I payed $24 to have the tires removed from my rims, $180 to have them sandblasted and powder coated and $60 to have them mounted and balanced after the powder coating was done. All in all, $264. However, I live in Arkansas and the cost of living here is substantially lower than SoCal, so your price might be decent... I'm not really sure.

Duplicolor Engine Enamel - It's a spray. Duplicolor also offers a caliper paint, but not in the color I wanted.

Will do when I get home today.

Thanks!

Re-read the post.

 

What was your method on painting the front and back emblems?

 

Thanks. The center caps were by far the most tedious and time-consuming. I had to sand around the chrome painted emblem and then tape it off and prime and paint.

I sanded each of them very well, including inside the letter grooves, then cleaned them and let them dry. I put on a medium coat of primer, let it dry an hour, then applied 2 light coats and 1 heavy coat of satin black paint, allowing an hour between each application. After that was done I hand painted the letters with a stiff modeling brush using oil based flat white paint. I reapplied the back emblem with 3M double sided tape.

 

Very tasty cement. I like the clean, subtle color scheme.

 

^couldn't agree more, very clean. I sat and admired for a quick bit.^

 

Hope this one is good enough...

 

Looking good man. The led swap on the gauge is something I'm really interested in doing. How much time did it take to complete that?

 

It probably took about 1-2 hours. It really isn't very hard, the DIY guides referenced here on SL are amazing. I've soldered before, but even if you haven't it's nothing to be intimidated by

 

Alright awesome, cause I want to change mine to all white.

 

Changing the lights on the HVAC controls are the real pain.

 

^ On my To Do List, but I haven't haven't had the motivation.

 

I'm leaning more towards the dash cluster for starters. The HVAC will come later, as I've heard that it isnt that fun.

 

color of your caliper is better than mine... lolz ill change it someday! not too soon tho... lolz