Painted flakes are on!!!

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:18 pm

Sorry I took so long to get pics up, but my computer is JUNK!! Here they are. Enjoy!!

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:53 pm

wow looks really good just gor done doing that to my friends rims, shows what a little bit of effort will do for you.

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:57 pm

Thanks man! Yea it was very time consuming, bet well worth it in the end!

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:00 pm

Wow...they look really nice with the polished lip. Have you got anythign else done to the car yet?

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:05 pm

Nope

No mods yet except for suspension. Should be getting intake soon. Slow progress this time around! It sucks having to start over again.

dancingfroggy · Post by **dancingfroggy** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:10 pm

Looks good.... do you like your Tokico struts? I just put them on my car finally this weekend and also have 1st gen springs on them.... Ride is pretty good... better then what it was for sure on my blown struts and springs.... I cant wait to get progress springs sometime soon

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:37 pm

very....very.... NICE

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:07 pm

wow, those wheels look awesome painted black with the polished lip!

Eddie · Post by **Eddie** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:26 pm

nice work on the wheels
they look good on the pictures
do you have any close ups of them ??

BTW your rims remind me how bad i wanted the 01 R/T motorsport edition wheels . but i am happy with the ones i have now

thumbs up on the wheels

2k2patriotblueneon · Post by **2k2patriotblueneon** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:33 pm

Looks awsome man....good job.

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:47 pm

Thanks for all the compliments guys!! Yea I love my tokico's. I am gonna get the progress springs too! I had them on my 2nd 1st gen. (yea I am on my 4th Neon!!!) They ride really good. Here is a close up:

Thanks again to all! This is by far the BEST Neon board I have ever posted on. You guys/gals KICK ASS!!

01RTsilver · Post by **01RTsilver** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:09 pm

that is hot, great job.. i wish i had a set of snowflakes around...

the tokicos are nice, just wait untill you get the progress springs, you will love the combo, i do.

cheers..

DannyBoy · Post by **DannyBoy** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:00 am

Tell me what you used to paint your wheels? I was going to do the same thing to my snowflakes!

What kind of paint did you use and maybe a how-to on it?

Thanks

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:21 am

that looks fuckin' sick d00d! i really like that *thumbs up*

Silver2gn4me · Post by **Silver2gn4me** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:52 am

Thanks Neonkid!! As for the paint, I just used Dupli-color gloss black paint. And I just cleaned them really good with wheel cleaner. I was going to sand and prime them but, I just wiped them really good, used masking tape for the lip, put like 5-6 coats of paint. I still have to add clear coat. I didnt wanna wait any longer to get them on.

Pretty simple. Just takes time to mask off the lip. I am glad everybody likes them. Thanks again to all for the great compliments.

05srt4clone · Post by **05srt4clone** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:14 pm

How did you get the lip shiny like it's polished?

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:47 pm

05srt4clone wrote:How did you get the lip shiny like it's polished?

its clean.

oh and uhhh.. nice post resurection.

juicyjay504 · Post by **juicyjay504** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:29 am

ya, what did you do to polish the lip, or make it that shiney?

moparknighthawk · Post by **moparknighthawk** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:51 am

juicyjay504 wrote:ya, what did you do to polish the lip, or make it that shiney?

I can get my snowflakes to shine like chrome by using a mag wheel polish. Mine have 131,000 miles on them and they look like new. (when they are clean)

B TW, those painted snowflakes look awesome!!

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:33 pm

he may have used clear coat on them after buffing them up really purdy-like. lol

juicyjay504 · Post by **juicyjay504** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:35 am

sweet, im gonna do my flakes like this in the next few weeks for fun. Im not sure ill put them on but I may for the fuck of it for a day or 2