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Old 04-23-2008 | 10:10 AM
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pink FTW.....haha
 
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Old 04-23-2008 | 11:29 AM
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I like the gray with red, blue also looks pretty unique. Are you painting them yourself?
 
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Old 04-23-2008 | 03:08 PM
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yeah ill be painting them. i think im pretty set on black with yellow lip. after this weekend ill take em off the car, de-bead the tire and start working on them. hope to have them finished by the end of next week.

thanks for the help erbody
 
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Old 04-23-2008 | 04:01 PM
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i vote gunmetal..... i love the gunmetal on my civic!

all black is alittle to much....... IMO....


i like the bronze and the red lip also.

 
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Old 04-27-2008 | 09:00 PM
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welp, i got started on this today. picked up the paint and all, took the wheels off and started sanding. got them sanded down in a few hours. gena take them to work tomorrow to debead the tires. hopefully ill be able to spray primer on them tomorrow night.

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hope to have these completely finished by friday, def. no later than saturday.
 
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Old 04-28-2008 | 04:46 AM
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Damn, when did you get the Bridgestones??
 
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Old 04-28-2008 | 02:39 PM
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definatly have to tell me how well that engine enamel paint works out....

i used some "wheel paint" on my last set of rims and it wasnt to good at all! chiped very easily!
 
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Old 04-28-2008 | 02:40 PM
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BOOM Shakalaka shakalaka BOOM!
 
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Old 04-28-2008 | 02:58 PM
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Damn, when did you get the Bridgestones??
couple weeks ago. ran my first event on them this past saturday and i'm simply amazed at how well they performed. ill get a vid up of that event over in the autocross forum.
 
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Old 04-28-2008 | 08:34 PM
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will be spraying black on tomorrow hopefully
 



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