FINALLY painted my wheels
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Originally posted by stumpyf4
Gave the shop a target of Honda Graphite and Motegi Gunmetal without the green in it. I told them I'd like darker rather than lighter. They went pretty dark, almost a black. I'd call it graphite.
I paid $110ea (canadian funds), includes unmounting the tire, machining to fix damage, prime, paint, clearcoat, remount tire, balance with adhesive weights.
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Gave the shop a target of Honda Graphite and Motegi Gunmetal without the green in it. I told them I'd like darker rather than lighter. They went pretty dark, almost a black. I'd call it graphite.
I paid $110ea (canadian funds), includes unmounting the tire, machining to fix damage, prime, paint, clearcoat, remount tire, balance with adhesive weights.
Marty.
TIP: you pretty much HAVE to use the 3x5 card method to mask the tire if you don't want to dismount the tire from the wheel... I could not get ANY kind of tape to stick (tried masking, duct tape, even nylon-reinforced strapping tape). I also tried slapping on some tire shine stuff and painting w/o masking at all, but the paint did not come off the tire as easily as I expected, and I ended up scraping some of the new paint off the wheels as I was removing the paint from the tire.
When you put the cards between the tire and wheel, it may seem pretty loose, but the cards will stay in place if you have the tire/wheel laying flat on the ground (if you try to stick a card in there w/ the tire upright on the car, it will fall out).
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Originally posted by stumpyf4
Gave the shop a target of Honda Graphite and Motegi Gunmetal without the green in it. I told them I'd like darker rather than lighter. They went pretty dark, almost a black. I'd call it graphite.
I paid $110ea (canadian funds), includes unmounting the tire, machining to fix damage, prime, paint, clearcoat, remount tire, balance with adhesive weights.
Marty.
Gave the shop a target of Honda Graphite and Motegi Gunmetal without the green in it. I told them I'd like darker rather than lighter. They went pretty dark, almost a black. I'd call it graphite.
I paid $110ea (canadian funds), includes unmounting the tire, machining to fix damage, prime, paint, clearcoat, remount tire, balance with adhesive weights.
Marty.
also, what kind of shop was this? like a rim shop? i need to get my fixed up.
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Originally posted by crucial Si
looks tight..how did you do it?
looks tight..how did you do it?
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so it wasnt like a single color? the shop mixed several colors to get that...?
also, what kind of shop was this? like a rim shop? i need to get my fixed up.
so it wasnt like a single color? the shop mixed several colors to get that...?
also, what kind of shop was this? like a rim shop? i need to get my fixed up.
This shop specializes in wheel repair and also sells wheels and tires. There are a few other shop that just specialize in wheel repair in the area but they do not dismount, mount, and balance.
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Originally posted by stumpyf4
Don't know how the shop did it but I'd think they tinted a off-the-shelf colour.
This shop specializes in wheel repair and also sells wheels and tires. There are a few other shop that just specialize in wheel repair in the area but they do not dismount, mount, and balance.
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Don't know how the shop did it but I'd think they tinted a off-the-shelf colour.
This shop specializes in wheel repair and also sells wheels and tires. There are a few other shop that just specialize in wheel repair in the area but they do not dismount, mount, and balance.
Marty.
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Originally posted by ElectronBlueGSR
Hey looks very nice. I think it would look better if you painted the center cap though. Overall, it looks great. :thumbup:
Hey looks very nice. I think it would look better if you painted the center cap though. Overall, it looks great. :thumbup: