jeremy Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Sorry my car is filthy, it needs a bath really bad, but I didn't want to wash it with the freshly painted (4hour old) rims on her.....I will be sure to take pics once she gets a bath later this week....I think that they turned out pretty good, I am going to polish the lip this weekend too.... let me know what you think....I already know that not everyone is a fan of the gunmetal, so don't be shy with the comments I can take it..... ....next thing to go is the fugly pinstripe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe2fast Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 did the one polished wheel turn out all right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 i don't think it did but maybe he likes it better with gun metal rims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Did you paint the whole visible surface? (it kinda looks like the edges of the rims were masked off too much..) Did you put clearcoat on the paint? I'd like to see pics of it after its all shiney, and you really should put something shiney on the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I think... It looks good. Can't wait to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goph Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 they don't look too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Did you paint the whole visible surface? (it kinda looks like the edges of the rims were masked off too much..) Did you put clearcoat on the paint? I'd like to see pics of it after its all shiney, and you really should put something shiney on the tires. the lip of the rim is still silver, I am going to polish that little part this weekend.......they are clearcoated too....there are a couple parts that I will sand down and repaint once I get more time, I just did them really quickly so they all at least matched... ....I gave up on polishing the first rim for now, too many things going on, plus I couldn't stand to drive the car anymore with the one rims looking funky....maybe at some point in time I will buy another set to attack.... FWIW: I think that they will look a ton better once I polish the lip, wash the car and use a little tire shine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Yeah, that polished lip will really set it off. As for the pinstripe, once you get that off, get some stuff called Goo-Gone or something like that. They should sell it at AutoZone. It takes the sticky stuff off of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 that and tint the windows darker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Took the pinstripes off my friend's Sunbird with a hairdryer and credit card (mostly slowly pull it off with your hand while blowing hot air on it.. but not too much or else the pin stripe just breaks apart...) After we detailed that general area around the car and it was clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patgizz Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 i think that looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Cool, I'm gonna take some photos of my car tomorrow in the same positions, to do a photochop. Im curious to see how it looks w a white car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93CutlassSupreme Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 the wheels look good i don't have a problem with the pinstripe i think white looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GutlessSupreme Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I love it. Can't wait to see it washed and shiny. red calipers? or keeping it blacked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Cool, I'm gonna take some photos of my car tomorrow in the same positions, to do a photochop. Im curious to see how it looks w a white car. Awesome, I been wanting to do something like that for a while,but white... you should photochop some white ones too so I can see 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegp Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Here's your car with tinted windows & lowered: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Here's your car with tinted windows & lowered: BANG that looks dead sexy!! I really think it should be tinted especially since you have the rears blacked out. And clean shiney tires to accent the rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 thanks for the comments and the photoshop, I think that it looks great.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptnix Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 those look tight! umm, needless to mention it'll look 10x better in the end lol photoshop'd stuff looks tooo wicked. tis what i have in store for mine :-) except the gun metal rims but those look wicked as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptnix Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 jeremy, your making me want to steal your idea makes the car look hella stealthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 At first I thought it looked like dirty brake dust, but the more I look at it, the more I like it. It actually looks better than I thought it would. Plus, it won't look so bad when they DO get brake dust on 'em. Maybe I should do that to my TGP's crosslace wheels to tide me over till I can get some chrome 5-stars. I hate the gold crosslace. Gaudy as hell, gunmetal would be a huge improvement over the gold I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Are they clear coated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Are they clear coated? yup.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe2fast Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I like them...but something else on the car needs to be that color(gunmetal)... tips, window tint, something then it will look badass! Update.. maybe you could get the pinstriping in gun metal... if something on the car is gun metal it would make the wheels and the car corolate. You see where I am going with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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