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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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I have decided I want to powdercoat my prostars but I'm not sure how that'll look. Will anyone post up pics of cars with prostars on them(really want white but anything should work) and can someone photoshop them to look powdercoated please? I'm also trying to determine how much of the polished lip to leave so opinions will be welcomed and very appreciated as well.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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I'll post some pics for ya in a little bit

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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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Thank you very much! Those look great and so does your car. Is your's powdercoated? You don't have any problems with the lugnuts cracking or scraping off the black do you? HOw much of the lip do you think I should tape off? I was thinking about either tape off entire lip and just PC the "star" part or maybe take off less lip for the front and more on the rear. Any opinions?
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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I myself would just powder coat the inner wheel (star) and leave the rest aluminum. You can get a basic idea what they will look like powder coated this way.


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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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That pic makes me want bogarts lol. Thanks! That was what I was thinking about but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't think it was too much aluminum. I hope you all don't mind if I save these pics to help me decide, I really appreciatethe help and your time. Any others are still welcome......
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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id just do the star 2!!
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For the record that isn't my car in the pics. He is from Ohio and running a turbo and I think he is in the 8s, I don't know if he's a member on here or not. Try searching for a user name Erik@Masport (here is a link to his thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...0&page=1&pp=20) he painted his pro stars a while back. He should be able to answer your questions. A guy named Bain on here also did his black. Here is a link to his thread
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...black+prostars
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:33 AM
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Thanks again everyone. Those links were a big help also Z28/2002. I appreciate all you all's help. I know what I wanna do now. Hopefully I'll be posting pics in the next few weeks.
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