Got bored today after class, so I decided to have a DIY rim paint today with the nice weather and all.

First off, I got a extra set of rotas layin around, so I figured I change the color. They were Bronze with polished lip. Got them cheap from my friend who just recently bought them. He had them for about a week and decided he didn't like them. He actually ordered full Bronze but somehow jaydm.com mixed up his order. I told him to just return them of course, but he didn't want to go through the hassle. So he took off the new tires off of the slips and slapped them on his Si's. He was sellin them for cheap, so I had to scoop them up. But surprisingly, my gf bought them for me as a surprise. Gotta love her!

Here's how they looked before....



The paint I used....


After putting in the index cards to cover the tires, primer came on....




After drying for about 20 minutes or so, the real color came on.....


They'll soon be on this, possibly by tomorrow to make sure they fully dry.....


Let me know what yall think.


Modified by MugenEKCivic at 3:36 PM 4/27/2006

 

Lookin good can't wait to see it on the EK

 

glad they are black and not red

 

Might be just me, but I like the primer color

I would've kept it at that.

 

It's gonna look clean.

Nice work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dom93hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Might be just me, but I like the primer color

I would've kept it at that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha yea my friends told me to put them on to see how it would look. I actually didn't finish 2 of them cause I ran out of paint. Who knows, I might put them on like that tomorrow just for kicks

 

primer color is teh hotne22...black ahh ok

 

Good Job, Slips look way better black then they did before!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lightsleeper &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">glad they are black and not red </TD></TR></TABLE>

I think the red would've looked good.

 

should have went full polished ......... but non the less still alot better then the polished lip i think the slips look horrible with a polished lip

 

yep yep

 

looked way better before

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eghatch4sale &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">should have went full polished ......... but non the less still alot better then the polished lip i think the slips look horrible with a polished lip </TD></TR></TABLE>

i would have went full polish, but i was too lazy to do all that. but since they are an extra set, that might happen later on

 

 

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DxHatchback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looked way better before </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

thats a lotta not cards

 

would have left them primer red

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98ekhx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats a lotta not cards </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha i know...it was my first time doing it so i wanted to be sure not to get any paint on the tires

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DxHatchback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looked way better before </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

wow the red primer didn't look bad imo

 

haha so thats wat happened to peters rims. dunt u have ls meshes laying around too? u have too many rims

 

i think the bronze with the lip mightve looked hot on your car...

whats up with that primer tho... i've never seen it before. whats the difference between that and regular gray primer? the red **** says sandable on it, but isnt the gray **** sandable too? isnt everything?

 

 

nice
but what a waste~~