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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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painted vert wheel

how does it look??

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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 02:56 AM
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nice, you taped it off real nice. care to tell me what you did and what you use? did you polish the lip too? it looks like theres no clear on there.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:03 AM
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yeah i polished the lip and use a dupli-color (GOLD) to paint the middle.
try to make like a after market BBS....
and it came out alright.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:48 AM
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damn that looks awesome! is your car lowered at all? I'd love to see them installed, I hope mine turn out that nice
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 03:58 AM
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i have a question, did you paint the back of the spokes too? also what did you polish with and did you use a clear? im doing this in a week and wanted to make sure i did everything right.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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IMHO, would have looked better if you polished the whole thing. but you did a nice job, thats for sure.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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only lips should be polished! makes it stands out in my opinion. I love the way it looks. If i get a set of vert rims, i would do the center some type of metallic bronze.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by darksider
i have a question, did you paint the back of the spokes too? also what did you polish with and did you use a clear? im doing this in a week and wanted to make sure i did everything right.
i didn't paint the back off the spokes
just use sand paper to sand the lip untill it's kinna smooth and then i use mother matal/aluminum polish and it comes out shine
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