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Old May 23, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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paint for firebird 20-slot rims

Just wondering if anyone has ever re-painted/re-finished their silver 20-slot firebird rims? And if so, what paint did you use to get a good match to the colour?

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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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I used duplicolor wheel paint and my rims look pretty good. I needed to do something because the clear was chipping off and they were ugly. My car is definately a work in progress so don't make fun.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 89TPI350
I used duplicolor wheel paint and my rims look pretty good. I needed to do something because the clear was chipping off and they were ugly. My car is definately a work in progress so don't make fun.
Do you have a close-up pic? How close is the colour to what it was?

The project looks good so far though (the car). I certainly won't laugh as I have been through all that already
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Old May 25, 2006 | 12:26 AM
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ur rims look nice nice porject car im missing a hood and my fenders r **** and my bumped with lower spoiler. u painting ur car? primed base?clear best thing to do is prime sand base sand clear sand then base the a clear sand clear lonf prosess but it works
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Old May 25, 2006 | 10:15 AM
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The rims are not a perfect match to the stock color but they look really good. The stock color is much darker, these are a metallic silver and they seem to look really light in the pictures. I plan to paint the car this summer and will do all the body work myself. It is alot of work but well worth it in the end.
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