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ryanh300
10-01-2007, 07:56 PM
Decided to go for a new look so a my roommate and I stripped the black off the lip of my wheels with aircraft stripper. Then we decided that the flat black wasn't working out :no:, so we got some gloss black and repainted the rest of the wheel.

Approximate time for the stripping: 30min/wheel. Paint:20/wheel (most of the time was spent waiting on everything to dry). :screwy:

Enjoy!! :D

Before:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/1122665180_9b51ba833e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/1121787317_d869be55bd_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/1384253087_9ff8caa366_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/1384252955_4d1cf2e343_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1177/1384252883_4d941f5384_o.jpg

After:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1469797085_d409076cf4_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1161/1460578707_c932d451f2_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/1461440512_0aa416fe59_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/1460577849_103b3c88f7_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1461439684_23bd0398ec_o.jpg
Hundo®
10-01-2007, 07:58 PM
looked better before :rolleyes:
blown_ss
10-01-2007, 07:59 PM
looks good man. i would have glossed them all black but, to each their own.
Hundo®
10-01-2007, 08:00 PM
looks good man. i would have glossed them all black but, to each their own.

+1

the lip isn't.. chrome enough to look good ;o
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 08:01 PM
+1

the lip isn't.. chrome enough to look good ;o

Yeah I havent had a chance to go back and rewetsand/polish the lip again. I only hit it once with 200/400
Tree
10-01-2007, 08:02 PM
nice real clean civ
santacruz77
10-01-2007, 08:02 PM
hmm ya you need to get the lip more bling blang and it will look better
Frög
10-01-2007, 08:03 PM
both look good.. i probably also would have left it black.. but still looks great and nice work!
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 08:05 PM
hmm ya you need to get the lip more bling blang and it will look better

next project :goodjob: gonna work on it when i have time this week
santacruz77
10-01-2007, 08:07 PM
ya. but none the less your cars hott
changaroo
10-01-2007, 08:16 PM
hawt, i was considering painting my wheels black and leaving a lip :P

what kind of suspension you runnin? im about to swap out my stechs for something diff...
b16ftw
10-01-2007, 08:17 PM
looks great man... wow.
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 08:20 PM
hawt, i was considering painting my wheels black and leaving a lip :P

what kind of suspension you runnin? im about to swap out my stechs for something diff...

Neuspeed pro's with stock shocks...wayyy too low haha at least for my +11 offset wheels not to scrub and my exhaust scrapes.

It used to look a lot more slammed with fat fives..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/296443267_e3d4ed89d3_o.jpg
FrostHatch
10-01-2007, 08:26 PM
once we chrome out those lips itll look better yoo.
changaroo
10-01-2007, 08:52 PM
Neuspeed pro's with stock shocks...wayyy too low haha at least for my +11 offset wheels not to scrub and my exhaust scrapes.

It used to look a lot more slammed with fat fives..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/296443267_e3d4ed89d3_o.jpg

lol damn how does that ride :P im running s-techs on stock shocks, and its kinda blah, it was good until recently.
anyways, im gonna redo my suspension soon and we'll go do a shoot somewhere :P
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 08:54 PM
lol damn how does that ride :P im running s-techs on stock shocks, and its kinda blah, it was good until recently.
anyways, im gonna redo my suspension soon and we'll go do a shoot somewhere :P

most definitely..a twin shoot haha just hit me up with a PM and im deff down
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 10:50 PM
ya. but none the less your cars hott

thanks man
NAG2I
10-01-2007, 11:09 PM
looks good man once you get that lip blinging it will be real dope
tko
10-01-2007, 11:13 PM
Looked better before, nice pics though.
ryanh300
10-01-2007, 11:40 PM
Looked better before, nice pics though.

haha thanks my roommate took them:goodjob:
ORGANIZATIONXIII
10-02-2007, 12:09 AM
I can dig it
Doppelgänger
10-02-2007, 07:51 AM
Yeah I havent had a chance to go back and rewetsand/polish the lip again. I only hit it once with 200/400

ahahahaha 200/400 grit?? lolol. Once you got the paint off, you should have got a buffing wheel and polishing compound...... Using sandpaper on smooth metal to 'polish' is about as useful as washing your car with a wire brush to remove swirl marks :rolleyes:
AnthonyF
10-02-2007, 07:57 AM
i liked the old look better. good work though!
Kyle
10-02-2007, 08:49 AM
:no: Sorry but I liked the car better before. Black with a polished lip is one of the most played out styles ever.
Dirty Octopus™
10-02-2007, 08:51 AM
im really diggin' it! :goodjob:
there was just too much black before. looked toooo plain :no:
now if you could get the lip to pop just a lil' bit more you be good! :bump:
SL65AMG
10-02-2007, 08:57 AM
i liked it all black..... but good job anyways
thinkskater
10-02-2007, 10:03 AM
look good man. polish the lip man look 100x better. reps
ryanh300
10-02-2007, 01:03 PM
look good man. polish the lip man look 100x better. reps

Thanks man, gonna happen this weekend :D
ryanh300
10-02-2007, 01:04 PM
ahahahaha 200/400 grit?? lolol. Once you got the paint off, you should have got a buffing wheel and polishing compound...... Using sandpaper on smooth metal to 'polish' is about as useful as washing your car with a wire brush to remove swirl marks :rolleyes:

No I used the 200/400 to get the leftover black spots off from the lip. But thanks for your helpful comment