Did some painting this weekend

"NaturallyAspirated" (NaturallyAspirated) 10/28/2013 at 12:51 • Filed to: paintlopnik, subarulopnik

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I painted one of my wheels per MonkeyPuzzle's suggestions. Despite my laziness on the sanding front, it turned out pretty well. I gave it two coats of self-etching primer, one coat of filler primer, and three coats of metallic flake wheel paint.

I also hit the front bumper's unpainted area with some specialized plastic paint. I used Rustoleum Trim and Bumper Spray in matte black. It went on really thick, so much so that I had some issues with runs, but it turned out pretty well. I hit the little "eyeliner" strips under the headlights as well; that's why the headlights are out in the picture above. I also replaced all the broken grille clips, and removed the "Outback" badge in the grille so it matches the tailgate.

Red wagons gotta stick together.

The black paint turned out so well that I really want to do the notch in the rear bumper as well as the plastic door protectors, and probably the plastic thingie under the windshield wipers.

I'll probably also do a second wheel next weekend.

Milky > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 12:52

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Took ten years off the age of your car, well done.

CalzoneGolem > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 12:53

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So, in a month, you'll have 4 painted wheels?

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > CalzoneGolem 10/28/2013 at 12:59

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Let's be honest......two months.

MonkeePuzzle > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 13:13

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nice :D I like the wheels and the bumper :)

also glad you are going the wheel at a time painting route :D I did it, took me a small amount of time, but continued to roll daily to work with gradually more and more painted wheels

EL_ULY > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 13:14

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thatis won crackin mow-tah!

thebigbossyboss > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 13:26

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Do you think that wheel painting is appropriate for a curbed rim, or can that only be done by an alloy specialist?

NaturallyAspirated > thebigbossyboss 10/28/2013 at 13:44

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I guess it depends on how picky you are. I'm not very picky :).

CO-OCD > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 14:13

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Did the exact same thing on bare wheels and they chipped within weeks. I was so pissed cause I spent days on them. Hope yours hold up well. Looks good..

George McNally > NaturallyAspirated 10/28/2013 at 15:59

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That looks good.

m2m, apex detective > NaturallyAspirated 10/31/2013 at 13:04

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For some reason I clicked on this post expecting at least one painting ...

Seeing that this happened to me on oppo, I probably need a good coffee.