Alin
Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Did my brothers lexus for him today
Very nice! How does he like them?
Plasti dip the wheels
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Very nice! How does he like them?
Alin
Diehard Car Enthusiast!
No way! Im gonna run over to lowes in a bit to check it out!
Thanks! I was told Knechts auto store carries it too. I just got back from Liwes at South off Mission St and they only had black and white cans... They had actual dip cans too but only black. Bummer. Dude that told me that must be talking about Keizer Lowes so i'll chek ther tomorow
my bro loves his wheels. The bmw has been getting lots compliments too. The STi gets too much attention almost. People really like it, no doubt. They let me kno too haha. I used get few compliments a week and now i get a few a day...every day..like clock work when im cruisin downtown.
im leaning towards red for now cuz i thought i would like blue better. Im doing orange sooner than later too
my bro loves his wheels. The bmw has been getting lots compliments too. The STi gets too much attention almost. People really like it, no doubt. They let me kno too haha. I used get few compliments a week and now i get a few a day...every day..like clock work when im cruisin downtown.
im leaning towards red for now cuz i thought i would like blue better. Im doing orange sooner than later too
Im going to add either silver, gold or bronze flake to the red. Im not sure the smoke would work out on the red. Im pretty sure it would just look like black cheetah spots over a distorted red. Maybe if you spray them at the same exact time, one can in each hand and make sure the target is right where the two streams meet. Ive seen a tutorial on dipyourcar,com where he did that with gold and red...looked pretty slick. hard to do consistently but cool none the less
alright... I have to paint them tonight because the yellow side started to peel really bad. Of course it is around the lip of the rim that it starts to peel. I think I rubbed it off when I used the drive thru car wash. And then it got worse as I drove around. Anyway, the green side is solid as can be. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and STILL can not decide on red or blue. Everytime I set myself on one color I change my mind the next time I ponder the though haha
liltripg17
New member
Thanks for the advice!! My order is placed...can't wait to try it out. I ordered four white, 3 pearl and 2 gloss...should work out
I found that copper metalizer over black primer matches the stock GD STi brembo brake calipers. Fyi
When peeling the yellow off I had ran into some areas that were a pita to get it all off because I did not spray it thick enough. I probably was 3-5 coats shy of a great job..imo. So use lots of paint, like a can per wheel of color and maybe even a whole can of primer and half glossifier. Get silly but make sure to let it dry THUROUGHLY between coats or yhe bottom layers will remain wet even as the top layers dry. No good. Do it right 1st time, should take several hours if not a day or two. Gl felkas. Lfmm
i added silver flake for fun ..my brembos are stock paint..7yrs old etc. but u see how close that can lid is
When peeling the yellow off I had ran into some areas that were a pita to get it all off because I did not spray it thick enough. I probably was 3-5 coats shy of a great job..imo. So use lots of paint, like a can per wheel of color and maybe even a whole can of primer and half glossifier. Get silly but make sure to let it dry THUROUGHLY between coats or yhe bottom layers will remain wet even as the top layers dry. No good. Do it right 1st time, should take several hours if not a day or two. Gl felkas. Lfmm
i added silver flake for fun ..my brembos are stock paint..7yrs old etc. but u see how close that can lid is
Alin
Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Please please please do so. I think it would look fantastic!
Grinder34
Track Monkey
Did you ever do this? How'd it go? I'm really curious if any permanent damage was done.
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