Some Pics from the weekend -- Painting my stock wheels

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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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I did nothing to the wheels except clean them, they had pretty bad curb rash from previous owner. You can barely see it anymore unless you go right up to the wheel and inspect. Before you could see the rash from pretty far away. The plasti-dip and black help with masking it pretty well.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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^so can u still peel it off if u get bored of the look?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 10:44 AM
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Yup, I haven't tried yet but you can youtube videos of people peeling it off to get a good look at the process. I'm sure its not easy but it will come off, especially after 3 base coats of Plasti-Dip.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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hmm im gonna have to give this a try...have a set of stockers that are pretty curb rashed and had been wondering what my car would look like with some time attack style wheels so its the best of both worlds. thanks
 
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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looks good, any other better pics with the wheels on the car?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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Going to try and clean the car up after work today and get some better pics. The weather and work has been permitting me to take a good pic but if its still light enough tonight after I wash her up I'll try and snap some pics.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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Here is one I found, lighting sucks and it was right before I took it to wash it.

 
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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Dirty car and fingers blocking but the lighting wasn't too crappy.

 
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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+1 on painting the center caps. here is what i did with mine:

Paint it the same color, and left the Mt Fuji "chrome"
 
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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That looks real clean Gdriver90.. Seems pretty easy to do too. I might have to do this when I paint my grille this weekend.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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That looks real clean Gdriver90.. Seems pretty easy to do too. I might have to do this when I paint my grille this weekend.
check my build thread for more pics. I did my grill with the same paint
 
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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check my build thread for more pics. I did my grill with the same paint
Will do. Thanks man.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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+1 on painting the center caps. here is what i did with mine:

Paint it the same color, and left the Mt Fuji "chrome"
Man that looks soo sexyy. Especially on the white car.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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wanted to update this thread :

After over a month of having it on the paint/plasti-dip is still holding up flawlessly. I've driven in cinders and power washed the wheels once a week, no wear at all yet.

If I start to see degrading of the paint I will update this post. Most of the questions people ask me about it is how it holds up so I just wanted to give an idea to people interested.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Any updated pics? I am thinking about doing this.
 
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