Hated my wheels. Painted them. Now, I love them!
09-08-2017, 03:41 PM
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Hated my wheels. Painted them. Now, I love them!
I hated my wheels. Now, I love them.
All that I did was sprayed them with duplicolor "platinum" wheel paint.
Previously, they were too dominantly bright silver. They took away from the clean look of the car.
Not anymore!
The alternative was that I was going to get a set of 8.5 or 9" wide rims & a set of 245 or 255 tires.
Given that the car has 180k+ miles on it, darkening the wheels made better sense.
I,also, recently painted the calipers gold. The gold calipers accent the platinum wheels really well too.
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09-13-2017, 01:03 PM
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I hated my wheels. Now, I love them.
All that I did was sprayed them with duplicolor "platinum" wheel paint.
Previously, they were too dominantly bright silver. They took away from the clean look of the car.
Not anymore!
The alternative was that I was going to get a set of 8.5 or 9" wide rims & a set of 245 or 255 tires.
Given that the car has 180k+ miles on it, darkening the wheels made better sense.
I,also, recently painted the calipers gold. The gold calipers accent the platinum wheels really well too.
09-14-2017, 05:12 AM
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Nope. Just the duplicolor wheel spray paint. I, also, sprayed the lug covers a bright "chrome" silver at the same time.
I didn't do the clearcoat & prefer the "matte" finish of the wheel paint.
I used a gold engine spray paint on tbe calipers. Engine block paint will withstand the heat those calipers will see.
I didn't do the clearcoat & prefer the "matte" finish of the wheel paint.
I used a gold engine spray paint on tbe calipers. Engine block paint will withstand the heat those calipers will see.
09-14-2017, 09:47 AM
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Nope. Just the duplicolor wheel spray paint. I, also, sprayed the lug covers a bright "chrome" silver at the same time.
I didn't do the clearcoat & prefer the "matte" finish of the wheel paint.
I used a gold engine spray paint on tbe calipers. Engine block paint will withstand the heat those calipers will see.
I didn't do the clearcoat & prefer the "matte" finish of the wheel paint.
I used a gold engine spray paint on tbe calipers. Engine block paint will withstand the heat those calipers will see.
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