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09-14-2007, 10:05 AM
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Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Hey Guys,
Did my wheels yesterday, and they came out GREAT if I do say so myself. I took pics as I went, and made it into a power point show, ok I found a file hosting service, so here is a link to the power point, sorry its a "free" hosting site, so it takes a little bit, if the link doesnt work email me and ill send it to you:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9vk21kyb5kc
Chris
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09-14-2007, 03:50 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Looks great!! pm sent.
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09-14-2007, 08:14 PM
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Great powerpoint! Thanks again!
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09-14-2007, 08:43 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Great job on the .pps
Thanks for taking time to put that together!
I like the blacked out look.
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09-14-2007, 10:41 PM
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Looks like Herman Munsters new ride!
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09-16-2007, 05:27 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
you need some toyos and it will look awesome.
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09-16-2007, 07:04 PM
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you need some toyos and it will look awesome.
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LOL Im either gonna go with the TOYO's or the Mickey Thompson Baja's, probably with Tax money.
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09-17-2007, 08:26 AM
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Looks very nice. I'm just curious why you removed the clear coat. Did you use the same spray on material for the grill and emblems, and if so, how is it holding up.
I'm planning on doing mine before to long and had used engine enamel on other vehicles in the past and was planning on doing the same on the 3. I may go this route if it is durable. I've never had any problems with the engine enamel.
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Looks very nice. I'm just curious why you removed the clear coat. Did you use the same spray on material for the grill and emblems, and if so, how is it holding up.
I'm planning on doing mine before to long and had used engine enamel on other vehicles in the past and was planning on doing the same on the 3. I may go this route if it is durable. I've never had any problems with the engine enamel.
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I did it to make sure I had a clean rough surface to work with, under the clear coat the aluminum is nice and rough and makes a good surface to work with, I only did the grill a couple of days ago, and seems to be holding up well, Also this stuff works well because you dont have to worry about streaks or pooling, it goes in with that nice textured finish, I like the semigloss contrast to the high gloss paint.
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09-18-2007, 01:21 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Lookin good
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10-31-2007, 09:02 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Great post, Wheels look great!!! One question, can you perform this process on the stock chrome wheels. I am in the process of either buying aftermarket, powder coating or trying your do-it-yourself method. Thanx for the info.
Also, what is the deal with using bed liner? I have never heard of this before. I started to check out the hummer forums and I have seen it mentioned a few times. Is it just more rugged and durable as opposed to paint? thanx
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
smile so we can see ya Nice truck
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10-31-2007, 09:27 PM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
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Great post, Wheels look great!!! One question, can you perform this process on the stock chrome wheels. I am in the process of either buying aftermarket, powder coating or trying your do-it-yourself method. Thanx for the info.
Also, what is the deal with using bed liner? I have never heard of this before. I started to check out the hummer forums and I have seen it mentioned a few times. Is it just more rugged and durable as opposed to paint? thanx
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Nothing is gonna really bite into (etch) into the chrome, so you would need to start out with non-chrome wheels to make it worth your money
If your dead set on chrome, then you should have them chemically dipped to remove the chrome, sandblasting wont do it.
Using Line-x or Rhino coat, (Bedliner spray) is only temporary as well and will turn whitish in color in due time. If your shop doing the spray coat is any good, they will want your parts to be blasted and primer ready before they apply theyre warranted material.
If your Rig is strictly for getting dirty and not a dual purpose rig, then anything you do will be fine, but if your trying to impress the ladies, do it right.
Powder coat would be your longest lasting, and most bang for your buck method, they will media blast your rims before they powder coat, dont start with chrome rims, they wont powder coat and they cant blast them off.
Good Luck
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Hucky,
Thanx for the info. It is not that I am "dead set" on chrome wheels. I have chrome wheels that I want to black out. That is why I was asking if this process would work on chrome wheels. Anyway, I called a professional powder coating place today to get a quote for the wheels. They have not called back yet, but I think this (the powder coating) is the option I may go with.
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10-31-2007, 10:35 PM
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Hucky,
Thanx for the info. It is not that I am "dead set" on chrome wheels. I have chrome wheels that I want to black out. That is why I was asking if this process would work on chrome wheels. Anyway, I called a professional powder coating place today to get a quote for the wheels. They have not called back yet, but I think this (the powder coating) is the option I may go with.
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Dead Set, I was trying to say, "that if your dead set on using" your existing chrome wheels its gonna be more hassles, time and money than starting out with a set of factory painted wheels, thats all.
Keep up on the powder coat guys, they are pains in the ass and get that quote in writing, Its not like they went to college to start a powder coat business
They also have Textured type powder coating, giving you the look of a Line X or Rhino coat spray look?
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10-31-2007, 11:16 PM
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Nice job. I was lazy...I just took off the wheels, scuffed them hard with a scotch brite pad (one per wheel), painted them w/ three coats 5 min between coats. I just let the overspray get on the tires. One trip off road and the overspray is gone, plus you couldnt even see it when it was there.
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10-31-2007, 11:19 PM
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Nice job. I was lazy...I just took off the wheels, scuffed them hard with a scotch brite pad (one per wheel), painted them w/ three coats 5 min between coats. I just let the overspray get on the tires. One trip off road and the overspray is gone, plus you couldnt even see it when it was there.
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11-14-2007, 01:18 AM
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Re: Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.
Hey guys been a couple of months since I did this, and happy to say the bedliner is holding up well, no fading and a couple of trail dings, which I was able to cover pretty easily, I think I will do the powder coat route eventually, just a hassle since I have to put it up on blocks and rent a car for a few days. Ill probably wait till I get it lifted and leveled and have the 35's put on it and just do all that stuff at once, so im saving my nickels, but this is working fine for the time being.
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