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Old 11-19-2008, 01:33 AM
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painting my stock rims....

hmmmm im thinkin about painting my stock rims maybe gold or bronze cause i know i wont have money to buy a set of rims for a while



but what you think. anybody else feel like painting there rims??
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:37 AM
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Ive never liked painted stock wheels. I would just save up for a nice set.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:45 AM
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yes lots of people have painted stockers.

I have mine black and red in my sig pic

here are some arisenfury used to have ( bronze )

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i have also seen someone paint their stockers like a goldish brown, black ( no lip ) and white. I don't feel like going through the search feature to find all of those tho.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:46 AM
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two better pics of mine.

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Old 11-19-2008, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Fitcapo
two better pics of mine.




yea looks pretty good what kind of paint did you use
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:55 AM
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I intended on using just using wheel paint from autozone but they didn't have any in glossy black so i ended up using glossy black engine enamel paint from autozone also wheel clearcoat.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:02 AM
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yea thats exactly what i was thinkin about doing, my friend painted his SI stock wheels they look really good...

so imm goo bronze or gold, with a red H center cap, might look sexy
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:25 AM
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do it!!!!!
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 09:50 AM
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Fitcapo, I've seen your sig many times, and never realized those were stock. They look HOT!!!! +reps


I would probably paint them also (whenever my car gets here). To me they dont even look like stocks, unless you look closely. Of course the H shows but thats what I like about it!!!


Some one posted that they were thinking of powder coating theirs.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 10:01 AM
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Fitcapo:
How did you do the red lip? Vinyl striping or paint? Any suggestions? I have black stock rims but they just look too bland so I want to add some color.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 11:01 AM
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the lip is just a vinyl pin stripping i got from auto zone i believe it is1/8th in. we painted the wheels with the engine enamel then let it dry put the pin stripping on and clear coated over everything. i would suggest this way. i think it will turn out cleaner you just have to spend some time and make sure when you lay it down your line doesn't get wobbly.

thanks fitstir
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:51 PM
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yep i am gonna do it probably friday or saturday night i'll post pics when im done



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Old 11-19-2008, 03:55 PM
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Not a fan of painted stock wheels.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:58 PM
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If you have a TW Fit id go black and lower the Fit, it will look really nice.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMxGE8
Not a fan of painted stock wheels.
you already posted that exact same thing in another thread lol

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If you have a TW Fit id go black and lower the Fit, it will look really nice.
dude i'm thinking about going gold/bronze/or black on my OEMs

i've seen SD_MR_Fits' Gold DC2 Meshies they look so sick
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:51 PM
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Do it!! (and then post pics!)
Im thinking about bronze on mine next summer. Money is kinda tight right now.
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TOOL
If you have a TW Fit id go black and lower the Fit, it will look really nice.

yes i have TW but everyone that i know has black thats why i wanna do gold/bronze, and im might be gettin the tanabe df210 springs for it tomorrow
 
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Old 11-19-2008, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by LittleFit
yes i have TW but everyone that i know has black thats why i wanna do gold/bronze, and im might be gettin the tanabe df210 springs for it tomorrow
I say drop first, then save up for some bronze/gold wheels.
 
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Old 11-30-2008, 10:28 PM
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soooo yea i painted them on thanksgiving they look pretty nice , came out pretty clean i'll try to post pics later on this week...my camera broke =[
 
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Old 12-01-2008, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMxGE8
Not a fan of painted stock wheels.
Congratulations.

Now you can have fun spending $2k on a set of new rims
 


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