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Gram Lights 57s TA !!! DIY Painted Rims

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69K views 246 replies 131 participants last post by  jrmarfil1990  
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Well boys and girls I just had to take my car to another level...

before i even go on to the pics i have to thank...
Bear - bizzybearfigiblue
Hugo - civic1217(i think)
and myself :thumb:

All pics are with without the rims completely done...ie. wet, drying, etc etc...
i'll take pics of the final stuff and on the car when it's all done and dry.

now to the pics... So this is what they started out as...
Bronze Gram Lights 57s 18x7.5

cleaning the rims with soap and water
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Hugo, Bear, Sickyute
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what was used to scuff them up slightly
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scuffing them up
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On the way to becoming TAs....

Primed and painted red. white primer used to make the red POP
Bear doing the red.
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the red foot bandits
notice how the red lip is masked out now.
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red being baked!!
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out the oven and black all over
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peeling away the mask..
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mask peeled off but wet
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Bear's about to bake the cake after i prepared it :thumb:
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The finished product with the rays silver cap...
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the finished product with the painted black cap :thumb:
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The finished products ... still not dry...
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So... in all it took about 5 hours...

1. clean the rims with soap and water
2. scuff them up nicely
3. wash them off
4. dry them up real good
5. primed so that the red pops
6. painted red lip
7. baked 10 mins on 300 degrees for each rim... higher temp cuz oven couldn't close....closed oven would be about 200 degrees and same time
8. cool down period about 20mins in 70 degree weather
9. masked the lip off
10. painted rims black .... 3 coats
11. baked in over 10 mins on 300 degrees
12. cooling down right now :eek:mg: :eek:mg: :eek:mg: :eek:mg:

i'm still not done with it yet...little details to be done by hand and a nice brush to come .... hmmmmmmm :popcorn: :thumb:

thanks to hugo for a helping hand in the cleaning and so on...
thanks to bear for masking and red lip and staying a while to get it done.
thanks to myself for black portion and vision to make this possible.
thanks to honda for providing my canvas :laughing: :laughing:

Thanks to bear...
+ hugo for helping...

Rims of pics on car after a week...that is after i let them cure nicely!!!


PS: i don't want to hear shiznit about buying some real Time Attacks... these are "MY" Time Attacks... the first and probably not the last of it's kind... i found the te37 too boring and the other one too crazy... the 57s was perfect i thought... No better way for me than a DIY... very custom. :thumb:

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#4 ·
I know i was late to start the process but we got the job done and i really like the way they came out. Thanx marvie for tellin ppl to +Rep me i am kinda low. and like he said this is the first of many things going on down here in S.FLA.
 
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Lobos8403 said:
Good job man, they look great.. Looking forward to seeing them in person @ the next S.FLA meet. How much did the rims run you?
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800 dollar rims :D ... thanks to a member on here... Htech17 .... he's near me so i just picked them up :D
the DIY and result is priceless !!
 
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JeShUa said:
Ha,, the overall paint job looks getto as heck,, but I'm sure it'll look super clean on your car,,, I should get some rep for the first photoshop :],, but yeah,, lets see some pics on your car :]

Bear is a big silly,, lol,,
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of course it's all ghetto, that's how i make a living...lol if we would've had a shop would it still be ghetto looking?
 
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