the rims are off a blue 92 300zx. he smacked a curb doing 80 (not his fault, stupid a-hole drivers) and didnt really know what he should do about the scuffed up rims. soo he had the bright idea of painting them instead of buying new ones. here they are...

the car




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the end result





its the first time i ever painted wheels. i think they turned out ok. a little overspray on the tire but hes replacing them anyway. we only had time to paint the front wheels. the rear wheels, which took most of the damage, will be painted tomorrow and i should have pics up of all 4 finished.

 

 

looks good..use steel wool to get rid of overspray

 

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thanks i'll try that...

 

Not bad. Did he check out his suspension after hitting the curb going that fast? Especially LCAs?

 

ooooo cool

 

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yea. he hit on the passenger side. it was bent pretty bad. he replaced it sat. the alignments off real bad, we think. he checked everything else under there and he said everything looked ok. sometimes hes not the sharpest tool in the shed. haha.

 

 

nice looks like it turned out all right

 

Yeah if the steering is way off he will definitely need to replace any bent suspension parts and then get an alignment. Or he can drive around with hella toe and burn through a set of tires and learn his lesson the hard way

 

pretty damn gd

 

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I was just going to say that too

I would paint the centercap black with the Z in white

 

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i was thinking that last night before i went to sleep. i'll prob do that today.

 

looks pretty dope

 

heres the fronts mounted up to the car. we need to lay one more coat and clear coat them once or twice. didnt get to finish the rear wheels, i had work. should be done tomorrow...hopefully

 

sorry i think those wheels are uglier than a hat full of ********

 

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The point is working with what you have...plus they're from 1990.

 

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rice, tacky as hell

the only color those wheels are good for is silver, maybe a darker silver

 

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The point is working with what you have...plus they're from 1990.

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rice, tacky as hell

the only color those wheels are good for is silver, maybe a darker silver

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Everyone's entitles to their opinion. IMO, I think it looks good.

 

some people are poor (like me), or just froogle, and like to spice up what they already have. for improving the appearance of the wheels, whether theyre mad JDM or not. and like somone said... the wheels are oem, and about 18 years old, so not bad at all IMO.

 

The wheels arnt to my taste but look better than before

 

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rice, tacky as hell

the only color those wheels are good for is silver, maybe a darker silver

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Agreed, ITR gunmetal would look good too.

 

eh ok

 

the wheels are hit or miss. to each their own. personally i like them. sets the car off a little.