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Old May 10, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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Painted my rims

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Old May 10, 2004 | 05:59 PM
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looks good, how much did you spend?
Old May 10, 2004 | 06:12 PM
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looks good, how much did you spend?
It cost about $30 for three cans of spray
1 large can of primer
and 2 cans of clear coat
1 roll of masking tape
2 pack scratch pad
Old May 10, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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looks good, I did my brakes in red.
Old May 11, 2004 | 06:33 AM
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looks good, I did my brakes in red.
Yeah a lot of people told me to do the brakes red but i just wanted it to look clean and stock
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That looks great man!! how did you get that gold color???
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That looks great man!! how did you get that gold color???

Its called antique brass and i purchased it at home depot
it came out exactly like the cap which i was hopeing for
Old May 11, 2004 | 06:57 AM
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cool thanks....I might think about doing that
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cool thanks....I might think about doing that
just make sure if you do do it make sure your in a closed area with venilation
I did the first one outside and the wind and dust blowing around messed up the first one

-Brian
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I'll remember that, thanks



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