Coming along nicely, i had no idea curb rash could be fixed like that.

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Looks great Ryan.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles

Just a warning, if all you are using for paint is spray bombs, don't be surprised that the paint gets scratched to hell when the tires are mounted. There is a lot of force applied to the bead of the rim while the tire is going on.
Most wheels are powder coated or painted with a 2 part paint system with a hardener that makes them more able to handle the mounting and dis mounting process.

I've seen, even the machines with the hard plastic guides scratch painted wheels if there is a burr in the guide.

The reason the spray bomb paint is so weak, is because it has so LITTLE amount of solids in the paint. It is over-reduced with solvents to allow for the pigment to come out of that tiny nozzle, compared to an actual paint gun tip that can flow a lot higher amounts of solids.

Look up MIL thickness and you will understand where I'm coming from.
In painting, there is a wet film thickness and a dry film thickness.
As paint dries, the solvents leave the paint, reducing the dry film thickness and therefore reducing the paints overall durability.

Leon

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2006 GTO
2005 GXP Bonneville (his) (SOLD)
2004 SLE Bonneville (hers)
2004 SLE Bonneville (sons)
2006 GXP Grand Prix (sons)
1998 SLE GMC Sierra
1991 Yamaha FJ1200
1983 Trans Am (SOLD)
1979 Trans Am

i agree only if the person mounting them isnt aware. ive done many painted wheels and you just have to be extra careful. i have yet to scratch one, even ones plastidipped.

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-Juan

No bonnie!
93 s10 ex cab: 2.8: t5: exhaust: tbi mods. 5.3, 76mm, and a D.r cam on a stand

I'm not too concerned if they get scratched up, I can always fix it if they get scratched during tire mounting. They wont be used in the winter so the tires won't have to be changed very often unless I blow a tire or something. The last couple days I was a little busy but I did get some more progress in.
First wheel after 2 coats of silver


I did one more coat of silver on that one and 2 coats of clear, that one is on the right, and the left is 3 coats of silver and no clear yet.
I might wetsand and polish them after the paint gets cured some.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Jealousy is through the roof. I can't wait to see them on the GP.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles

.... you sure you didn't just pull these out of a box? Cause that looks *dang* good!

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1995 Jeep Cherokee Country- 200,XXX miles and running strong. 4.0L paired with a 5 speed manual. 4.5" long arm lift with 32" tires and regeared to make up for power. Best of all, shes a fire engine red!

2000 Bonneville SSEi- 145,XXX miles, bonestock for the time (don't hold your breath, it might be a long while)

Typos courtesy of LG Optimus G- yes, I do most of my trolling with my phone. Don't judge me.

They look great. I agree, they will look awesome on your car.

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I don't suppose you have any pics comparing the original wheel color to what you have now?

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Andrew - owner/operator of Bonnevilles Unlimited

2004 Bonneville GXP | 60k | White Gold Tricoat | custom built supercharged 3800 hot rod | garage queen
1997 Corvette | 55k | Silver Metallic | Z06 wheels | Date-night Hauler/Parts runner
2014 Town & Country Limited | Cashmere Pearl | 95k | Family Hauler
2002 Ram 1500 Quad Cab Sport | Black| 260k | Official Bonneville Hauler

Beautiful!

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-Nick
'95 Grand Prix SE coupe 'Black Betty' gone but not forgotten- my 1st love
'99 Olds Alero GX Coupe the get me by beater- sold
'03 Bonneville SSEi 'Gina' Feb. '16 COTM | 35% tint | smoked tail lights | boat roller mount | carbon fiber accents | Silverline exhaust tips
Ziebart rust protection & undercoating | CompuStar Accustart | LED interior lighting
Intense shift kit | Intense FWI | 3" ZZP downpipe | RDI headers | 3.4 MPS | Autolite 104s | 180 deg t-stat | custom tune | ZZP high flow fuel filter | alum coolant elbows and LIM gaskets | much more to come…hopefully
'15 Buick Regal 2.0 Turbo AWD 259 HP | 10k miles | 2-way remote start | undercoating and window tint to come
'98 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 4x4 | 112k miles | S&B intake | garage ornament | more to come

I do not. All I have are the before pictures but I'll put one of them in the same place with the same light as the befores.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

These are turning out amazing!

And I didn't even think about mounting tires until Leon mentioned it. But I had this happen with the RX-8 wheels I had painted white. I had intended to paint them myself, but a friend's dad owns a body shop offered to paint them. I just had to buy the paint, which I would have had to do anyway. When the tires were mounted it took the paint off all the way around the edge of the wheel. So we went elsewhere to mount the other three, and they had a "touchless" machine, which didn't take the paint off the edge, but the tire bead gave them a lot of trouble and the guy used a tire spoon and slipped which put a gouge in the paint anyway...went to another shop that said they could do painted wheels and they managed it just fine.

At any rate, hopefully you don't run into this issue, but from the looks of things you won't have any problems touching up.

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'93 SSE "Guinevere" RIP 1993 - 2019
'01 SSEi "Chloe" Mods: Intense FWI | GenV | WBS Intercooled | 3.2 MPS | 1.9 YT Rockers | SSAC Headers | N* TB | TEP Trans | 3.29 FDR | Torsen LSD
DTM Tuned | Dual AeroForce | Solid Mounts | 255 Walbro Pump | Fuel Logs | GXP STB & Sway Bars | CSS Lowering Springs | GXP Brakes | Disabled DRL
Magnaflow Mufflers | Magnaflow Cat | GXP Seats & Trim | 35 % Tint | Cleared & Tinted Tails | repinS Retrofited Morimoto Mini H1 | 19" GT500 Wheels
'09 G8 GT "Abigail" Mods: Rotofab | LS3 Heads, Intake & Cam | Kooks LT | Solo Exhaust | Tien Springs w/ GXP Struts | Whiteline Swaybars | BMR Subframe Connectors
Achievements: Guinevere - 264k mi | 16.27 @ 84.10mph | March '11 COTM :: Chloe - 223k mi | 13.85 @ 102mph | January '09 COTM :: Abigail - 192k mi | 12.85 @ 112mph

Just to be safe I think I'm going to put masking tape over the faces of the wheels when they go to mount the tires. I took a picture in the same light as when I first got the wheels.
Before

After

I got lots of progress in the last couple days, painting is finished and I just need to wetsand and polish the last three.


Here is the first one, ready for rubber.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Looks awesome Ryan!!! Gives me an incentive to fix our GXP's wheels...

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Bye Bye:

RIP sandrock

Got the tires mounted, the guys at the tire shop were very careful and didn't damage any paint. The only damage was caused by me when somebody pulled out in front of me on the way there and the wheels banged together from slamming on the brakes, chipping the edge. And one of them fell over when I was taking them out of the car at home, putting a chip in the face of one of the spokes. Nothing some touch up can't fix.

At the tire shop


Ready to go on the car, but not for a couple more weeks because we have a pothole for every foot of road right now.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Very cool. What you doing with the old ones?

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-Juan

No bonnie!
93 s10 ex cab: 2.8: t5: exhaust: tbi mods. 5.3, 76mm, and a D.r cam on a stand

Hopefully snow tires...

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Bye Bye:

RIP sandrock

I am really curious to see how these look on the Grand Prix!

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Can't wait to see it on the GP.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles

Well, I'm not very good at touch up apparently, I could totally see where it was, so I'm just gonna respray that one that fell over.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro