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Old 10-16-2012, 10:04 AM
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When did u peel off the tape? Like 10 mins after spraying or did u let it dry completely before u peeled it off?
Old 10-18-2012, 07:37 PM
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Painted my rims two tone-image-3998418881.jpg

My rims are like a a plastic type chrome not powder coated would I still be able to paint them ad did you sand your rims at all
Old 10-19-2012, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon Perkins
I did my rims a few months back and they still look like they did the day I painted them, I used satin black rustoleom
Did you use any clear coat? Did you sand it or just clean it?
Looks great btw. (I have the same wheels)
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I have the same wheels. I plan on masking off a nice lip then painting the rest black. Yours looks good!
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Originally Posted by JarreT329
When did u peel off the tape? Like 10 mins after spraying or did u let it dry completely before u peeled it off?
yea i waited like ten min to take the tape off just have to be very carefull u dont start pulling the paint off
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update when i did them and got the tape off i sprayed clear coat on the whole rim and now on the alummium it stating to look dull and crapy so dont clear over the alummium!!!! so today i tried to get it off with some aircraft paint striper and f@#ked up the paint so have to re tape and paint the rim guess going to redo them all one by one
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I just cleaned mine really good and then taped an painted them. No clear coat. It's a nice look for less than $6
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looks good



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