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I did some shopping today. Landed the deal of deals!

17" SE-R rims with 215/45ZR17 BFG g-Force tires, for $400! They all got curb rash and scuffs but I'm gonna get them powder coated. Dunno whether to do gloss white or matte bronze.

Then I upgraded to a new 12" Audiobahn sub and bandpass box for $40. Hits hard and smooth.

 

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I just called a powder coat company, they can do white gloss for $25 a rim and matte bronze for $75 a rim. I'll decide later on what to do.

 

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thats a good price for the white. Kinda of steep for the bronze. Thats why i decided to do them myself probably will come out sloppy but ill try if not i can always pay some one to fix my mistakes.

I spray canned my rims for my civic too, I used the Duplicolor 3 Step kit, primer, base, and clear.

Paint stripped them and wire brushed the curb rash.

Then 2 coats of black primer, 3 coats of bronze base, and 2 coats of clear.

Final product

 

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Bronze turned out great! Again again! Try another shade just to be different

Bronze is different. There's too many gunmetal, metallic black, satin black, gloss black, matte black, black with chrome lips or red stripes, etc. rims out there it becomes bland.

 

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Nice deals. How about satin white on the SE-Rs?

I like the gloss white more since it'll be easier to clean. But still undecided.

 

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that came up really nice did you have to wet sand ?

Not at all, once i was at the bare metal, I dry sanded while increasing the grits. I started with 40, 80, 200, 400, 800, 1000. Once the primer coats go on, it smooths out.

 

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hey good deal on the wheels and the sub!

Thanks! Spec-V rims and 12" Audiobahn sub are hard to come by.

 

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I know that's right. Been looking for SE-R rims locally here and nothing. Subs look nice too, hope theysound as good as thry look.

The sub is great, I turned the port towards the seat and dropped the 40 side forward, lets the bass fill the cabin.

 

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I'm taking the wheels to work on Wednesday, gonna remove the tires so I can strip the paint off the rims. They're gonna be painted bronze. Gonna update this thread with step by step.

 

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UPDATE!

Brought my wheels to work.

Dismounted all of them.

Tough ass reinforced 45 series sidewalls!

Ready for paint stripping.

I did a balance check with the rims alone. Only 1 that's off by 2oz, the rest are within 1oz. More to come.

 

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hey good pics!!!

Thanks, I'll be shooting with my DSLR when I start painting.

 

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2012 Season Prep

Got my wheels powdercoated and tires mounted yesterday

Gonna install the new struts, shocks and pads next weekend

 

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Thanks! Ill have everything on by the end of the month. Im hoping to find the 04-06 Spec V rims for winter.

 

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Matte gunmetal.

 

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What's the name of the wreckers? Hope they're cheap, most likely they're bent from a wrecked sentra.

 

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Nice find! Hope they're lighter than my wheels, they're 22lbs each, then the 23lbs a tire :/

 

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I painted the center console, dash, and steering wheel with red Plasti Dip. Gonna finish the driver side vent tonight.

 

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looks great keep it up you doing the door trim as well?

Yes Ill get the door trim painted when I get new speakers later on.

Love it. I almost went with the plasti-dip route, but thought painting it would look nicer. (its cheaper too) I cant find plasti-dip local, so i'd have to order it for $12 a can

Up here its $15 a can :S I got a deal on mine though $13.50 each when I bought 6.

Looks great Aaron!

Thanks Ashley! I work at 4 BTW on Mon.

Looks good man! Did you remove the pieces to paint them?

Yes I pried out the center console and dash. For the steering wheel and pass side dash, I painted them from inside the car lol. Took a lot of masking but came out good. About 3 coats.

lookin slick Aaron! pretty damn good job!

btw where did you get your plasti-dip? did you order it or did you find it at like home depot or something?

Thanks Matt, I bought the PD at Performance Improvements. The closest one to you would be in Oshawa. For the 6pk deal came to $91.50 with tax.

 

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Spring Pix

I finally got time to shoot!

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Night Shots