enamel....it looks pretty good in person.....but hey its not everyone's taste but those wont be on for long n e ways
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i think i am going to use Dupli-Color paint. and like sddykstr said leave the lips how they are. thanks for the pics!
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Originally Posted by RedLine_tC
Originally Posted by sddykstr
So you did that with a can of spray paint right?




That looks pretty good, but I like gunmetal lips like motegis.
its really not just "spray" paint....trust me it took sometime doing that.....first you have to sand the wheels down just a little bit and add bout 2 coats of flat black engine enamel....it looks pretty good in person.....but hey its not everyone's taste but those wont be on for long n e ways

Nah man, I was just kidding, it actually looks pretty good. I was just giving you a hard time.
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