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Old 11-10-2008, 04:35 PM
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I like it! Your car, your choice. Mine are mostly "brake dust and pitting" (kind-of-sort-of-black)
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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!

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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.


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Old 11-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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Whoa - I thought for a second I was back in DR's "How's your Feces?" post. That would be NASTY!

That too, but floaters!
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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.
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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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