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Old 04-07-2007, 09:38 PM
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Hey guys I wanted to see what this paint would look like of one of my rims. I took my curb smacked rim and cleaned and then painted it it a gungray metallic tell me what you think?


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Old 04-07-2007, 09:47 PM
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Old 04-07-2007, 09:50 PM
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i like it, its a nice color.
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Thanks for posting up the bigger pics for me. What do you think of my buick ridin on 4 rims painted like that too tacky? maybe little bit of rice? I am trying to make my car look a little younger
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i think that to the untrained eye that it would look stock, i say go for it
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looks good, do the others
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Looks good. Will be something nice and subtle to set you apart from the rest of the cars out there.
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Thanks for the commets guys. I think I am going to go ahead in the next few weeks and do this here is the Color I used HWP102 Graphite and its from Dupli-Color High Performance Wheel Coating line
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Yup, almost looks like coated metal to me. Actually, your paint job looks almost like it was powdercoated!

Just because it'* painted, don't make it rice. Go for it!!!
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looks nice to me, go for it
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