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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 12:35 PM
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Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

anyways my bosses father picked up a 69 camaro and the guy he bought it from also gave him these 15 inch american racing wheels with 4 almost new tires.

being as my iroc eats up tires i picked up the rims and tires for 200 bucks
the crome is starting to flake off so im going to have them glass beaded and either polish them myself or have them painted , and also thought about plasti dipping them for now after they get blasted


what do u guys think
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 01:43 PM
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Re: Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

Don't like the wheels, but I think they would look better in flat black. Try the Plasidip and see if you like them.
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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Re: Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

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Don't like the wheels, but I think they would look better in flat black. Try the Plasidip and see if you like them.
im not a huge fan of them either but for 200 bucks for the rims and just about brand new 235 tires i couldnt pass it up


i may just pick up a can of plastidip to see what one wheel looks like in flat black and then if they look good ill have them blasted and painted

though my other thought was to have them polished and painted on sections to change the whole look of the wheel itself
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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Re: Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

What does your car look like? It would be easier for us to throw out a suggestion.
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 03:18 PM
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Re: Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

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What does your car look like? It would be easier for us to throw out a suggestion.

white iroc . black hood right now , soon as it warms up a lil more car is getting a 2 tone metalic blue and silver paint job

this is when i first got it
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car has a block hood now and is cleaned up alot more then that picture
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 03:23 PM
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 03:26 PM
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Re: Paint,Polish,or plastidip?????

You'll fall inlove with the PlastiDip. I just did my rims on my 91 firebird last month and it turned out awesome. Will upload pic once I get home.
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 06:19 PM
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id polish them and remount the tires with the white letters in.
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