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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 07:37 PM
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Painted my rims today (pics)


How they started. definitely needed something.


sanded the aluminum and it came fairly clean. still have to sand to a lighter grit and polish, but wont have the polish until tomorrow.


all masked up. that **** takes forever.


first coat down. looks good.


final coat. came out great.


finished product. well almost.

i still have to finish the aluminum sanding and polish them, but they came out pretty good.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 07:45 PM
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Very nice!
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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thanks. thats 8 hours of work lol
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 05:03 AM
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Re: Painted my rims today (pics)

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thanks. thats 8 hours of work lol
Nice job.

Those have always been my favorite 3rd gen Camaro wheels. They'd look awesome in 17, or 18"
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 05:53 AM
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Re: Painted my rims today (pics)

Looks good, I did the same thing to mine when I painted the car about 10 yrs ago. It does take forever to do lol. I think I used 5 different grits before polishing.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:38 AM
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Looking very good....
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