| 01-14-2006, 07:50 AM | #1 |
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I've been working on this over the past few months...haven't had much time to put in. Anyways, I got tired of the white volks and was going to have them powdercoated. I stripped the powdercoat and liked the silver color of the raw aluminum, so I sanded them down smooth and cleared them. All in all, I probably spent 4 hours per wheel stripping/sanding/clearing. It was a PITA. 3 bouts of aircraft stripper and a wire brush, sand with 400 grit, sand with 1000 grit, and 4-5 light coats of clear for protection against oxidation. I think they turned out pretty good. Now I just need to get some new stickers for them.
I also added full amber corners and some 6000k HID's. Got some night pics tonight, I'll try and get some day pics next week.          Comments/feedback welcome....and I know it's dirty!!! |
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| 01-14-2006, 08:25 AM | #2 |
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Very nice pics man, I like the long exposure. How long was the shutter open? What kind of camera also.
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| 01-14-2006, 08:41 AM | #3 |
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Thanks. Camera is a Canon A80, exposure varied from 2-6 sec...I just played around with different exposures and apertures.
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| 01-14-2006, 03:18 PM | #4 |
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Nice, I like the raw material as well.
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| 01-14-2006, 03:42 PM | #5 |
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shibby!!!
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| 01-14-2006, 07:19 PM | #6 |
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Very nice!
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| 01-15-2006, 09:34 AM | #7 |
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me likey!!!
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| 01-16-2006, 04:43 AM | #8 |
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Question, did you take the tires off to do those, i got a set of knock off ssr comps that i'm thinking about doing
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| 01-16-2006, 08:01 AM | #9 |
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Thanks guys. Yeah I had the tires removed, then did all the chemical stripping and sanding, then had the new tires mounted.
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