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bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:52 pm

Decided to paint my wheels, since I'm on a budget!!! It sure gives the car a different look! They are not perfect by any means(silver lip/black spoke line sucks) but it was my first attempt!
Driveway pics:

Tried to open my headlights to paint the housings black as well, but they wouldn't budge.

yell0w4d00r · Post by **yell0w4d00r** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:08 pm

window tint???

BTW what kind of wax do u use?

cars very clean, nice job

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:13 pm

YEAH, window tint, I'll get around to it eventually! I have been using Mequire's NXT, and it is ok, but def not the best out there!

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:13 pm

black on black=:love4:

Medan · Post by **Medan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:20 pm

Lower that bish. Other than that as said above, window tint.

Car looks clean as hell, I'm digging it.

yell0w4d00r · Post by **yell0w4d00r** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:20 pm

bigbird wrote:YEAH, window tint, I'll get around to it eventually! I have been using Mequire's NXT, and it is ok, but def not the best out there!

well it looks hella good

i also noticed the 3rd brake light
Y didnt u smoke it when u did the tails?

BTW i think the wheels look great for stock

OB · Post by OB » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:41 pm

Medan wrote:Lower that bish. Other than that as said above, window tint.

Car looks clean as hell, I'm digging it.

It is lowered

I agree about the tint. I actually really like the wheels, not too flashy, not too boring. Very nice. Car is very shiny looking too.

Medan · Post by **Medan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:56 pm

OB wrote:
Medan wrote:Lower that bish. Other than that as said above, window tint.

Car looks clean as hell, I'm digging it.
It is lowered

I agree about the tint. I actually really like the wheels, not too flashy, not too boring. Very nice. Car is very shiny looking too.

I meant more...There is still light under the car

I'm one to talk though. I could go off-roading..

OB · Post by OB » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:29 pm

Yeah it could afford another 1/2" - 1" I suppose, but it's a good drop considering how mild it is. When you gonna dump the 4x4?

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:53 pm

About the drop, the springs are offset a bit by the SRT struts and taller tires, however, I wanted to fill the wheel wells more than the stock tires did, and these do! Also, I wouldn't want to go any shorter on springs without a coilover setup. I already hit the bump stops regularly as this is a DD. Now as I stated above, I am extremely budget limited, so coilovers are out. Besides, I didn't buy the car to modify

it...probably like many of you here!

OB · Post by OB » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:10 pm

^You sure have quite a bit done to it considering you didn't plan on modding it! We all say that to begin with. Looks like the bug bit you as it did the rest of us haha!

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:31 pm

two pics of when it was new in 06, sorry shitty cell phone pics:

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:36 pm

superdan wrote:black on black=:love4:

lmfao Dan.

Car looks really good! Good first paint job dude.

Medan · Post by **Medan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:04 pm

OB wrote: Yeah it could afford another 1/2" - 1" I suppose, but it's a good drop considering how mild it is. When you gonna dump the 4x4?

I'm in the process of procuring some coilovers. The forum will here if my deal goes through.

Oh, and I certainly understand the daily driver aspect of modification. I drive about 20k miles a year. To your credit, I agree with going with the taller tires to fill the wheel gap.

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:43 pm

looks very clean. i like it a lot.

Nephewjag · Post by **Nephewjag** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:03 pm

it looks really good man.. i like black on black

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:11 pm

Looks great, I did the same thing with my 95 wheels, only painted them graphite. I really like it. It looks great, just tint it!

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:16 am

wow nice job bud. I love the look. not a major fan of those wheels but painting them with the lip makes them look fantastic! gj. your car is very clean.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:03 am

Wooooowww... clean ass ride, man. Sweet shit.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:13 am

Looks awesome man so clean brings it all together

dank(r/t) · Post by **dank(r/t)** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:20 am

about how long did it all take? i'm thinkin about it soon.

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:53 am

dank(r/t) wrote:about how long did it all take? i'm thinkin about it soon.

Took about 3 hours for 2 wheels, so around 6 total. I just read every article I could on painting wheels (most were very similar) and jumped on it.

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:09 am

nice bro

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:46 am

looks good now you need black housing headlights!

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:35 am

Nice car!

How did you try to open the headlights? Did you try baking them in an oven to make them easier to open?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:47 am

Blacked is awesome. Really diggin the painted stock wheels, they came out great.

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:10 pm

Tam wrote:Nice car!

How did you try to open the headlights? Did you try baking them in an oven to make them easier to open?

Yes, followed the directions, 250 deg for 15 min, start prying near the turn signal, etc, but nada. I'm willing to give anything a go with proper instructions. They didn't even start to open, so I gave up on those. Maybe I'll just buy some black housings sometime!

sicndahead · Post by **sicndahead** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:12 pm

very clean

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:49 pm

OEM headlights are a bitch to get open, aftermarkets are much easier. But wooooooooooow the wheels look AWESOME painted like that I love it! Very nice

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:07 pm

rims look good bro!!!!!!