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Old 08-19-2012, 09:25 AM
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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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Old 08-19-2012, 09:28 AM
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Old 08-19-2012, 09:30 AM
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Old 08-19-2012, 09:31 AM
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...

Nice job, looks great! Now about the calipers........
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Old 08-19-2012, 09:52 AM
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Nice job, looks great! Now about the calipers........
They're next. >:]
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Old 08-19-2012, 11:16 AM
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...

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...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!

LOVE IT!!! They look sooo good!! Now I am wonder what they would look like on mine.
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Old 08-19-2012, 12:03 PM
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LOVE IT!!! They look sooo good!! Now I am wonder what they would look like on mine.
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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Old 08-19-2012, 12:30 PM
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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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Old 08-19-2012, 04:19 PM
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I did what I could for it being Jpg format, and not Raw

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Old 08-19-2012, 04:29 PM
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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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Old 08-19-2012, 06:11 PM
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...

You can have those, I'll stick with my STi wheels
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Old 08-19-2012, 07:03 PM
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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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Old 08-19-2012, 08:15 PM
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Re: Repainted my STi wheels...

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You have a nice looking car!

P.S. what color are you going to do the calipers?
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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Old 08-20-2012, 09:09 AM
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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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Old 08-20-2012, 08:16 PM
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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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