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Repainted my STi wheels...
I started to hate the matte grey color that the previous owner of these wheels had painted...
...so I decided to paint them something new. After debate and a bunch of photoshopping, I decided on gloss black with a thin red stripe to match my pinstripe. They came out awesome. Sanding them was the biggest PITA I've ever experienced, but it was well worth it in the end. The pictures can talk now, enjoy!
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. Last edited by B 4 You; 08-19-2012 at 09:35 AM. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
From Instagram:
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Nice job, looks great! Now about the calipers........
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Father of 5 sons and 1 daughter Subaru SVX for fun Hyundai Veracruz for the wife. Susuki SX4 for my older son Ford Ranger for work Mercedes Benz Sprinter for vacation trips, EZ GO Golf cart for driving kids around gated community. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
They're next. >:]
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
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1992 LSL ebony pearl 170k - Thank you Ron Mummert Reading Box of Wine Car ----------------------------------- 1992 SVX LSL 5-Speed Sold at 180K 2019 1995 SVX Lsi Polo Sold at 118K 2007 |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Those tiny red lips add so much. But I can tell you they were such a pain to get right. But it was worth it. Photo shop them onto your car! Add different color lips. A gold lip might work
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Can you send me the RAW file of this? PM me if you can. I'd like to play around with it. (I like the picture itself, but way over saturated)
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
I did what I could for it being Jpg format, and not Raw
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Very nice! look at these similar aftermarket 18's on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-Pontiac-G...855faf&vxp=mtr
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
You can have those, I'll stick with my STi wheels
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
You have a nice looking car!
P.S. what color are you going to do the calipers?
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Glen SOLD - 1992 LSL 180K #8588 with svxfiles' all aluminum radiator; Wolf's head synthetic ATF in tranny and power steering; lighted power mode switch; Mobil 1 10W30 motor oil with Bosch 72158 filter; ACDelco A975C air filter; Valvoline synthetic 75W-90 gear oil, Optima BlueTop battery 2002 F550 74K SOLD - 2000 F450 215K 1987 BMW 535i 209K 1999 Yamaha SRX 700 Last edited by SVX8588; 08-19-2012 at 07:05 PM. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Thank you! And I'm doing either red or black. I think black. I don't know if they would look good in red because of that stripe... the stripe's whole goal in life is to subtly accent the wheels, and I think red calipers would defeat that. Same with red lug nuts. I had them red first, but it looked like rice cakes.
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1992 Pearl White LS Owned since 2009 175k Miles STi Airlift Performance air suspension 2005 WRX manual swap Rear wheel drive K-Staff front bumper Delta Speed side skirts JDM clear corners Smallcar grille Subaru XT steering wheel Subaru XT shift knob First bagged SVX in the world Worlds first SVX on air suspension. Custom made (by myself) spare tire subwoofer. |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
You could also put those ricer lights on the valve stem caps that would give the same effect when driving
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1995 POLO LSI 76K MILES SOLD |
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...
Is the pinstripe on your car black and red too? Man those look great. Good job.
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-Brian Current fleet: 89 D21 2wd 91 XT6 93 D21 4wd 95 SVX LSi 02 Windstar Sport 03 CL500 03 Avalanche NF 07 RDX 08 Outback 10 Outback 10 Murano 12 Accent 15 STi |
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