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- Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:36 pm #622 If you're on a budget, this isn't a bad idea!





polished & painted lip


15" 2002 civic steelies, lip is painted silver





polished lip



gold

- Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:08 am #760 hey that actually looks pretty cool!! i never thought about that!!

- Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:17 pm #790 something i was going to try when i was skint but the missus bought me some wheels... she loves me



looks good though, might dig out my steelies and give it ago.

94 civic sedan, got camber?

- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:15 pm #1389 So, do you need the "wheel paint" to paint your steelies or can you just use regular spray paint? Also, how do you get the rims to polish up that well?? I guess you could use a dremel and lots of patience.... I'd actually like to try this.

- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:20 pm #1390 Okay, never mind about the polishing question, I just noticed the thread. My bad..

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- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:41 pm #1391 actually, for painting a colored lip, you could use something like Duplicolor Metalcast paint: http://duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

This will keep the lip looking polished and not flat like if you painted it with normal paint. Even if you want the lips to look like regular polished, still put a coat of clear on them so they don't rust. (bare steel will rust right away)

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- Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:28 am #1948

here's mine!!

mensalmanac

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- Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:37 am #1950 are those 15" steelies? I like that a lot, fills the fender nicely.

- Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:22 am #1952

hey that actually looks pretty cool!! i never thought about that!!

haha yeah i never thought about that either... it does look pretty nice...

- Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:51 am #1954 yeah they are 15 in. steelies. and i put old school chrome trim rings on the wheels.

mensalmanac

- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:58 pm #1977 seen it alot looks sweet on some motors spesh old skl!

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lulz...

- Tue May 13, 2008 2:26 am #54946 wow... these do look good!!

Craig

*looks at hand* so what do you want to do baby

- Tue May 13, 2008 10:39 am #55009

wow... these do look good!!

X2!

I have never seen this done before on steels, looks the bomb. I was thinking of painting a red lip on my Slip's. After I bought them I found out they sell them with red lips, grr.

I need to give this ago

- Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:09 am #85881 painted up my 13 inch steelies white!!