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Trak Ratt

11-10-2008 04:35 PM

I like it! Your car, your choice. Mine are mostly "brake dust and pitting" (kind-of-sort-of-black)

RENN 951

11-10-2008 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Trak Ratt (Post 230844)

Mine are mostly "brake dust and pitting" (kind-of-sort-of-black)

Whoa - I thought for a second I was back in DR's "How's your Feces?" post. That would be NASTY!

:shock:

VaSteve

11-10-2008 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Potomac-Greg (Post 230833)

Finally got around to pics with the wheels on. Comments welcomed, but not necessarily heeded.
Remember, we're talking 15" phone dials here. For something to be a travesty, it has to start out promising.

lolz.

Trak Ratt

11-10-2008 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RENN 951 (Post 230921)

Whoa - I thought for a second I was back in DR's "How's your Feces?" post. That would be NASTY!

:shock:

That too, but floaters!

MBuck951

11-10-2008 11:13 PM

Even as a gold wheel fan, I don't like those. but like you said, tough to make 15" phones look good anyway.

thanks for the tip on the plastic. just saved me a ton of time repainting my boxster dyno wheels. like your phones, it will be tough to make them worse. i am going black with a silver lip.

VaSteve

04-15-2012 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Potomac-Greg (Post 227184)

There is a clear plastic product that comes in rolls that is used to protect carpets when painting. 24" x 50' per roll. It sticks to anything but pulls off clean. It's about as sticky as masking tape. I was able to mask off my tires in literally 2 minutes. No tape, no paper. Just pull the sheet over the tire, press it down, and use a razor to trim out the part to be painted.

I found a roll of this in the flooring section at Lowes today. I used the process myself an knocked out a set of track wheels today with the tires still on. Came out great...well, for track wheels.

I guess I could use this same process to spruce up my old wheels at the beginning often season. Assuming I care.

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