just got back from pep boys, dont have time to do it today but i will make posts as i go along, cant wait to see how it comes out, and ill keep this thread updated.


50 bucks total, not bad

***9/19/07

teaser pic so far. will post write up when i finish. still got that red lip to go

teaser

Modified by brzrkr at 3:23 PM 9/19/2007


Modified by brzrkr at 7:12 PM 10/19/2007

 

good luck. i plan on doing that to my blades. what color car you got? what car?

 

rattle can good luck

 

cant wait to see how well this comes out

 

emerald green pearl integra

 

How do you plan on doing the red lip? Taping?

 

yea, taping. im guna take my full time and make sure i dont mess up. dont wana rush this so im waiting on a day where im FULLY free. lol.

 

i just sprayed my ls meshies.
the biggest worry for me was whether to sand down the machined rings or not. i got trough half of it and then test sprayed on another peice of aluminum to see how thick the rim paint is.
its extremely thick and runny. so i decided to just scuff the rim with 400 after stripping it with aircraft stripper and then spray
make sure you do reallly light coats you dont want full coverage untill the third or fourth coatt.
i used bronze and it turned out quite well ill get some pictures up asap.
also mine started with major curbage all around the ourter lip so i took a palm sander with 80 and worked my way up to 800 till it was smooth.

 

i have minor curbage so i mght pick up some 220 600 and 800.

 

man i did this to my meshies i did blue....taping was just a bitch but i have a nice lip i did it to reduce the signs of oxidation on my meshies since it was already black with a polished lip.....but the blue has worked and i used some anodized "metalcast?" spray and a mixture of rustoleum "metal" paint and it gave it a anondized blue but not too purplish finish

 

yea, im using some red metalcast spray paint

 

will be doing this later today!

 

phew, taking a break from this. so far all rims are black. waiting for the paint to dry, then taping that b!tch up and painting my lip red and dam my back hurts. bending over to mask off lip n all that crap got me beat

 

I seen this guy with some painted bronze gsr blades.. looks clean..

 

good luck post pics so we can follow youre process

 

Yeah, make quick with the pics.

 

weather hasnt been nice to finish my rep lip, it just remains all black

 

subsrcibed

 

why didnt you paint the lip first?

 

any updates bro...?

 

Enough with teasing...show something at least 1 rim should be done by now.

 

Duplicolor paint is very brittle since its lacquer based. I painted some rims with it not too long ago. I don't think the finish will last long at all.

 

here are some that a friend of mine did. sorry the quality is kinda bad.