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By strykr
- Tue Apr 09, 2013 5:52 pm #330344
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By mitch6
- Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:08 pm #331149 I picked up a set of wheels 2 weeks ago for a very good price. Decided to re-paint them, and then afterwards I will decide if I want to use them or sell them :lol:

Here is some pics, only done two rims so far:


How they looked when purcahsed (one of four wheels)



prep work:




First coat of actual paint, the color was off, they labeled the can wrong, says gold and product code matched the other gold spray cans, but the paint was bronze. Good thing this was only first coat, I am going to bring it back to canadain tire and complain :lol:

(anyone like how I made good use of these dollar store american chopper deck of cards, perfect for rims and nothing else :lol: )



paint can comparison:



more paint:

looking more like gold than bronze, this is a new can :thumb:



after more paint, some clear coat:



and complete!





Centre cap and wheel still sticky, so I just very, very gently layed the centre cap on but did not clip it in:



bringing them home from my buddies house, finally put my ITR wheels on for the spring/summer as well!




Personally, I think I like how the rims look without the centre caps, what do you all think civic-eg members?

Centre caps or No Centre caps?


Here is my buddies Maxima wheels he painted graphite:




Thanks for any input!! :thumb:
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By shaqwave
- Mon May 20, 2013 9:35 pm #331929 Nice work sir :)
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By mitch6
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:11 am #334073 I have not been on here in what seems like forever! Haha!! I have recently started a new job and found zero time to work on my hatch sadly :(

The most recent thing I did to it was install some HELLA horns, here is a pic of them installed, two red HELLA horns in the bumper.


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I still need to wire my power folding mirrors, and I plan to install a JDM 98 spec ITR tranny onto my jdm B16A with a lightweight flywheel and of course the tranny has a Helical LSD!!

I also just finished replacing my rear trailing arm bushings which were completely shot! I installed some polyurethane bushings, and wow the car feels so much different! It feels like I'm driving a new car!

I just finished replacing them now because my tires are bald, so I am getting my new TOYO PROXES R1R's installed on Thursday and have the car re-aligned since the rear trailing arms were removed. The toe is definitely off, so alignment is a must before these sick tires go on the car!


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By AutoXRacer
- Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:54 am #334154 hayy bud, where did you pick up the hella horns?!
and what did you pay for the tires?!

I need a new set since mine are right bald from last season, haha and i am looking for a new set.
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