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Old Jan 7, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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A week or so ago i picked up
these only to be told they were 4-114 they are 1985 prelude si rims im not 100% on that but its what i got it off of
..any who.. turns out they fit my bros teggy 4-100 i belive so it turns out they'll fit a civic .
i got them for really cheap and decided to spend some of the money i thought i would spend on the wheels on painting them I have never done any thing like this before but im pretty happy with the overall results.

first i sanded it down wiith 1000 grit sandpaper and 500 to smooth out a few nic's in the wheels. then primered it with duplicolor - white sandable primer


then waited about 30 mins after two layers of the primer

after that i finally got around to painting them :]

started out looking really clean
30 mins later another layer and they were done next step was the clear coat


the spray nossle had something like plastic jammed in it and it sprayed out drops of clear coat leaving dots of clear coat on the wheels :flamingma
mean time i painted the center caps first sanded it down then primer

then painted them lime green

waited another 10-30 mins
put them on the wheels


looks pretty good it took about 2-3 1/2 hours - random skate/eating/drinking breaks but i think i did a decent job what do you think ? oh yeah i know about the paint on the tires..it will eventually go away lol

editt;

a pic from today



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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 01:12 AM
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what do i think? looked better before. thanks for the write up, though.
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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i like the paint job especially the center caps
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Old Jan 8, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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Those shades of gold and green don't look very stupendous together IMHO. for the ***** to do a DIY project.
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