Project: b1adeZmobile

b1adesofcha0s · 09-18-2012, 11:06 PM

Here are some pics of the newly refinished wheels

Red_Z · 09-19-2012, 12:29 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, 08:23 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, 09:36 AM

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

b1adesofcha0s · 09-19-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TypeOne

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, 02:38 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.

b1adesofcha0s · 09-25-2012, 10:42 AM

Got my headlights painted this past Saturday. Did the housing in black and the shrouds in a light gun metal. The color of the shrouds ended up lighter than the car's color (I wanted it to be darker), but it still looks good. Had an incident with one of the lights where the lens was melted in the oven. At this point I'm just gonna leave it as is, but I might buy a used headlight later down the road to swap out the lens.

Glokwork · 10-17-2012, 10:19 PM

Wow that color combo looks awesome buddy well done

LakeShow · 10-17-2012, 10:39 PM

Headlights are sick!

Mr&Mrs · 10-17-2012, 11:10 PM

Well those look awesome, wow!

b1adesofcha0s · 10-18-2012, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Glokwork

Wow that color combo looks awesome buddy well done

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Originally Posted by LakeShow

Headlights are sick!

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Originally Posted by Mr&Mrs

Well those look awesome, wow!

Thanks guys

birdmanx1 · 10-18-2012, 12:06 PM

I like it Patriots Beooooooooooooooootch!!

b1adesofcha0s · 10-18-2012, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by birdmanx1

I like it Patriots Beooooooooooooooootch!!

shadoquad · 10-18-2012, 12:34 PM

Bill Belichik likes this.

b1adesofcha0s · 12-04-2012, 08:40 AM

Just ordered some Eibach sway bars. Hoping to get them this week and install them this weekend.

09-18-2012, 11:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	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; 09-18-2012 at 11:08 PM.

09-21-2012, 02:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	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

09-25-2012, 10:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Got my headlights painted this past Saturday. Did the housing in black and the shrouds in a light gun metal. The color of the shrouds ended up lighter than the car's color (I wanted it to be darker), but it still looks good. Had an incident with one of the lights where the lens was melted in the oven. At this point I'm just gonna leave it as is, but I might buy a used headlight later down the road to swap out the lens. Mr&Mrs likes this. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

10-17-2012, 10:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Glokwork A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 2,657 Drives: 11 370Z MB 6MT Rep Power: 23	Wow that color combo looks awesome buddy well done b1adesofcha0s likes this. __________________ 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

10-17-2012, 10:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
LakeShow A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: L.I., NY Posts: 5,307 Drives: Everything Rep Power: 26	Headlights are sick! b1adesofcha0s likes this. __________________ \|2013 Audi S4\|Ibis White/Black\|S-Tronic P+\| \|2013 370z\|PearlWhite/Persimmon\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|F.I. CBE 18" CF\| \|Sold\|2011 370z\|Gun Metallic\|Touring/Sport/Nav\|

09-19-2012, 09:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
TypeOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 2,682 Drives: BSM 370 Rep Power: 1852	Yea, looks like the paint didn't react well. Car looks good though.

10-17-2012, 11:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mr&Mrs A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,207 Drives: RZ34 Rep Power: 31941	Well those look awesome, wow! b1adesofcha0s likes this. __________________ Project Z <--Click - Check out the link too many mods to list!

10-18-2012, 12:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
birdmanx1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 96 Posts: 3,175 Drives: 370z Nismo Rep Power: 25	I like it Patriots Beooooooooooooooootch!! b1adesofcha0s likes this. __________________ 370Z NISMO #0462 \| ClearBra \| 3M tint \| Head/Taillights \| Dynamat \| Black Roof \| Tommy Kaira HB \| CF Parts \| Berk HFCs \| FI SS \| NST Pulleys \| Takeda aFe \| K&N \| H&R Spacers \| Swift Spec R \| SPC F&R \| Zuperman M370 Nismo Vid \| Nismo Journal \| Nismo Rumble

10-18-2012, 12:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3887	Bill Belichik likes this. birdmanx1 and b1adesofcha0s like this.

12-04-2012, 08:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Just ordered some Eibach sway bars. Hoping to get them this week and install them this weekend. Mr&Mrs likes this. __________________ 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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