chiefmg

Just one picture so far, I am waiting to find some place neat to take some more pictures. But this shows what I have.

scotty878

Looks nice, good work!

kargoboy

Oh, nice job on those side skirts and lips. Did you paint them yourself?

CitizenPro

Clean and subtle....nice job with the color choice on the wheels. Looks very good with the body color.

chiefmg

Thanks for the kind comments. No Gary, I had the body shop that fixed my brain fart (dented rear passenger door/wheel arch) paint everything for me. I spent the first day I was home (and some of the second) installing everything, much to my gf's dismay. I also had the top strip from an MSP grille I bought painted, only to discover that it is sized differently from the ES strip. Grilles look to be different as well so can't just swap them. I am going to see if I can't paint the strip myself with some spray I got from ColorRite. I am planning on painting the emblems too, just haven't decided on body color or bronze to match the rims.

KrayzieFox

What kind of paint did you use to paint the rims? They look awesome!

chiefmg

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with them myself. I used Duplicolor bronze wheel paint. 4-5 coats of color and a couple of coats of clear. I do have some chipping, if I could afford it I would have them powdercoated. I really like the stock rims but wanted bronze, so voila!

KrayzieFox

I see .. thanks for the help. I have some curb rash on my stock rims and I'd like to continue using them just for winter so I might use some of that paint to get them looking a little nicer. Would you recommend sanding them first or just aim and spray?

chiefmg

I sanded the absolute living daylights out of the ones I did. I bought them off eBay, they were pretty dirty as it was. I would recommend scuffing the finish at least a little before you paint them, otherwise the paint won't stick very well. After you sand them clean them up to get rid of any dust and grit. When I did mine I applied light coats (first couple you couldn't even really see the color). Just take your time and they will come out well.

J-Protege

Thanks for the tip. My 17s need repaint, someone almost hit me and i had to serve to avoid. Hit the curb kinda hard, got a nice big scratch, heh. >

chiefmg

Here's some more pictures, after I installed my new headlights. I have a couple of small things to do still yet but I am pretty happy with how it looks.

J-Protege

The whole kit looks real nice.

Cool to see what mine would look like, since I have the same car as you, right down to the ES, and color.