My Car and my DIY Rim painting

NeighbourFromTheNorth · 09-23-2005, 06:59 PM

My 2002 Mazda Protege ES Before

I did a little work to the stock rims and painted them gunmetal but I left the center cap and lip silver. I think they turned out great for $25 worth of paint and a little hardwork.

Here is a pic of my Protege with my Civic in the background ... unfortunately I don't have any other pics because I bought the Civic and had it for 1.5 months before my girlfriend wrote it off when she T-Boned a Jeep Cheroke on the freeway. It was only a 2000 SE but it was awesome. I'm waiting to get the 8th generation Civic to replace it. My girlfriend and I have been managing with one car since July. Now if only I could convice her that we need the SI coupe!!

Hope you like the pics!

Cheers,
Ron

Scourge · 09-23-2005, 10:51 PM

How did you leave the lip silver? Did you mask it? Or is it a two-piece wheel? Good job by the way.

NeighbourFromTheNorth · 09-24-2005, 03:44 AM

thanks for the compliment

i used wax rope and pushed it into the corner of the lip ... tape was too difficult to keep a good line. The rims are the stock Protege rims so they're one piece

Si-aficionado · 09-24-2005, 12:08 PM

Looks good.

abmerop18 · 09-25-2005, 11:04 PM

you should get the racing hart rims that come on the mazdaspeed protege

NeighbourFromTheNorth · 09-26-2005, 04:05 PM

i'd like to get the Mazdaspeed rims but they are in high demand here in Canada. They sell for over a thousand bucks.

09-23-2005, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
NeighbourFromTheNorth Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 28 Posts: 14 iTrader: 0 / 0%	My Car and my DIY Rim painting My 2002 Mazda Protege ES Before I did a little work to the stock rims and painted them gunmetal but I left the center cap and lip silver. I think they turned out great for $25 worth of paint and a little hardwork. Here is a pic of my Protege with my Civic in the background ... unfortunately I don't have any other pics because I bought the Civic and had it for 1.5 months before my girlfriend wrote it off when she T-Boned a Jeep Cheroke on the freeway. It was only a 2000 SE but it was awesome. I'm waiting to get the 8th generation Civic to replace it. My girlfriend and I have been managing with one car since July. Now if only I could convice her that we need the SI coupe!! Hope you like the pics! Cheers, Ron

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09-23-2005, 10:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scourge Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 316 iTrader: 0 / 0%	How did you leave the lip silver? Did you mask it? Or is it a two-piece wheel? Good job by the way.

09-24-2005, 03:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
NeighbourFromTheNorth Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 28 Posts: 14 iTrader: 0 / 0%	thanks for the compliment i used wax rope and pushed it into the corner of the lip ... tape was too difficult to keep a good line. The rims are the stock Protege rims so they're one piece

09-24-2005, 12:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Si-aficionado Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,331 iTrader: 5 / 100%	Looks good.

09-25-2005, 11:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
abmerop18 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oxford, OH Age: 23 Posts: 27 iTrader: 0 / 0%	you should get the racing hart rims that come on the mazdaspeed protege

09-26-2005, 04:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
NeighbourFromTheNorth Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 28 Posts: 14 iTrader: 0 / 0%	i'd like to get the Mazdaspeed rims but they are in high demand here in Canada. They sell for over a thousand bucks.