First pics since i painted the wheels (Impreza v Evo)

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01 June 2008, 02:23 PM

mystic_magic

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First pics since i painted the wheels (Impreza v Evo)

New front spitter, new paint on wheels.

2 guys, semi shiney cars.. with time to kill.

Millions more can be found here

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Impreza V Evo - a set on Flickr

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01 June 2008, 02:50 PM

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very nice how did u go about doing the alloys?

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01 June 2008, 02:52 PM

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Beautiful

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01 June 2008, 02:53 PM

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very nice how did u go about doing the alloys?

Like this

New wheel colour + splitter - a set on Flickr

lol

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01 June 2008, 04:50 PM

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01 June 2008, 08:25 PM

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2 very nice cars

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01 June 2008, 09:25 PM

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How did you keep the colour of the car but turn everything else black?? I want some pics of mine like that to frame.

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01 June 2008, 09:30 PM

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In photoshop or alike, select the whole car n copy/paste to a new layer. On original layer turn it to B&W

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01 June 2008, 09:57 PM

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Yup, its called desaturation.

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02 June 2008, 11:23 PM

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love it....whats the tech name for the black paint you used on the wheels????looks the business...great job...

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02 June 2008, 11:40 PM

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Check this pic, its not black. very dark metallic grey

Flickr Photo Download: 26052008437

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03 June 2008, 10:51 AM

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That looks great mate, I love it! So much so its back on the list of things to do for me, and I had just come round to the gold

Is it me or does the new colour really bring out the Brembos?

Great pictures and the Evo is not bad either

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07 June 2008, 12:26 AM

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Yeah it really does show of the brakes, another good reason to do it. Whole car looks a bit more bad *** i think lol

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07 June 2008, 10:14 AM

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I want to paint mine but will they not flake off or damage easy?
What method did you use? Primer then pain then laquer? How many coats?

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07 June 2008, 10:27 AM

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They were paint stripped and shot blasted.

Then etching primer. 1 x 500ml can

Then filler primer. 3 x 500ml can

Then top coats. 4 x 400ml can

Then laquer. 2 x 5/600ml can

All left a day between primer/ top/ laquer coats.

I have a step by step guide if anyone wants me to email them it, i got it off another forum ages ago. PM me email addys.

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