Painted Style 124 new mod...
10-02-2009, 06:27 PM
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So I was cleaning out the garage and getting out my winter rims and figured I wanted something different. So after doing some research I figured that I wanted to get my rims painted black. I know powder coating is the way to go but decided to paint them myself. I did one rim and here is how it came out.....
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I did a lot of prep work and it took almost all day to do one rim. Looking at the finished rim, I felt it needed something else. The time attack theme was a last min thought and threw it on there to see how it would look. What do you guys think? All black or leave the time attack?? I say time attack
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I did a lot of prep work and it took almost all day to do one rim. Looking at the finished rim, I felt it needed something else. The time attack theme was a last min thought and threw it on there to see how it would look. What do you guys think? All black or leave the time attack?? I say time attack
10-02-2009, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by luigi524td' post='1023557' date='Oct 2 2009, 10:31 PM
I'm not much for the black wheel theme but it looks like you did some good solid prep work and got a great looking finish!
Thanks..I used Duplicolor and put about 5 -6 coats of primer,black and clear coat. I also had a halogen lite for the heat/ baking effect. Not sure if it helped but I'm happy with the results so far.
10-02-2009, 08:19 PM
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Looks good! Not sure if I like the red ring though. Post pics of them mounted up on the car...I'm kind of curious as to how black 124's look on a black e60. I've thought about getting mine powder coated gloss black or gloss dark gray
10-02-2009, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ktlocklear' post='1023604' date='Oct 3 2009, 12:19 AM
Looks good! Not sure if I like the red ring though. Post pics of them mounted up on the car...I'm kind of curious as to how black 124's look on a black e60. I've thought about getting mine powder coated gloss black or gloss dark gray
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10-03-2009, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DKNewYork' post='1023822' date='Oct 3 2009, 02:39 PM
Nice. They look amazing. I am going to do the same for my 124's as soon as I get snow tires.
10-03-2009, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bimmer722' post='1023870' date='Oct 3 2009, 11:18 PM
Thanks.. I just finished the other 3 rims and they are now in the process of drying under the halogen lights. I'll post up a few pics later tonight.
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