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Old Mar 11, 2013 | 12:26 AM
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Painted FC Rims

So I've been debating getting my fc rims like painted or chromed, and I was curious if anyone else had there FC rims painted or anything else! Pics appreciated.
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 07:59 PM
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Have you tried to google it? I just found a few pics by searching. Stock looks clean. Ever thought of powder coating or port polishing?
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 08:07 PM
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I've tried but not found to much. I've thought about polishing and stuff.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 02:02 AM
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Aren't the center caps plastic? If they are, good luck polishing them haha.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:01 AM
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The center caps on my '86 NA are metal.
Looking for the "original" look, I stripped my wheels with Aircraft paint remover, primed with self-etching primer, lightly sanded and finished with Dupli-color silver Wheel Coating and several coats of their clear.
For a little variation, I stripped and painted the centers body color (A1) gold and filled the logo with matte black.
They came out nicely.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 10:06 AM
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Pics?
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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I'm not sure how to do pics but, I'll try and post some tomorrow.....it's getting dark outside!!
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 06:07 PM
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Sounds good.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:34 AM
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As promised.
The after result looks better than the pic.
If you hit the back of the wheel center with a screw driver handle, they will pop right out.
Attached Thumbnails Painted FC Rims-before.jpg   Painted FC Rims-during.jpg   Painted FC Rims-after.jpg  
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