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04-11-2011, 08:31 AM

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Looks great!

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04-11-2011, 10:22 AM

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looks great!!!!!!

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04-11-2011, 10:38 AM

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WOW what a differance. Love the upgrades. keep the pics coming. Very nice touches.

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04-11-2011, 10:41 AM

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Very nice!

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04-11-2011, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ESEL

Hi..the car looks great!

Did you paint the wheels? Was it a Porsche color or something else?

The wheels were originally silver they way the came when I bought them from veloce. I was on the fence between black and silver centers when I bought them but they were out of black so I set on the silver ones. Then I got bored with them and decided to repaint them myself.

Thanks everyone, glad you like her! More pics to come as I get her ready for Hershey.

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04-11-2011, 01:30 PM

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Can wait to see some more pictures....Looks incredible...Nice job....

How did you paint the centers, if you dont mind mind me asking.....I was thinking of doing the same but paint my centers a dark gray (anthracite color) for my grand prix white Carrera...I just hope it would go with the dark burgundy interior color of my Carrera

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04-11-2011, 04:13 PM

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what are the offsets?
are you using spacers?

looks good.

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04-11-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave White

I want to do those same wheels on my red car, or the Keskins, can't afford the real ones. Got me thinking about the headlight surrounds, maybe I'll consider that as well as one has a dent in it that needs repaired and painted anyhow...

Dave
I am planning on getting some Veloce 18" but can't make my mind up whether to go for the silver or black centres. I have a guards red cabriolet.
If you decide to buy some would you please post some photos.

regards lee

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04-12-2011, 12:26 PM

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Since the wheels are not real 3 piece or 2 piece wheels you have to be very careful with masking tape. I ended up popping out the "rivets" and spent a few hours masking off the outer lip. The hard part is the 3mm ridge that can't be masked off or you will see a sliver of silver around the wheel center. All in all it turned out better than I thought. Painting is 90 % prep work. I cleaned and scuffed the centers with a scotch brite pad and used dupli-color paint prep wipes and tack cloths. After that I hit them up with 3 coats of satin black rustoleum paint. which I have used several times on friends Fuchs wheels.

-Ed

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