Teaser shot of new wheels
08-05-2011, 12:34 PM
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hotel what was the finish on the wheels before paint? Not trying to mess w ur head but if they got a little chip just from mounting the tires u gotta wonder? Ive customized so many wheels I cant count em, I do all my own painting at my boys shop, was in the business in my earlier days. If the prep wasnt right and they didnt get baked well ur gonna have chip problems down the road. Ask chris to get u a small touch up bottle and the paint code they are using and brand of paint. That way in the future you could do an easy touch up urself or just have a body shop do airbrush touch on it if it ends up getting a chip. Nowadays any decent rim shop mounts from the back on customs, always face down on the machine, so if its on the edge of lip its from the tire clamp on the machine. We use rubber pads that we melted w a torch on ours for xtra safety
08-05-2011, 12:44 PM
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hotel what was the finish on the wheels before paint? Not trying to mess w ur head but if they got a little chip just from mounting the tires u gotta wonder? Ive customized so many wheels I cant count em, I do all my own painting at my boys shop, was in the business in my earlier days. If the prep wasnt right and they didnt get baked well ur gonna have chip problems down the road. Ask chris to get u a small touch up bottle and the paint code they are using and brand of paint. That way in the future you could do an easy touch up urself or just have a body shop do airbrush touch on it if it ends up getting a chip. Nowadays any decent rim shop mounts from the back on customs, always face down on the machine, so if its on the edge of lip its from the tire clamp on the machine. We use rubber pads that we melted w a torch on ours for xtra safety
08-05-2011, 03:03 PM
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It was machine with black before, i already talk to chris about sending touch up paint. Im not confident the wheels cured completely before mounting.
08-05-2011, 06:06 PM
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thats probably it then. Even once baked in the paint booth it takes at least a week to acheive nominal hardness, we dont wash or mess w paint for 14 days on cars. thats why its easy to buff out minor stuff right after a fresh paint job. you will be good then, get them back and mounted, i think your 20s will tuck nice w SuperSports
08-24-2011, 08:37 PM
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Thanks fellas, i plan to black the lug bolts out as well since they stick out like a sore thumb and will take some proper shots with my DSLR camera soon!
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08-24-2011, 08:48 PM
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looks good bro, liking the vossens on the ride. I thought ur car was black for some reason, the dark grey is a nice color match to the wheels, whats that considered graphite? Im a sucker for color matching accesories on a ride, makes it look so fresh and clean. Really nice bro.......
08-24-2011, 08:55 PM
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looks good bro, liking the vossens on the ride. I thought ur car was black for some reason, the dark grey is a nice color match to the wheels, whats that considered graphite? Im a sucker for color matching accesories on a ride, makes it look so fresh and clean. Really nice bro.......
