nice weather calls for modding!!

[toxik]

so since it was soo freaking nice out today, i decided to do some modding to my car. got some rim and caliper paint in preparation for carlisle or hin, or whichever. took a bunch of pics from the whole day. pretty exhausted at the moment though haha

some more mods are coming this month, when ill do a proper shoot. just waiting to put in my Eibach springs, and a lip spoiler.

Here are the pics, enjoy:

[img]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3650/dsc1176e.jpg][/img]

[jaxcoupe]

nice! I'll be painting my wheels and calipers in the next week too! yay for being crafty haha

[Nlghtmare]

Dude, do it to mine!
Modified by Nlghtmare at 3:43 PM 4/9/2009

[srwong]

nice work!!!

[Bmore-coupe]

Well done. Looks

[Mr.Coupe]

Car looks GOOD dude. I had those wheels for about 3 days then got rid of them. The rear scared me to much because the suspension doesn't butterfly and it looks like they would messup the rear fenders.

Ricky C.

Modified by Mr.Coupe at 7:58 PM 4/9/2009

Modified by Mr.Coupe at 7:59 PM 4/9/2009
Modified by Mr.Coupe at 8:00 PM 4/9/2009

[Viper5000]

sweetness.... I was going to paint my calipers the same color in the coming weeks.... what kind of paint did you use?

[karu11]

awesome stuff toxik! looking forward for the final result!

[surmanm]

nice i like it Arthur. this calls for a celebration. yo come thru to the crib lets get drunk. you owe me anyway for all the work i did today.

[dldjros69]

I had those wheels for about 3 days then got rid of them. The rear scard me to much because the suspension doesn't butterfly and it looks like they would messup the rear fenders.

What wheels?

Why did it scare you? Was it the offset or the width? Staggered?

[toxik]

nice i like it Arthur. this calls for a celebration. yo come thru to the crib lets get drunk. you owe me anyway for all the work i did today.

lol what work? showing up when everything is done

[dangeris]

Very nice!

[alphapig]

Arts and crafts time is great, but painting wheels (especially expensive ones) isn't a great idea. It looks patchy and I doubt it will last long.

Please don't cheap out. This isn't a 240sx, all imperfections show.

Get them powder coated.

[toxik]

Arts and crafts time is great, but painting wheels (especially expensive ones) isn't a great idea. It looks patchy and I doubt it will last long.

Please don't cheap out. This isn't a 240sx, all imperfections show.

Get them powder coated.

lol i got one of my rims for $20, theyre not that expensive. and it looks good in person, this is me taking a pic of them with my camera phone

[jaxcoupe]

With proper priming, paint will hold fine and looks great! I don't know what steps the OP took but I've been researching this for months now and I've seen great results that lasted for at least a couple of years with the proper priming steps, controlled painting, and lots of clear coat. I'm doing mine next week. Powdercoating is expensive and even if I have to buy more paint down the road to fix anything up or even re do them, I will still be far from paying the price for powdercoating. The guys at Discount Tire swore to me that if I paint them before putting on tires they would ruin the paint, so I'm waiting til I get tires put on. However on other forums where people painted their rims correctly, they had tires put on with no issues. It's all about how much time and effort you're willing to put into it.

[alphapig]

Are you painting your stockers?

Anyway rattle can is rattle can... I'd rather stay away from rattle canning any part of a 20k+ car.

[mcheddadi]

that looks like a really fail job ...

looks like a dirty rim more than a black rim...

[toxik]

that looks like a really fail job ...

looks like a dirty rim more than a black rim...

dirty rim ftw. its not supposed to be black, i only did 1 coat of black, cause i don't want the rim to be completely black.

[II Knucklez II]

would like to see more pics with the wheels on the car. i'm thinking about painting my rims black and i have a black coupe.

[Altima1992]

toxik you def have the sickest coupe here now.. but omg doesnt the second pic look like sylar (evil guy) from heroes???

[stankydanky]

omg doesnt the second pic look like sylar (evil guy) from heroes???

first thought that ran through my head

[ESP]

With proper priming, paint will hold fine and looks great! I don't know what steps the OP took but I've been researching this for months now and I've seen great results that lasted for at least a couple of years with the proper priming steps, controlled painting, and lots of clear coat. I'm doing mine next week. Powdercoating is expensive and even if I have to buy more paint down the road to fix anything up or even re do them, I will still be far from paying the price for powdercoating. The guys at Discount Tire swore to me that if I paint them before putting on tires they would ruin the paint, so I'm waiting til I get tires put on. However on other forums where people painted their rims correctly, they had tires put on with no issues. It's all about how much time and effort you're willing to put into it.

Jax speaks the truth! Good painting is 95% prep work and 5% actual painting. As long as you're doing a small area that doesn't need to be blended in with "proper" paint (ie. rims), then even a rattle can job can look perfect and last a long time.

Toxik, lookin' good man! I'm interested to see how long that caliper paint holds up. What brand did you use? Is it just the paint-on stuff that LBC is advocating?

[Bmore-coupe]

Looks real good. interested to see how the rims came out in person. will you be at Carlisle?

[toxik]

Looks real good. interested to see how the rims came out in person. will you be at Carlisle?

yessir. i should be getting some real good shots soon, my photographist friend wants to do a shoot soon. just gotta install my springs, should be in the next week or two.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

nice looks good.....you didnt take the calipers off to paint them???

this is my next thing

[toxik]

nice looks good.....you didnt take the calipers off to paint them???

this is my next thing

you better not do the same color!