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painting rims

Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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painting rims

ok so i wanna paint my rims. its 5zn from 5zigen. the problems im havin is its a greyish color with a chrome lip... and i dont know if i wanna go with an all gold look or gold with chrome/polish lip. I also have alot of curb marks... any idea on how to get the curb marks to go away faster then sanding it all down?
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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dupli color gold 500' engine paint resist chipping and cracking as it says. thats what i used and only have scrathes from mount balancing.

keep the chrome lip, its too nice to paint over
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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haha but the thing about the lip is there are alot of curb marks/ clear coat chips... how do i go about that.. i also wanna paint by 5ZR pink to match the rear emblem i have...
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:12 PM
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paint your sideskirts
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:13 PM
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ROFL! i need a color code for the side skirts... psm or cgm...
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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your lip is cgm?
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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yes it is... the guy i bought it from had a cgm sti that i thought was a psm... very easy to get a mixup under color condition... but hard to tell the difference yea? so what color to paint the side skirts..
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:37 PM
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any other opinion before i deicde at 2-3 oclock...
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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i say sell em and get new wheels! but if not...i think bronze and polished lip would look cool. dont see that too often.
ps. paint your sideskirts! hahahaha and paint your lip to match your car...that would bother the hell out of me if it was on my car. the oem color code for psm is "01G"
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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aiiite then thanks... next question is where to get the color at hahah! kragens?autozone?pepboys?
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by xhengmanx
yes it is... the guy i bought it from had a cgm sti that i thought was a psm... very easy to get a mixup under color condition... but hard to tell the difference yea? so what color to paint the side skirts..
no..very easy to tell the difference. Paint both the lip and the skirts the correct color..PSM
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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painting side skirts right now.. hope they come out ok
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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I painted mine bronze.

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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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what kind of bronze is that? might be a lil to brownish for me... i want more of a bronze that will still shine and have a hint of gold

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