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Jared
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by Jared » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:27 pm
little help please does anyone know how many cans of paint, primer and laquer i will need to paint my wheels gotta abit of money last night doin taxi services lol so wanna get them done
jimbob
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by jimbob » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:56 pm
noooooooooo
they look awesome in black!!
depending on what color, id say couple cans of each
although i never use primer or laquer!!
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by Marc_EE9 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:03 pm
3 cans of each, and you will properly have a bit left over
(500ml)
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by Rich4thGen » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:49 pm
when i did my wheels i used exactly the amount Marc said - 3 of each. I'd recommend using primer though - gives a good even paint finish and helps mask any little scratches / buff marks
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browndk04
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by browndk04 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:59 am
I used 2 primer, 3 colour and 2 laquer when doing my wheels green. More than a month later and there still looking just like when i did them
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by Optimus » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:08 pm
I'd really like to paint my OZ's white as they'd look much better, but as they're multispoke i really can't be arsed!
Jared
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by Jared » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:28 pm
cheers guys well i got 2 cans of 500ml primer today and i still got like half a can in the garage just gotta get the paint now and laquer
Jared
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by Jared » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:52 pm
jimbob wrote: noooooooooo
they look awesome in black!!
depending on what color, id say couple cans of each
although i never use primer or laquer!!
tell truth m8 im realy sick of black wheels with a polsihed lip see them every were lol and im gonna do them rio red
RDaltron
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by RDaltron » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:31 pm
or do you want to swap them for some black racing "watanabes" when i come down
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Jared
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by Jared » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:37 pm
noo as much as i love watanabes lol i like my BBS just sick of black wheels i wanna stand out lol
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by Marc_EE9 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:37 pm
RDaltron wrote: or do you want to swap them for some black racing "watanabes" when i come down
ooooo... if your selling, i might buy them back!
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by RDaltron » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:41 pm
i'm not selling at the moment, i just really want some dish wheels
mo's axis rims are so tempting and so are your mugen's marc but the bank says differently lol
time i start selling some stuff i think
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by Marc_EE9 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:43 pm
RDaltron wrote: i'm not selling at the moment, i just really want some dish wheels
mo's axis rims are so tempting and so are your mugen's marc but the bank says differently lol
time i start selling some stuff i think
haha fair enough mate
the mugens arent going anywhere fast...
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by RDaltron » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:44 pm
Marc_VT wrote: RDaltron wrote: i'm not selling at the moment, i just really want some dish wheels
mo's axis rims are so tempting and so are your mugen's marc but the bank says differently lol
time i start selling some stuff i think
haha fair enough mate
the mugens arent going anywhere fast...
Dont say that
Last time you did i bought these off you lol
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