Project: b1adeZmobile

anthonyy · 07-11-2012, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Who needs painting/powdercoating when your brake dust color matches with your car? Notice how the front wheels are darker than the rears

We call that "naturally smoked"

b1adesofcha0s · 07-11-2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonyy

We call that "naturally smoked"

b1adesofcha0s · 09-02-2012, 12:48 PM

So Rob and I painted my wheels yesterday. Wasn't the best job, but we did pretty good for a first time DIY. Mother nature gave us a lot of trouble with the high temps, humidity, and wind. Everything was going perfect till we started spraying the paint. It wouldn't go on smoothly and kept bubbling due to temps and humidity. They look good from far away, but not so much from up close. Probably gonna wet sand and refinish them at some point. I kind of wanted a bit darker color for them, which I might try for the refinish. Another thought I had was to try painting the lugs red to match the brakes. What do you guys think?

Glokwork · 09-02-2012, 12:56 PM

Bring on the pics! What paint did you use btw?

b1adesofcha0s · 09-02-2012, 01:17 PM

Edited my last post with the pics. Those are just a couple quick ones I took coming into work. Ill take some more later.

I used VHT wheel paint, but I think you could probably use any kind of paint really.

Glokwork · 09-02-2012, 02:00 PM

The color looks perfect bro! I would probably do black lugs or maybe color match them.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-02-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Glokwork

The color looks perfect bro! I would probably do black lugs or maybe color match them.

It looks a little different in the pics because of the lighting. It looks a little too close to the car color IMO. A want it a bit darker so it has more contrast with the body, sort of like how it looked with the plasti dipped color. I was thinking of maybe doing red lugs to match the brakes. Though I do like how they look as is with the silver center cap.

Red__Zed · 09-02-2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

It looks a little different in the pics because of the lighting. It looks a little too close to the car color IMO. A want it a bit darker so it has more contrast with the body, sort of like how it looked with the plasti dipped color. I was thinking of maybe doing red lugs to match the brakes. Though I do like how they look as is with the silver center cap.

just be aware that you will chip lug nut paint, so pick something that mixes well with silver.

car looks good, btw

b1adesofcha0s · 09-02-2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

just be aware that you will chip lug nut paint, so pick something that mixes well with silver.

car looks good, btw

I'm probably gonna leave it as is. Thanks

Might paint the headlight housing soon if the local headlight painting party goes well. After that I'm thinking sway bars and UpRev tune.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 12:06 AM

Here are some pics of the newly refinished wheels

Red_Z · 09-19-2012, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Here are some pics of the newly refinished wheels

nice~~ how you paint your wheels gunmetal??

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Red_Z

nice~~ how you paint your wheels gunmetal??

I used wheel paint from a spray can. Had to sand the wheels, then primer, paint, and clear coat. The paint didn't go on smoothly the first time because of the high temps/humidity so I had to refinish them. To do that, I wet sanded them and then put on some clear coat again to finish them off.

Here is the paint I used, but I used the graphite color. Got it from Autozone.

TypeOne · 09-19-2012, 10:36 AM

Yea, looks like the paint didn't react well. Car looks good though.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 10:38 AM

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Yea, looks like the paint didn't react well. Car looks good though.

Thanks. I did think about just redoing the paint as well, but couldn't find a better color and didn't have time to do it that same day. It's not perfect, but it still looks good enough for me. You don't really notice anything wrong unless you look at it up close.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-21-2012, 03:38 PM

Updated the first posts to include the painted wheels. Also gonna be painting my headlights tomorrow. Want to black out the housing and do the shrouds in gun metal. Either that or do the shrouds in black too.

09-02-2012, 12:48 PM	#438 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	So Rob and I painted my wheels yesterday. Wasn't the best job, but we did pretty good for a first time DIY. Mother nature gave us a lot of trouble with the high temps, humidity, and wind. Everything was going perfect till we started spraying the paint. It wouldn't go on smoothly and kept bubbling due to temps and humidity. They look good from far away, but not so much from up close. Probably gonna wet sand and refinish them at some point. I kind of wanted a bit darker color for them, which I might try for the refinish. Another thought I had was to try painting the lugs red to match the brakes. What do you guys think? __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 09-02-2012 at 12:58 PM.

09-02-2012, 12:56 PM	#439 (permalink)
Glokwork A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 2,657 Drives: 11 370Z MB 6MT Rep Power: 22	Bring on the pics! What paint did you use btw? __________________ Precision Turbo Tial Turbosmart Fast Intentions Seibon Prosport Advan AD08R HKS Hipermax IV Nismo Evo-R PW:JDM UpRev Pioneer Escort Volk CE28N Top Mount Single Turbo 551whp/482wtq@10psi

09-02-2012, 01:17 PM	#440 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Edited my last post with the pics. Those are just a couple quick ones I took coming into work. Ill take some more later. I used VHT wheel paint, but I think you could probably use any kind of paint really. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

09-02-2012, 02:00 PM	#441 (permalink)
Glokwork A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 2,657 Drives: 11 370Z MB 6MT Rep Power: 22	The color looks perfect bro! I would probably do black lugs or maybe color match them. __________________ Precision Turbo Tial Turbosmart Fast Intentions Seibon Prosport Advan AD08R HKS Hipermax IV Nismo Evo-R PW:JDM UpRev Pioneer Escort Volk CE28N Top Mount Single Turbo 551whp/482wtq@10psi

09-19-2012, 12:06 AM	#445 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Here are some pics of the newly refinished wheels __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 09-19-2012 at 12:08 AM.

09-19-2012, 10:36 AM	#448 (permalink)
TypeOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 2,682 Drives: BSM 370 Rep Power: 1851	Yea, looks like the paint didn't react well. Car looks good though.

09-21-2012, 03:38 PM	#450 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Updated the first posts to include the painted wheels. Also gonna be painting my headlights tomorrow. Want to black out the housing and do the shrouds in gun metal. Either that or do the shrouds in black too. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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