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04-19-2009, 07:34 PM
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Montreal, Formely St-Simon
Posts: 413
Car: 325e 1986
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My new to me wheels, repainted
I got these wheels from 325isStephen.
I was wondering what to do with them. I finally decided to repaint them metallic black.
I did one today to see how it would look like.
I'm pretty happy with the result! Not professional result, but not that bad at all either.
I washed them with acetone to remove the clear and I use 4 layers of paint and 2 layers of clear.
Let me know what you think.
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08' Kia Rondo, Girlfriend's car
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04-19-2009, 08:14 PM
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old school US member.
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 647
Car: 97 328ic sport 5spd Moreagrun.
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you didnt do any sanding to level the off, and it shows.
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04-19-2009, 08:38 PM
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The Afro-stig
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: TDot West End
Posts: 4,528
Car: Is Fast. ;)
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Wow....The drilled bolt holes scare me...
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04-19-2009, 08:42 PM
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Montreal, Formely St-Simon
Posts: 413
Car: 325e 1986
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theblue
you didnt do any sanding to level the off, and it shows.
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I did some sanding. What you see are metal flakes under the light.
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02' Suzuki Katana, Summer fun
86' 325E, All year around fun (it's working, for now)
08' Kia Rondo, Girlfriend's car
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04-19-2009, 10:29 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Milton
Posts: 2,805
Car: Worlds slowest E30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by e30_kid89
wow....the drilled bolt holes scare me...
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+1.
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04-19-2009, 11:16 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Port Perry
Posts: 7,115
Car: God's Chariot
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^ As interesting as it is, I believe one of the previous owners of this exact set of rims ran them on track like this. *shrugs*
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04-20-2009, 12:38 AM
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Jailbait FTW
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 2,000
Car: BMW
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^^^^ damn, i would be scared to leave my driveway on those rims 
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04-20-2009, 01:09 AM
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JUICY J CAN'T
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: T.
Posts: 16,975
Car: S54 titties
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^^you guys are all pussies.
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04-20-2009, 06:21 AM
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e30 slave
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Posts: 74
Car: Supercharged e30 325i Mtech II 4 door in Diamantschwarz
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Not sure why the smaller PCD holes weren't offset more. I think they'd look better with a polished or time attack lip, but I'm sure they look better than they did.
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04-20-2009, 09:06 AM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Montreal
Posts: 200
Car: '91 e30 325i
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You shouldn't have painted the lip and bolts.
I think you would have been better off taking the wheel apart to paint it..
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04-20-2009, 09:07 AM
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Not Banned
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Schomberg
Posts: 4,325
Car: '85 325e
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Not bad man, they look good.
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04-20-2009, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: T.Dot
Posts: 8,749
Car: e36 m3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theox69
You shouldn't have painted the lip and bolts.
I think you would have been better off taking the wheel apart to paint it..
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lol i dont think they are real 3piece.
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04-20-2009, 09:19 AM
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Cars in Perpetual Repair
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Guelph
Posts: 5,217
Car: 328i & 327i turbo
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orange peel.
I'm sure it's a decent 15 foot paint job.
Did you leave the tires on when you stripped the clear off?
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04-20-2009, 09:55 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Oshawa
Posts: 4,335
Car: 91 318is,93 325is...
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did you use paint made for rims???
If your gonna paint rims the duplicolor rim paint usually works best, and wouldn't need clear
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04-20-2009, 12:46 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Montreal
Posts: 200
Car: '91 e30 325i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by T.Dot_E30
lol i dont think they are real 3piece.
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either way, he could have at least masked off the lips and bolts.
i'm sure they don't look bad from far, but that pic definitely doesn't do it for me..
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