Painted meh wheels, opinions?
 

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Painted the stockers that came on it black in the center. I think it looks quite good. Excuse me for ths shitty cell pics...I'll get some decent ones soon.

I'm looking for another one of those lug nut covers for those wheels. I have 3, but the 4th broke.

Here's before:

http://www.DSMtalk.com/gallery/data/...m/DCP01973.JPG

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I cannot stand black rims. :)

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i have some center caps if you need one

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Are those ford thunderbird "turbine" wheels?

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stock 90 eclipse wheels my wife has the same ones on hers

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http://www.dsmtalk.com/gallery/data/...m/DCP02025.JPG

http://www.dsmtalk.com/gallery/data/...m/DCP02026.JPG

http://www.dsmtalk.com/gallery/data/...m/DCP02028.JPG

http://www.dsmtalk.com/gallery/data/...m/DCP02027.JPG

Some better pics. These wheels are what came with the car when I bought it. I just need to save up now and get the proper sized tires.

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Dolby 10.1 ftw

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Fix your headlights.

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What kind of paint did you use?

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CSK Steering wheel for the loss, is that a Tach on the dash?
Lastly, you need lower profile tires, or bigger rims. it just doesnt look right.

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Are you kidding, dude thats better for aerodynamicy.

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No E-brake handle? SW Tach?(Bah, Who am I to talk. Just wait until I get my car up on here. It's all ratted out.) At least he has all of the Pedals including the Dead pedal! I like the assortment of speakers as well. Tweets up top on door panels must sound nice.

Good job on the paint though.. Next mod = Chain Steering Wheel.

JK, what's the next mod you're doing to it?

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Don't bash too hard guys. Remember your 2nd car? I'm still in high school, making 6.25 an hour at Target.

I bought it mostly how it is. Wheel, gauges, all. I'm slowly fixing it up, on an extremely tight budget.

The biggest issue is out of the way, which is a low compression, abused motor. Jake rebuilt my whole motor, so I won't have to concentrate too much on that area.

Next up on the list are leather seats and matching door panels, new tires, fix the exhaust, hand brake, and a lot of other shit. The hood's going to get replaced with a new oem style CF hood. I just gotta get out of high school and work full time, then there'll be more progress.

P.S. If anyone wants to help out the project, donate by taking a peak at the amps I have for sale.....:P

EDIT: I like the sleepy eyes....sue me. :)

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No matter how much you make, its always going to make it a tight budget. I make $55k a year and im still considering myself on a tight budget.

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So true.

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The more you make, the more you spend, deadly cycle.

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Yea I remember my second car...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...IMG_0101-1.jpg
As a matter of fact, it's my current car :) I'm a full time college student working 14 hours a week. Granted, I worked while I was in highschool to make some bank that has definitely helped fund my car. My advice for you is to A)sell your car for $2000 now and save yourself from losing a ton of money over the next few years, or B) get a new job that doesn't pay shitty.

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Not bashing at all just to let you know.

Still what paint did you use? I want to know because I am going to turn my wheels black as well.

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I just used regular old spray paint from Fleet Farm. Semi gloss black.

I plan to work full time this summer at Target, so we'll see how the money is then. Should be enough to satisfy my needs.

Mr98GSX: Some of us aren't as lucky as you to only work 14 hours a week and be able to support yourself. Every two weeks I'm doin roughly 40-43 hours.

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it's a start, and be ready for your drivetrain to blow up (if its awd and u race the bitch).

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She's FWD. I don't plan on racing it much at all untill I get the car fixed up to where I'm satisfied. After I reach that point, then I'll start getting serious about mods.

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Just suggesting that you should get a better job. If your doin 40-43 hour weeks makin 6.25 an hour you are definitely wasting your time. dsm's and modding cars in general is a money pit. You spend all your money on parts then you look back and realize that your never getting back what you spent. I bought my car for 8600 and I've put in probably close to $4000 and driven it 5K miles and I'm not planning on making back what I even bought it for.

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hahahaha thats nothing.

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Oh. well then you don't have much to worry about :-)

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Not many places in Winona where a high school student can make lots of cash unless you work at a hospital.

We'll see how things go. As I said, I'm not getting serious about going fast yet. I want to make it a decent car first.

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6.25 an hour. You are a cart attendant are you? Sorry see if you can transfer to the back room or sales floor. Or bust your ass yearly reviews is starting. I work around 30 hours a week at Target. And I started at 8 dollars. Now I am up to 9.65. It sucks working so little hours. But bust your ass get good with the Team leads or Execs. And they give you more hours.

Back on topic. Nice rims... I do like. And keep up the good work. It be a long road to get the car the way you want it.

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I took what I could get at the time. I was going to have to be forced to start selling shit if I didn't find another job.

This summer I'm working on working at the photo-lab and back room. We'll see how that goes.

Update: Well, my hood flew open on me the other night. Fun shit.

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She's sitting in the garage untill I get a new windsheild. This has given me lots of time and space to fix up a lot of the little things with it. I fixed the idle problem(hopefully), cleaned the intercooler, installed a bigger j-pipe, got the factory tach working, fixed the shifter problem, rigged up a funny catch can for the valve cover beather, and painted the 3 piece spoiler I got for it.

With the roof dented to shit like that, it gives me a reason when it comes time to replace it with a new skin to get a sunroof for it. Only problem with that is, how prone are 1g sunroofs to leaking?

It was my fault the hood flew up. I never bought hood pins like I should've a long time ago. So, it's a costly mistake, but I'm lucky I'm still here able to type this to you guys.

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My sunroof doesn't leak water, but at high speeds I can hear air getting through just barely. It's not too bad, but it drives me crazy at times.

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Dang mayne your hood must be light. That sucks that it flew up. Wonder what that was like!

Bigger J-pipe? Lets see some underhood pics!

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http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/DCP02041.JPG

You can see it, the chrome piece. I was suprised it fit in the stock tubing. I'll have to test for boost leaks before I put her on the road again. I also will be taking it off tonight and taking it to metals class tomorrow to weld on the nipple from the old j-pipe so I don't have to tap into the bov.

I'm getting the windshield replaced thursday and I'm also getting a stock steel hood today or tomorrow.

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Check this out. Went to the junkyard to pick up that hood, and what do ya know...It's the same color as my car!


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Tomorrow I'm going to call about the hatch, cause mine has no defroster or wiper...and the douchebag I bought it from painted the rear window black so I'll have a nice new rear window.



EDIT: Could a mod or admin move this over to the project forum since I'm using it as a diary?