BlackTA98 LS1

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I know i know , i'm a poor 17 year old... can't afford no rims. 19 are to big for my taste anyway. Either 17" z06 rims or 17" ws6 02 rims are whats next.

BlackTA98 LS1

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another pic added

LS1POWER98

i dont understand the black rim deal going on latley kinda fugly lol its not for me i gotta have sum CHROME!!! but if you luv it keep it up

BlackTA98 LS1

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I've had black rims on my cars for the past 2 years ...so i'm not doing this by trend.

koolkoreanked

So have I. I love the black look. Even on video games all my cars have black rims or some sort. But when I get my f-body Its going to have nice chrome rims.

superchannelkev

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i've been rockin all black for at least 2 years as well..... nothing new..... i like your new choice of color vs. the gunmetal

BlackTA98 LS1

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Yea, I did like the gunmetal... got old though, i like change.

Like your choice in rim color btw.

BlackTA98 LS1

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Sorry if you dont like it, nobody has the same tastes, get used to it.

superchannelkev

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thank ya!

CompTA

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I prefer a chrome lip myself, but it's your car As said before, I'm sure they look a lot better in person.

yungn

I follow the look you are going after, that looks sweet man. Keep up the good work. I say black out the filler panel and get some blackouts

BlackTA98 LS1

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I like your rims compTA, I do like chrome lips more, but its getting played out right now , so i am going a different route.


Yungn- thanks, good to see that you catch my styyyyyyle

2K2WS6TA

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Looks nice and evil in all black
So how did you paint the rims, any special paint or prep work (thinking of trying it on the WS6 rims)

Firehawk0220

Very sweet looking car.

XxXTransAmXxX

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Looks good buddy I like alot...

JasonWW

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I like the color, but the size isn't very mean. Fatter tires in all black would be a lot better, but hey, you have a budget, I understand.

I'm thinking of painting my TTII 9.5/11" in all black. I think it would look mean. Folks already say my car looks like the batmobile. Here's my photoshop ideas:



The only thing about all black rims is that it might give you a "someone stole my hubcaps" look. So many tuner cars look like that, I think people know that TA's would never use hubcaps, so I'm hoping no one would think that. I've seen all black porsche rims and they look freakin mean, because you know porsche's wouldn't run around with missing hubcaps. I think I would be OK.

Do you have advice on prepping them and the paint to use? How have yours been holding up?

BlackTA98 LS1

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Jason , your t/a look mean as hell!!! Wish i could get rims that wide.

As for the questions on how to paint them, if your starting surface is chrome, sctuff up the surface with some sandpaper , not a lot though . Then primer, paint , clear ... easy as that. I've painted 5 sets of rims, none show any signs of fade.

I use rim paint from advanced/ pep boys, and high gloss engine paint works very well too.

JasonWW

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I'm working with polished aluminum.

Do you have to scuff them up to get good adhesion? I was hoping I could return them to polished later on if I changed my mind. With paint I could strip them with paint remover which is pretty easy compared to powdercoating.

Do you use enamel primer, paint, clear? How many coats of each would you recommend?

BlackTA98 LS1

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Oh with aluminum you wount need to scuff up the surface, just go straight to the primer. I just have sandable primer . I usually do 1 light coat, and two heavy coats, then two coats of clear... I do slack sometimes and do less than that, but they always seem to hold up.

JasonWW

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Thanks, I'm just building up the courage to actually do it. These TTII's aren't exactly cheap, so if i screwed them up, I'd kick myself.

Maybe one of these days, I'll say screw it and just go for it.