Im a whore...

[Ben Carufel]

oh and Ed, that M coupe "tennis shoe" car is just simply amazing looking. Thanks for the pics...

Clown shoe, not tennis shoe!

[8atman]

Clown shoe, not tennis shoe!

haha yeah that is one bad ass clown shoe.

[8atman]

Good point. Maybe try painting them then...

yeah I am a baller on a budget haha. I have access to a spray gun and with the right prep and a high quality paint with a decent amount of clear and a wet sand I cant see how they wont look good :)

[.Tom.]

I think Ive seen your car before on the 15 freeway
looks pretty smooth

[8atman]

I think Ive seen your car before on the 15 freeway
looks pretty smooth

HAHA hell yeah honk and say what up...

[Rathbone]

I may be the only one, but I wouldn't change a thing. There's just enough chrome on the car to brighten it up. It's done - go work on the next one.

[8atman]

thanks, I was torn for a moment there but I think that Im gonna for sure paint them black :evil: there are a lot of people buying these rims and I would rather be different plus all black rims take the cake for me :).

[32.5i]

my girl says she saw a "red e30 that looked lowered" today in san marcos

me: did it have shiny wheels?
her: i dont know...
me: HOW the!?! thats the first thing i would notice!!

i said it was probably you

[.Tom.]

HAHA hell yeah honk and say what up...

I would of but i was in my m3 and didnt want you to think what does this e46 dork want

[8atman]

my girl says she saw a "red e30 that looked lowered" today in san marcos

me: did it have shiny wheels?
her: i dont know...
me: HOW the!?! thats the first thing i would notice!!

i said it was probably you

HAHA hell yeah, peeps be lookin lol. The rims wont be shinny for long!!! I will see you at the wed meet in a few weeks :).

[8atman]

I would of but i was in my m3 and didnt want you to think what does this e46 dork want

HAHA, I would probably look in your direction with a WTF look on my face then see its an m3 then smile and throw a thumbs up :). I love m3's. Honk and throw me the finger next time then I will for sure know it is you and I will do as planed hahaha.

[8atman]

An update...

Painted the rims :) extra super glossssssss. Big thanks to my buddy Nate and Trent at www.endurapaint.com for all the help and the great price on paint, you guys ROCK!!! We cought a nasty case of orange peel the first run so we let it sit for a few days and brought it back down with some 400 grit and turned out 2nd try was a charm. Sorry for the crappy phone pics.


sanded down after the first coat due to orange peel, sucks not having a booth

crappy pic but just a shot of the rims all together...

The paint is just amazing, really deep dark gloss black.

An up close shot of the gloss and to give you an idea of the finish we got. Looks almost power coated, not bad for to guys who have never painted rims :) DIY for life.


They look awesome :) The paint I used was a really heavy duty enamel which took 7 days to cure!!! Glad I waited to pick up tires for them as I just sunk $400 into maintenance and some other little needed goodies. I am now broke but will have these mounted and have some photos in a month or so. Got to get paid...

Ash-

oh and I will be using this tape...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kawasaki-Wheel-Rim-Tape-Decal-Sticker-Stripes-Striping_W0QQitemZ330153197010QQihZ014QQcategoryZ29705QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

on the outer lip to match the theme and the paint color. I cant wait to pull the 15's off and get the shadowline done with the all black 3inch dish :)

All said and done it will look like this but with 16's :) so just a little less fender gap...

[trent]

Bump For Great Lookin Wheels

[8atman]

bump for my boy TRENT!!!! hahah thx homie :)

Ash-

[JasonC]

Cool, are you going to put the bolts back in or leave them out?