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7-18-2013
7-18-2013
couple shots with my buddy's NHRA T/A
Tried to get a rolling shot. Didnt quite turn out though. Need a 3rd person to drive the cam car.
theres a lot of peaceful desolate areas like this less than a block away from my house
30 sec night exposure. used a led flashlight to light up the car etc..
11-27-2013
not sure if you can tell how flat it was sitting at this point. was more of a shelf than a curved spoiler
Mother Nature forced me to remount my JP Rep like STAT. It was raining for like 3 days straight here. the right side of my spoiler was off the car and it was hanging! haha. yeah took a lot of elbow grease to get all the previous 3m extreme tape and epoxy and glue residue on it off.
Here's the Betatech through the applicator gun. It is black and i actually laid one more bead on top of this one to ensure any gaps would be sealed. Hold it down firmly in place for a good 15 minutes. Then i let it sit for a day.
now she is on there nice and strong and has a smoother curve to it again. May have to wetsand and buff out my trunk again as i got some residue and minor scratches on it over the past year.
11-30-2013
Never really liked the Grey/Graphite Matte color. Wanted them to match my black onyx paint.
I actually got a day off of work on Friday so i got at it.
Once again, didnt pay a penny. Just used everything i had in my garage.
Took about 13 hours start to finish 2pm-3am.
Washed em down real good with a scrub brush to get all the brake dust and residue off
Gotta take all these out. There is like 40 per rim. Thats 160 haha, what have i got myself into?
Taping them off as meticulously as i could took quite awhile. If this tape line isnt almost perfect your wheel will look like its out of balance while rolling
3M Scuff to give that paint some grit to stick to
Blew them all off with the air compressor then wiped them down with Prep Wipe
First Coats: Black Primer
Second Coats: Black Gloss
Third Coats: Chrysler Brilliant Black Pearl
Fourth Coats: Lexus Black Onyx
After every paint change i would run the Heat Gun on them to bake the paint in real well, since this is a wheel and they can take a lot of abuse and heat.
Fifth Coats: Clear ( 3 coats )
Dry. Peeled the tape
Now....
i went over this in my head so many different ways
How i can add a little more creativity to this wheel?
Photoshopped like 6 different options before i made up my mind.
And i surely wasnt going to paint 160 of these by hand!
So i took a screwdriver and poked tons of holes in a piece of cardboard and then each snapped into my holes firm enough to hold them still.
Instead of chrome, my favorite color combo always been black and teal. So, hey, what do ya know, my '50 is Teal and i have paint for that in my garage too. 
3 coats Ford Bright Calypso Metallic, 3 thick coats clear to lock it in.
Had a little overspray on a couple of the lip edges, so i rubbed that out
then re-polished all the lips with Ultimate Compound.
I will let the paint cure for a couple days before i wet sand these smooth and buff them to a good reflection without orange peel
3am. Check it out!
Next day. 
Comments
Fantastic Account! And nice tasteful stuff. How is she,,?
Posted by Arussto on 1/28/19 @ 12:28:21 AM
Great story! Thanks for the videos love the Ford too. What a beauty! Had to chuckle at your neighbor and lead foot comment. ???? thanks for sharing it’s ????????????
Posted by Diggymart on 1/28/19 @ 2:41:10 AM