since the cr-x is going championship white, i decided red wheels would match fairly well. i picked up some black sprint hart cp`s last week from ff-sean (thanks sean) and decided to spray them alfa romeo <FONT COLOR="red">alfa red</FONT>. even though it was my first time actually spraying without a spray can () i wasn't too worried...thankfully they turned out nice.

the guns:



brought the wheels home:


i took a can of paint stripper directly to the base coat while wiping the lip clean...


paint was being a bitch...


after a couple more coats of stripper, i finally got all the old paint off.


masking the lip was a PITA because of how deep it is...


with that said and done, it was time to primer.



i didn't want that orange peel effect, so i sanded them down as best i could.


quick shot of the color the wheels were sprayed...


first base coat done.


UPDATE - finished the 2nd base coat + 2coats of clear

drying...


sun-bathing



here we go...unmasked!!!


i'm going to let them sit for a day or two and dry completely so i can color sand the clear and polish the lip. i'll have pics up as soon as they're done!




Modified by phan at 2:42 PM 6/1/2004


Modified by phan at 3:03 PM 6/1/2004

 

Looks mint man ! looks like you did a good job !

what kind of paint stripper did u use? how long did u wait to strip the rims ??

 

nice

 

loved them in black and in white.
not feeling the red too much, but your car will look so sexy with them on.

 

Look good!

 

sexy.

 

good job on painting them, they came out nice.

 

nice job!!

 

the grey or silver primer looked wayyyy sexy also

edit: the rims with all the paint off, no primer

 

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good job on the wheels, can't wait to see them mounted..

 

looks good, good job

i guess you like red wheels alot, those red div3's you had look hot on my friends car

 

those will look noyce on ur crx dude! nice job paintin them ish's!

 

thanks for the kind replies, everyone. to EH2_519, the stripper i used is called <u>PEELER</u>. it's in a blue can (you can see it in the BG of the very first picture in the thread). and yea, midori, i have a thing for red wheels. i think these will mesh better, though, when the car is white.

 

looks good, i like the red

 

ack~!

 

i like it w/out the paint

 

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very nice job...I'm almost done painting my rims also

 

nice job they came out really good

 

nice job.. i liked it in the bare metal form..i woulda done silver...

regardless, came out looking nice!

 

oh man...........they look kind of pink.
well if your happy with them then thats good enough for me. im just not a fan of the red wheel trend, i would have left them they way they were. but you like em so congrats on the diy on the wheels.

 

pink? right...

 

red wheels look ******* retarded.....

 

looks proper.......
now lets see em on the car..........