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Old 11-28-2008, 08:00 PM
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painted again!!! (wheels)
tired of the all black look and ppl keep saying my wheels looks too small. slow at the shop today so painted my wheels and a set of friends. enjoy





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Old 11-28-2008, 08:07 PM
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Sick!!!! ..black wheels + gold lip ftw!
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Old 11-28-2008, 08:21 PM
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Kinda looks like you copied Colt45, but it looks good.
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thats sexxxxyyyyyyyy
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Kinda looks like you copied Colt45, but it looks good.
wahh?? i think colt45 has a 2.5tl.. and if you mean i copied him because i have work vsxx on a black car then sure... i dont think he has a gold lip... my wheels were chrome before... redid them all black but that got lame fast.
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Old 11-28-2008, 08:39 PM
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i actually like it, black out ur heads and ur set
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too much work lol. im trying to avoid those at all costs. 7 hrs to spend on headlights is just not my line of work.
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7 hrs?!?! who told you that? i dont remember but im sure i didnt spend that much time on mine
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wahh?? i think colt45 has a 2.5tl.. and if you mean i copied him because i have work vsxx on a black car then sure... i dont think he has a gold lip... my wheels were chrome before... redid them all black but that got lame fast.
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:18 PM
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Both cars look good.
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^^ lol i think he kinda got you there, but it still look good
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Old 11-29-2008, 01:49 AM
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Hey, sweet car and rims, which paint brand did you use? Spies, akzo, ppg?
May i ask which shop you work at?
I'm in the 604 too.
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Old 11-29-2008, 02:27 AM
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o my bad didnt see colts45 updated page. oh wellz honestly didnt know and i dont really care if he did do them before me or not. sure there are people that did them before him also.

i work at two shops.
part time at speedcraft autoline in vancouver they use akzo
and also a shop in richmond they use ppg
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Old 11-29-2008, 03:28 AM
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you make me miss my prelude

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Right on, Looks good
do you plan on blacking out your headlights?
I've never seen you around town. haaha.
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Old 11-29-2008, 09:19 AM
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Both sets of rims look great. Nice choice on the gold lip
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howd you paint all of your chrome trim?
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Old 11-29-2008, 01:59 PM
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you make me miss my prelude

Great Mall parking lot...?
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Old 11-29-2008, 02:17 PM
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oh and more pics of the whole car man
your car is hella nice if i remember correctly.
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Old 11-29-2008, 04:33 PM
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i want to do my headlights black. but too lazy to want to even attempt it lol. working on peoples cars everyday makes me lazy with my own =(

my chrome pieces are blacked out with black vinyl.. if i ever dont want the blacked out scheme i can just rip them all off with a heatgun..

thanks for all the kind comments =D
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Old 11-29-2008, 07:22 PM
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hotness. Reminds me of Batman. Love it.
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hahaha yes.
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BTW- that prelude looks great too, you should have sprayed his side skirts while you were at it tho. lol
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hes getting mugen reps for christmas present or something... so will be painting those instead..
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that's pretty dope. should do that as a side job. i know i'd like to paint my wheel lip every other month
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Originally Posted by danew604
tired of the all black look and ppl keep saying my wheels looks too small. slow at the shop today so painted my wheels and a set of friends. enjoy





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sweet!
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Old 12-04-2008, 02:38 PM
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very sick. black has so many options if you keep it clean =)
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Old 12-10-2008, 02:10 AM
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I wish I had a friend that painted....
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Old 12-22-2008, 11:42 PM
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both look good man. did you clear coat the gold?
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love the black with gold stripes but t/a is too played out for me.
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Old 12-23-2008, 12:15 PM
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Old 12-23-2008, 02:19 PM
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yeah gold lips look sick, eh make it a lil mot brighter would be bad ass
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you should paint the side skirts body color on the lude.. it would look much better.
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Old 12-24-2008, 12:47 AM
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yes its clearcoated an yes the sideskirts are going to be body colour just not that set.. hes getting mugen reps or somehting.
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Old 12-24-2008, 02:41 PM
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yeah gold lips look sick, eh make it a lil mot brighter would be bad ass
very true!!
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