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g_spek
03-16-2004, 02:31 PM
what do i do to make my ex rims look like this?

OOAccordVTECOO
03-16-2004, 03:30 PM
that is what mine look like just not that color. All u have to do is buy some wheel paint and tape off the rim and sand them down a little and then paint them what ever color u want that u get the wheel paint in. And get rid of the gay center cap it looks better without, that is all they did.

graphixdezign6
03-16-2004, 06:26 PM
I dug this one up from the archive.

Painting ex rims (http://www.importstreetscenes.com/tech/showthread.php?threadid=4420)

I did the same to mine.
My avatar shows my rims with the primer coat.

Its not really hard, just time consuming.
I followed all the steps in the link,
except instead of sticking index cards in the wheel
i covered them with masking tape.

The only thing that sucks is if you
are using paint in a can like duplicolor
they chip really easy. I used 2 primer coats,
and like 4 clear coats too.
When i got my wheels ballanced they got torn up.

Its not bad for like $25 bucks, but if i did it again
i think i would have the paint baked on at a body shop.
Or maybe even powder coated.

g_spek
03-16-2004, 08:46 PM
OOAccordVTECOO & graphixdezign6 thanks for the help, greatly appreciated

OOAccordVTECOO
03-17-2004, 07:40 AM
no problem that is what we r here for let us know how it turns out