ok well im going to redo my wheels. i stripped them today, i have to sand the rest of the paint that didnt come off dont know how im going to get in some of the cracks...any ideas?

couple of pics after first strip:





also, i clean/sanded my calipers back down then painted them red, they looks REALLY good. and i also am going back to blanks for my rotors. my cross/drilled slotted are warping and my braking sucks now, and is tearing up my brake pads super fast. and i know its not because of going fast, because my car is slow. straight up


rotors before w/ calipers freshly painted:


the blanks with the calipers:



as soon as i get bout $400 im going to get these:
http://www.dezod.com/pd_aem_oe_caliper.cfm

pretty sure they'll also go on 04-05

back when i first got my c/s rotors:

 

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Hmmm... think you'll just have to persevere with it mate. Looks like a bitch but i reckon you'll just have to take your time and do it right. Unless anyone else knows any decent ways of doing it.

You tried searching and looking through threads where people have stripped and repainted?

 

yeah, and it always seems they have perfect wheels with no hard to reach cracks

maybe i'll jus use the airplace remover stuff until it all comes off and then sand the main parts. :/ or maybe jus pay to have them sand blasted somewhere, can't be THAT expensive.

 

calipers look ok...probably better in person huh? yea man its good ur gona invest in those AEM's. I hear there pretty good and anything is better than drilled rotors. Slotted FTW!... drilled rotors suck nuts

 

brembo blanks are better

 

yeah they look better in person, especially with the black rotors. wow.


im going right now to get the wheel paint, and im gonna do a better prep job

 

red calipers

use aircraft remover in a can and spray all over the wheel, it'll get it off.

 

aircraft remover is the ****. it eats everything really fast.

 

thats what im using


except some spots it wont wear it off :/ when i spray it on...how long should i let it sit before i wash it off?


well im in the process of repainting them

i've got 2 sanded...one with PRIMER already on. i still gotta get the other 2 off the back and get them done.

oh and by the way, im going with black and leaving the lip.


well here's so far.

sanded:


sanded and primered:




what im wanting for the end result: (this was photochopped, looks like ****, but you get the idea)



i painted my front lip to "match" the car..so its not black anymore. should i go back to black once i finish the wheels? or leave it the same color as the car?

ANDDDD i raised the back up about an inch so that i can have my tires alittle longer, until i get some lowering springs instead of these shitty coilovers. i wish i would get it through my head to do things right the first time. damnt.


Modified by theciv at 5:27 PM 7/17/2007

 

its going to look very nice when done

 

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thanks i hope so.


couple of updated photos:

i jus got all the wheels completely sanded, 2 are primered, 2 are ready to be primered. then goes on the paint. feels so good to do it the right way and it actually look good before i primer it too.

sanding process


after sanding:


answer to all lifes stripping paint problems:

 

i think its time for some new wheels

 

i think u should leave the front lip black or paint it black..

 

yeah working on that, i want the c10's you have. ''''' *drooooools*


yeah im thinking bout getting the front lip black again

completely done. i need to wash my car. the wheels look alot better then when i did them "bronze"

 

Looks like a much better job than with the bronze mate. I'd keep the front lip blue but i'd get some side skirts to balance it out a bit, it looks a bit front heavy IMO.

 

yeah i've thought the same thing forever.


i gott afind some cheap side skirts

 

Owned by the camera phone..

BETTER PICS!!

 

as soon as i wash my car ima whip out the digital cam, but until then, jus crappy phone pics. i should have some tomorrow.

 

damn civ looks good but lol how many times u gonna paint those poor rims they at least had 2-3 different colors on dem lol

 

Since you were redoing the wheels, why didn't you take the time to file the curbmarks out of the lip?

And unless you tape really damn well, leaving a polished lip is very difficult to do.

 

yeah i taped it off. im SUPER surprised i did as good as i did. damn near perfect.

i didnt mess with the lip