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How to not make your own pair of luminous yellow 57D's...

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:59 am
by CodyW
So QC called yesterday and said he was off work and wanted to hang out. This ended up leading up to a quick lunch party with him, myself, Shawn Shawn, and Patrick, followed by a visit to Erin at Sprint where we made fun of redneck people with Nextels. After we got back, Chris noticed a can of hi-liter yellow spray paint I had from a while back and never used and got an idea for his wheels. The goal was to create a nice homemade version of something like the new GramLights 57D's (see below) but it didn't quite work. It was a fun process though, and figured he'd want the pics so here are a few.

This was the goal...
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And here was our process...
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Overall, they came out pretty offensive. The yellow was a pain to spray (really thin and it was prone to cracking after it dried since we had to use so much paint), and to make it worse Chris said that they pretty much fell apart on the way home and now there are huge spots missing. Oh well, it was a fun way to kill some time :). Sorry about the outcome though Chris, haha. I'm down to help again next time though.

Lots more here for those that are bored: http://codywellons.com/photos/2009.05.11/

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:07 am
by PmartyX
THIS

Hot car. Open garage with aero and hot seats.

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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:09 am
by Inappropriate Chris
hahahahaha, totally offensive. I still think it is funny as hell. I get looks anyways, so it doesn't bother me.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:14 am
by CodyW
Yea, I was pleased with the random shot of my car with the fancy stuff in the background :).

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:16 am
by mynameismike
hahahaha. it looked awesome til it turned yellow.


why not try to base coat it with a primer FOERST? maybe a white under it? did you just spray on top of that silver ish? needs to be clear coat and dried before dry spun at 8000 mph on that arby's engine...


nice work! lol

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:16 am
by DopeboyFRESH
CUT THE SPRINGS

the tire stretch in the rear is killin me

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:17 am
by CodyW
They got primered but we used some gray that I had lying around and I think that's what caused the awkward color shift. After we were haflway through we kinda realized white primer would've been a better idea but we were too lazy to start over, haha. Maybe next time :).

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:19 am
by Greg
don't cut your springs, find some used lowering springs if you do anything. cut springs are stupid

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:23 am
by CodyW
I think he actually has lowering springs already, haha. I'm trying to help track down a good deal on coilovers for him soon though, hopefully something will turn up.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:24 am
by Generz
Who needs springs anyways? Take em out!

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:25 am
by mynameismike
Haha nice try. Let me know when you guys do this again...I want to do some SE neon pink wheels for giggles.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:27 am
by CodyW
Haha, sounds good! I'm totally down for another day of wheel ruining sometime soon :).

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:29 am
by mynameismike
Sweet. I wonder if they make glow in the dark clear coat.....

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:30 am
by Greg
quazar311 wrote:Who needs springs anyways? Take em out!
weld in tubing in place of the struts.

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:33 am
by Frosty_SPL
Let them dry FOERST, GAH!

I'm the wheel spraypaint king BTW.