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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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yeah and nice tuck-age lol
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Farcus001
For people who used the vinyl, what width did you order and does it last?
anyone?
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Farcus001
anyone?
the smaller one? i dont remember what the size was
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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redoing mine soon with sum exotic spray paint montana cans or belton (graffiti paint)


if u guys wanna see it. im jus choosing between a color on there

http://www.mtncolors.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.3/.f
Old Sep 6, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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May need to repaint 'em after this summer...

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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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if i paint my stockies do i have to get em rebalance again? coz then rims wud be heavier and not probly not have the same weight anymore.. i dnt want my steering wheel wiggling when im driving high speed lolz..
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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and also what kind of sand paper wud i need to sand em..
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 08superwhitetc
if i paint my stockies do i have to get em rebalance again? coz then rims wud be heavier and not probly not have the same weight anymore.. i dnt want my steering wheel wiggling when im driving high speed lolz..
No. The paint has virtually no weight. Especially compared to the weight of the rims+tires, the paint is negligible.
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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You can scuff the surface with 600 grit and in between coats you can use 800 for smoothing. For getting rid of any clear coat errors, you can use 1500 or 2000.
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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got around to installing the XRS wheels i painted last week on my gf's matrix...

next being lowered!

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its raining and center caps are just sitting in my garage so dont mind that...
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also blacked out her grille

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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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looks good!
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Very nice!
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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black out that bottom of the lower grill!!
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Good idea!!!
Old Sep 9, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 01:18 AM
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i likey...
i likey...
you do it yourself
Old Sep 10, 2009 | 02:48 AM
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Yeah I just need to get some flat black paint and do it, probably this weekend, doing the rear emblems too

project matrix under constuction tc almost done...
Old Sep 10, 2009 | 03:39 AM
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I'm prob going to paint my gold on my nautica blue...
But anyway anyone have some painted TRD's?
Old Sep 10, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by flintMicaTC
Yeah I just need to get some flat black paint and do it, probably this weekend, doing the rear emblems too

project matrix under constuction tc almost done...

what days are u gonna be doing this? mind doing mine too? i can also bring the wheels.
Old Sep 10, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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sunday after i get off work, that work for you?



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