this is probably the 5th set of wheels i paint, and i never sand them. i scuff them up with a 3m red scuff pad. works really well. and the paint is

http://duplicolor.com/products/wheel.html

only problem i ever had was on my old car, i dropped an air gun on my wheel and it chipped. but that's to be expected with a 10-15 lb air gun dropped from 3-4 feet i guess

i would love to slam it. but unfortunately, until i can get a nice coilover setup i gotta be stuck with springs. should look alot better tho, espelir's drop a good amount.
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Any pics of the calipers? Creative taillights.

 

funny i mention it a bunch of times but took no pics. thats the best i have right now, ill take some more later.

 

It looks good. Nıce job !

 

headlight and tailights look good!!!

Black AP2 wheels FTW!

 

Really clean, nice job. I want to paint a set of AP2 wheels for the track. I am the AP1 version of your car...

 

that's a nice color on the wheels.. what is it?

 

It was called 'Black Night Metallic' I believe from Rustoleum. I was going to go flat black, but when i saw the metallic can I had to try it. I did 4 coats flat, 2 metallic, then 2 clear. When the sun hits the wheel it 'sparkles.' You can definitely see the flake; it is pretty cool.

 

it looks really nice. i wanted my brake calipers to come out like my wheels (shiny gloss black) and i wanted the wheels a more satin metallic black...almost gunmetal but i couldnt find the color.

so instead everything came out backwards

 

Those look nice. I am planning on doing my calipers soon and would love to see more pics of how they came out.