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sandman August-20th-2002 08:54 PM

Sorry SpikeyC! You don't look like me anymore!
 
Painted my dust shield and wheel caps:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/fd601db5.jpg

Thanks for the idea on the wheel caps Chris!

sandman August-20th-2002 09:37 PM

I know... :(

I'll take a better one tomorrow. I was kind of in a mad rush when I took this pic. Didn't really notice the shadow till it was too late.

DISTRBD August-20th-2002 10:38 PM

Looks sweet!

mesoh August-20th-2002 10:54 PM

looks dandy. what did you use for the logos? tremclad, touch up paint?
did you remove the logo first, if so how, and finally did you consider spraying them with a krylon clearcoat for longer life and less touch ups?

I had considered doing the same thing but i couldn't figure out how to get the cap off and didn't feel like scuffing the rims prying away with a screwdriver at 3 am.

sandman August-20th-2002 11:02 PM


Originally posted by mesoh
looks dandy. what did you use for the logos? tremclad, touch up paint?
did you remove the logo first, if so how, and finally did you consider spraying them with a krylon clearcoat for longer life and less touch ups?

I had considered doing the same thing but i couldn't figure out how to get the cap off and didn't feel like scuffing the rims prying away with a screwdriver at 3 am.

Thanks guys!!

Yeah - i just used good ol tremclad rust paint.. I'm a little worried though cuz i'm not entirely sure that the paint has a good hold on the plastic (seeing as it's for metal), so if it peels off next time i take the high pressure wash to it, i'll get some proper plastic paint and re-do them.

Didn't think about spraying clearcoat on but thats a groovy idea.

To take the caps off - take off your wheel, and push it out from behind. Just pops out - no sweat. I just tapped it out with my tire iron.

The real pain in the ASS was masking off the logos to keep paint from getting on them. That was a one night project right there.

Traveler August-20th-2002 11:04 PM

The center caps remove very easily. You remove the rims from the car, and push them out from the inside. If you try to pry them you'll scratch them. They just pop right out if you push them from the backside.

mesoh August-20th-2002 11:23 PM

beauty, i'm a do that ish this weekend, aight bla....

sandman August-21st-2002 01:15 AM


Originally posted by mesoh
beauty, i'm a do that ish this weekend, aight bla....
ENGLISH!!!

mesoh August-21st-2002 01:19 AM

sorry, i got a little over excited. i will take into consideration what i have learned from this topic and undergo this project at later date.

sandman August-21st-2002 01:21 AM


Originally posted by mesoh
sorry, i got a little over excited. i will take into consideration what i have learned from this topic and undergo this project at later date.
Thats better! :D lol

ok.. i'm not 'hip' to this new lingo.. what the hell does aight bla mean??

I know aight is alright...

mesoh August-21st-2002 01:29 AM

ever seen greg the bunny? fox tv show with puppets, eugene levy,seth green and more...?

sandman August-21st-2002 01:30 AM

umm.. no..

mesoh August-21st-2002 01:32 AM

then the aight bla is not likley something that will make much sense to you. sorry

p.s if you get a chance you should watch it it's pretty damn funny

sandman August-21st-2002 09:54 AM


Originally posted by mesoh
then the aight bla is not likley something that will make much sense to you. sorry

p.s if you get a chance you should watch it it's pretty damn funny

If i ever get cable, i'll check it out. For the time being we have peasant-vision and I'll tell ya - i'm not really missing it...

skyhawk174 August-21st-2002 02:00 PM

Re: Sorry SpikeyC! You don't look like me anymore!
 

Originally posted by sandman
Painted my dust shield and wheel caps:

Thanks for the idea on the wheel caps Chris!

No Problem Jason. Gee, now I can't say I'm the only one. Oh well, I'll just have to find something else to do, yeah, like that's going to be hard :D.

Anyway, here is the link to the tread where I posted how I did my centers.

Painting wheel hubs


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