you'll have to wait some more. I'll be done in an hour or so. One side took me 5hrs while the other one only 2hrs and both look the same, painted calipers too. They're graphite and look, dare I say, SEXY. I did a half-*** job and they still turned out pretty nice. The rims had curb rash that is less visible now. Any one doing this, I suggest you buy the Aircraft stripper in the pour out can, not the spray. It's stronger, works better and won't burn your face when a wind gust comes along, OUCH still burns. Any one who has absolutely no patience like me, I suggest you don't do this.Also, the cut outs in the sawblades(the empty spaces) has some retarded clear on them cause that crap wasn't coming out at all so those areas look kinda ****ty. The surface isn't that smooth at first but the clear sort of helps it out. Sorry to keep you on your toes KEVLO.

 

Hurry........hurry...........

 

Teasers
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definitely want some pics ASAP.

 

I can't believe I'm doing this today. It's the hottest day we've had so far, around 85. Humid as a mother, on the paint cans it says not to use in humid weather, what do they know. I'm sweting my *** off, dying out there for this. Just 2 or 3 more coats of clear and I'll be driving out somewhere to take so nice pics.

 

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looks good more pics would be awesome

 

Looks pretty good.
I guess I was expecting a little darker color.
I will be interested to see what the finished product looks like on your car.
Way to persevere!

 

looking good! Somethin to do with 2k2 se rims when the car is back from the shop

 

hot. i'd want mine darker though...go buy a chrome lip from autozone and pepboys and they will look like aftermarket rimz.!

 

I'm with you Big D - its too hot already around here... is summer over yet - The wheels are looking nice... maybe I need to do this to my ghetto-honeycombs... or maybe not...

 

Did you forget to take off the wheel weight? I need more pics, lol.

 

MORE PICS!!! tell me you took more. please.

how do you like them?

they are hot but i think i'll go for a more darker color.

 

It's the camera...my wheels look light in pics but much darker and better in person.

Big D good job dude! Looks pimp!

 

Why did you take the clear off? No need unless it was peeling. The clear is a better base coat then just the bare aluminum. I used to custom paint wheels all the time with automotive paint. You just clean and sand the clear.

Your wheels look like they are permanently brake dusted.

 

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Anybody else think they might look better in black?

The stock wheels looked like **** Jeff. There were holes on the clear, curb rash, dirt that nothing could take out. Trust me, if I thought it would work I'd just spray over the stock wheels. Instead I wasted all day on this and I think I might paint them black tomorrow.

 

i think they would look better in black. personally, i think the gunmetal look simulates a really really dirty wheel. which around me is played out by a lot of BMW owners...

 

I think this color will look good on my white max. I will make it have hte polished lip look too.

 

Black!!!!!!!!

 

Yeah. They'll be black tomorrow. It's upposed to be cool and rainy so no more sufferring. Flat black or glossy?

 

Big D, wheels look great. I think you should go with glossy black with silver lip.

 

jeez you got patience to be doing it all over again right after you finished lol. If youre gonan do glossy black use a polished lip...if no lip just do flat black.

 

I noticed that everyone likes the freakin' POLISHED lip. I have nothing against it but it's sort of a BLING thing. I wanna do all black, no lip. Of course after that I could just sand the paint off the lip to satisfy all the kids out there. BTW, also completely blacking out the clearance light tomorrow, tinting the DCs, tinting front BURGER, and maybe tinting the red-clears and headlights. I'll see what I can get done.

 

Nice man.. Good mod.

Proph

 

I second that

 

black!!!!!

 

Hmmm. Not bad. I like my 18's, but you gotta make due with what ya got I guess. Nice work man.

Oh and excellent use of index cards.

 

lol painted sawblades... i laughed when i first heard it, but WOW what an improvement.

sorry for the doubt.

 

It's an improvement from the silver color. And at least you don't have to ever clean the wheel again.

 

look like my old hubcaps....i mean all cheap walmart hubcaps. What color and luster were u shooting for?

 

looks aite...

 

I think they look good the way the are.

 

I'm interested in seeing how a honeycombs wheel looks like. Maybe in black color. That way, i only clean it once a year. :-)

 

Don't go black. It looks good to have some contrast. Black rims look pretty crappy IMO. I like the look, though I would have left the lip polished to offer more contrast.


Dave

 

Yeah I would stay with what you got, especially since you have a black car. I an not a big fan of rims that are the same color of the car.

 

I think that looks really good. Since I have Pebble Beige, I will probably keep them the way they are, though. I know this is way off topic, but did you just get a new paint job or something? I don't see a single scratch on that thing.

 

great job!

 

It's still too damn hot so I think I'll leave them for now. As for a new paint job, I wish. The car hasn't been washed in about a week but it's till clean besides all the dust. The shine is what a day of prepping and waxing gets you. Trust me, I got scratches out *** on that thing. BTW, I'm not sure if I can do the polished lip. Two of the wheels have terrible curb rash right on the lips. I'll see if I can sand it down.

 

I like it!

 

Looks good. I would keep it for a while. Like someone else said, a bit a contrast looks good....