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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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Well I figured I'd update you guys and let you know that the paint job has totally held up and I haven't had any chips or flaking. I'm kinda surprised myself.

I decided I wanted to change the look of my wheels so I painted them with duplicolor paint. The pics are from my cell and I still have the Chrome lugs for now. I went with semi gloss, its hard to take pics of but shows more detail in the wheel














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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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those look good man i like em!
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Getting ready to do this for a buddy soon. Did you use sand paper to rough the surface?
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They were clear coated so i just scuffed them up really good and then used self etching primer.
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Looks good!!
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Getting ready to do this for a buddy soon. Did you use sand paper to rough the surface?
Oh and I used a green scotchbrite pad
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Looks much better! I just did this to the stock wheels on my car.
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Looks much better! I just did this to the stock wheels on my car.
What color and sheen did you go with
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I went with satin black
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What lug nuts are people using?
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i would really like to see some distance shots of the car too...i really like how that turned out
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looks nice. I've been debating doing the same thing. Did you clear over the semi gloss black? what clear did you go with?
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I've tried to get shots from further away but they look like crap and you can't really see it very well. I didn't use any clear I used the duplicolor self etching primer and then duplicolor semi gloss engine ceramic engine paint because all I found locally was flat black and that's not what I wanted. Here is the best I can do for now, before and after. The fronts will be finished soon


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Nice job,looks good
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Did you have to touch up any after the tires were mounted. How durable is that paint. Looks good!!
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Originally Posted by Blown_2001Z06
Did you have to touch up any after the tires were mounted. How durable is that paint. Looks good!!
No the wheel shop was extra careful when they mounted them, as far as how durable the paint will be is yet to be seen, I've only put about 30 miles on them since I did it.
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Looks really good. I had my Powder Coated last summer and i love the look so far.
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Looks much better! I just did this to the stock wheels on my car.
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