# preliminary pics of my wheels **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724 "2004-03-11T09:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/21 "2004-03-15T19:32:03Z")
i hope you meant the top one lol ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/22 "2004-03-16T12:32:38Z")
pic ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/23 "2004-03-16T12:36:50Z")
they look really good! im impressed :bigok: ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/24 "2004-03-16T12:38:19Z")
the paint is either called cast metal iron or iron metal cast i can’t remember…the lid is a lot darker than the actual color but man does it shine in the sun tho ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/25 "2004-03-16T12:41:45Z")
i tried to put them up against the car but tthe white wheels that are on there make it way too hard to see… ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/26 "2004-03-16T12:44:12Z")
how hard was it to get the original finish off of them? ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/27 "2004-03-16T12:45:09Z")
enough for me to charge 50 bux if anyone were to ask me to do them (per wheel) ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/28 "2004-03-16T12:50:27Z")
> _Originally posted by BlueMeanieTSi_ > **enough for me to charge 50 bux if anyone were to ask me to do them (per wheel)** waht did you use? ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/29 "2004-03-16T12:59:55Z")
stripper, sand blasting, hand sanding, scraping, wet sanding, polishing. ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/30 "2004-03-16T13:00:11Z")
a lot and a lot of sanding ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/31 "2004-03-16T13:00:58Z")
the wheels look awesome kurt ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/32 "2004-03-16T13:01:29Z")
> _Originally posted by BlueMeanieTSi_ > **stripper, sand blasting, hand sanding, scraping, wet sanding, polishing.** how hard was it to get the paint to coat all the surfaces? ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/33 "2004-03-16T13:02:30Z")
anyone who can paint can paint…it’s all in the prep work (which i’m getting better at each wheel) ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/34 "2004-03-16T13:02:52Z")
> _Originally posted by slowcamaro_ > **the wheels look awesome kurt** thanky 😃 ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/35 "2004-03-19T10:19:41Z")
here’s a pic of them on i took today, i’ll take a “real” pic of them later on… ![http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/photo_024.jpg](http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/photo_024.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/36 "2004-03-19T10:20:42Z")
yeah that’s my pittspeed sticker im’ rockin there. ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/37 "2004-03-19T11:25:26Z")
![http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/wheel1.jpg](http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/wheel1.jpg) ![http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/wheel2.jpg](http://www.personal.psu.edu/jdp909/wheel2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/38 "2004-03-19T11:27:49Z")
sweet ---
**Author:** ![Mitsugrl97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Mitsugrl97](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mitsugrl97)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/39 "2004-03-19T12:00:32Z")
Lookin good! And I even got to help! Can’t beat the fact my Nail files from my Cosmo Kit worked better than the scrapper and sand paper hahahaha ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724/40 "2004-03-19T12:07:01Z")
they look bigger gunmetal’d [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/preliminary-pics-of-my-wheels/164724.md?page=1)