I just painted two of my rims gunmetal, and I really like how they look, but haven't put them on yet because it's not dry.



However, I did get a few finger prints on it and also water spots cus it started sprinkling outside. Overall, I like how it looks. I first used a coat of engine enamel in high gloss black, and I wanted to keep it black, but finally decided to go gunmetal. Here is a picture of it when it was black.



I have a few more pictures of the rims and also my exhaust, and some other cars that were at T&L auto body today - the pics are up in the Cars section of http://www.importvenom.com under "Additional Pictures". Thanks Hadesomega for giving me the idea of painting rims. I hope it sticks though. It cost me about twenty dollars total, with 2 cans of Duplicolor Gunmetal (4.79 each) and 1 can of engine enamel 500 degree clear (5 bucks) and 1 can of engine enamel high gloss black (4 bucks). I used a base coat of the engine enamel and also a clear on top of the gunmetal so that hopefully the heat from the brakes won't cause the paint to melt off the wheels. You guys think it will hold?

eclipse804@hotmail.com
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Import Venom - Parts and Performance

Mine has been fine for 2 months so far with no problems but chipping.




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All Motor Beast in need of MAJOR TUNING

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

They look real good. Keep up posted on how they do with daily driving.

Ian | 95 Eclipse RS | icj.eclipse@gateway.net | SoCal 2GNT

marcus, i think your rims would look better white w/your paint job. its your car though,and they look prettytight for a spraypaint job.

good luck




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short ram intake w/custom dual ram air
2.5 catback w/5zigen muff and cherry bomb resonator
front upper and rear upper strut bar
NGK BKR5E-11
8.5 mm magnecores
hurricane gs shiftermod
symborski shifter kit

AFX UDP (sittin in my garage)

hehe cool, painting rims gunmetal gonna be the thing now hehe!! ^_^ I think they looked better gunmetal, they looked more refined than the gloss black hehe. I woulda painted mine flat black if I didn't like how the gunmetal turned out. I'm not worried about mine being chipped or flaking cuz I'd probably just touch it up or repaint it. Haha I don't give a damn how these rims look as long as the paint takes away the ugliness. :P I'll upload a pic of my car in battle style mode later hehe, when I paint my other two battle wheelz.

Looks good man hope it don't chip or nothing on you.


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95' Eclipse RS
AFX Pulley | Autometer Bezel Gauge Holder | Modified A/F Ratio Gauge | B&M Super Oil Cooler | Energy Suspension Shifter Bushings | JAZ Oil Catchcan | 3" Magnaflow Muffler | 3" Car Sound Catalytic Converter | 3" Downpipe-back piping | HKS Air Filter | KYB AGX Shox | Skunk2 Coilovers | FU, RU, RL, and RRE FL Tie/Strut Bars | RS to TSi Rear Disc Mod | RS to TSi upgraded F&R Sway Bar | 97' Spyder Eclipse 5 Spoke Wheels | HKS Standard Blow off Valve | HKS TYPE 1 Turbo Timer | Star Stage 1 T3/T04E BB Turbo Kit | Starion Front Mount Intercooler | Schroth Autocontrol 3-Point Harness | and 1 HiGhLy SkIlLeD DrIvEr! |
Performance b4 Lookz, a car can only be as fast as it's driver! ^_^

Ya I have always really wanted white rims, but thought it might look ugly with spray paint because it's hard to get a smooth even coat. If the gunmetal doesn't last, or I get sick of it, I will paint it white with engine enamel only so it will resist the heat for sure...

eclipse804@hotmail.com
http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

I really like that! I have some 16's that looks like this



But they are silver right now......I think gun-metal is the shit. I've been working on painting mine. I'm keeping the lip silver like the Tenzos in the pic. I'll post when I get it done!

Logic3
-1999 RS NSW
-logic3@webspawner.com
-Clean as Hell and No Rice
http://www.geocities.com/project2gnt

Whoa haha what's up with the wingman? :)


http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292327299
Grrr it's gonna eat you up!
___________________
95' Eclipse RS
AFX Pulley | Autometer Bezel Gauge Holder | Modified A/F Ratio Gauge | B&M Super Oil Cooler | Energy Suspension Shifter Bushings | JAZ Oil Catchcan | 3" Magnaflow Muffler | 3" Car Sound Catalytic Converter | 3" Downpipe-back piping | HKS Air Filter | KYB AGX Shox | Skunk2 Coilovers | FU, RU, RL, and RRE FL Tie/Strut Bars | RS to TSi Rear Disc Mod | RS to TSi upgraded F&R Sway Bar | 97' Spyder Eclipse 5 Spoke Wheels | Gunmetal Battle Style Wheels- 2 95' TSi and 2 92' GSX | HKS Standard Blow off Valve | HKS TYPE 1 Turbo Timer | Star Stage 1 T3/T04E BB Turbo Kit | Starion Front Mount Intercooler | Schroth Autocontrol 3-Point Harness | and 1 HiGhLy SkIlLeD DrIvEr! |
Performance b4 Lookz, a car can only be as fast as it's driver! ^_^

I dunno...its kinda retarted though. Other wise that S2000 is pretty sweet.

Logic3
-1999 RS NSW
-logic3@webspawner.com
-Clean as Hell and No Rice
http://www.geocities.com/project2gnt

LAST EDITED ON 11-Nov-01 AT 05:28 PM (PST)

DOH double post

I cant see the pics, I did the right click thing and even went to the site, but none of the additional pics are showing.

-Toney
'97 RS 5 Speed
GST exhaust | custom cold air intake | axxis pads | Hurricane_GS shifter | Progress Springs | Rockford Fosgate MP3 Player & Speakers
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Sorry, I hit the space limit on the site. I am trying to figure something out right now. Can anyone host about 6 mb of event pictures?

eclipse804@hotmail.com
http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

I can host dem pics

Logic3
-1999 RS NSW
-logic3@webspawner.com
-Clean as Hell and No Rice
http://www.geocities.com/project2gnt

Thanks Logic, but do you have a host that will not display any ads? I wish I had my own IP address because I'm on a T1 but it's behind a firewall so I can't host anything on my own computer...

eclipse804@hotmail.com
http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

I'm not sure what you mean by ads....I use Imagestation if that helps.

If you mean the Importvenom on your pic that won't be a problem.

Logic3
-1999 RS NSW
-logic3@webspawner.com
-Clean as Hell and No Rice
http://www.geocities.com/project2gnt

Oh thanks, but I actually need html hosting. Like how I have the Hot IMport Daze pictures with thumbnails, and then if you click the picture, it opens up another page with the image larger. By no ads, I mean no popup or banner ads from the hosting company...thanks, hopefully someone will be able to host some event pics or I'll have to take them down..

eclipse804@hotmail.com
http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

Oh ok. Just tryin to help :P

Logic3
-1999 RS NSW
-logic3@webspawner.com
-Clean as Hell and No Rice
http://www.geocities.com/project2gnt

I can give you unlimited space (within reason) for a good deal on some coilovers, adjustable struts, and a camber kit!





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Hey, are you hosting your own site? Or what company would the hosting be with? Email me at eclipse804@hotmail.com. You think you can host 300 mb? Or is that too much? I need at least 100 mb, and no ads whatsoever. Thanks.

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http://www.importvenom.com
Import Venom - Parts and Performance

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