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[sajica]

Hey Saj, Jazz wasn't an RX8 in the movie was he?

Daz

Nope Pontiac but can't remember what.

[highlucks]

Daz automotive paint and tools will put any colour you like into a pressure pack.

13 Gibb St.
Cannington

[MONSTAF1SH]

Another rim to be painted on the weekend! Can someone recommend an auto paint supplier other than SuperCheap? Would prefer a better colour range, if they manufacturer colours even better!

Daz

OMG!! Daz are you painting your own rims? This reminds me of your BMX days...
I can appreciate it is a cool car but sorry Daz, I hate it and you picked red AGAIN!!

[dazzabozza]

Maybe I can convince you otherwise by letting u have a drive Jas

Painted another rim today, this time went for graphite. Peoples thoughts?? Too dark? The original colour looked green IMO (was supposed to be gun metal grey).

Graphite


Gun Metal




Daz

[Cawdor]

graphite looks better IMO

[MONSTAF1SH]

Maybe I can convince you otherwise by letting u have a drive Jas

Painted another rim today, this time went for graphite. Peoples thoughts?? Too dark? The original colour looked green IMO (was supposed to be gun metal grey).


Daz

Graphite is definitely better....
Still reminds me of when you used to pull apart your bike to paint.

No doubt it is a cool car and I know they perform well but.... Its just the look and definitely the colour you know I hate red, I dont think Ive even got a pair of red jocks LOL!

[dazzabozza]

Ahhhh the good old days. Araya and UKAI rims were the bees nees or if you were lucky u had pencil or road skinnies. I even had blue tuffs at one stage (BMX Bandits style!)

Kuwahara frame, aero gooseneck, bear trap pedals, coloured chain, lightweight handle bars (forget the name), fancy pants cranks...

YEAH YEAH!

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i think this could turn into a Post Your Bike. hmmmmm

[Kieran]

Graphite looks better. Gun metal gray always comes out green for me too Daz, so you're not alone

Any interior mods?

[CubanB]

out of the 2 i'd go graphite, but personally i'd go with white rims. always looks sweet against red:)

btw the only problem i see with painting your own rims is that your not taking the tyres off the rim the paint is eventually going to flake off.

looks like you did a nice job though well done

[pmp01]

Armadale auto parts in kelmscott have a good range of automotive paints at reasonable prices.
For suspension, I'd talk to either pedders or WA suspensions to get exactly what you want. I would be keen to see what the RX would look and handle like with adjustable coil overs.
Bridge porting would be the max I'd go for then engine then just 1 massive hairdryer bolted to the side of the engine.

[CICH-BRO]

Much better in Graphite as opposed to that earlier Gun metal 'green'. Iv always been a fan of Rotors but my choice would be the Series 8 FD RX-7, its a damn shame they stopped production on it because of emissions. Although the Renesis is without turbos and low on torque it revs to high heaven and is so smooth in its power delivery (but I bet you already knew that) another good thing about having a tiny Rotary in the front is the perfect weight balance for awesome handling.

If you like the colour of the rims wouldn't it be an idea to take all 4 minus the tyres into a place that can powder coat them for you?

As for BMXs back in school days I had a Group 1 Haro followed by a GT performer freestyle bike complete with the 3 spoke mags. Even further back I remember riding around on my brother vintage mongoose with Skyways. It must have been a late 70s early 80s bike we ended up custom-painting it.

[dazzabozza]

out of the 2 i'd go graphite, but personally i'd go with white rims. always looks sweet against red:)

I was sooo tempted to buy cheap can of white and test it out for ya! But google is easier I might have a fiddle in photoshop too to see what white looks like on my car.

Here's some white rims on a Series 1. Reminds me of an old school race car. Series 2 shape is a lot more modern now so I dunno about white....

btw the only problem i see with painting your own rims is that your not taking the tyres off the rim the paint is eventually going to flake off.

Yeh I was expecting the same from stone chips and rough wheel mechanics.

.... Although the Renesis is without turbos and low on torque it revs to high heaven and is so smooth in its power delivery (but I bet you already knew that) another good thing about having a tiny Rotary in the front is the perfect weight balance for awesome handling.

Yep handling is sweet. Is the only newish car that came close to my WReX in the handling dept.

If you like the colour of the rims wouldn't it be an idea to take all 4 minus the tyres into a place that can powder coat them for you?

That's pretty much what I was thinking of doing. I'm in the colour trial phase at the moment

As for BMXs back in school days I had a Group 1 Haro followed by a GT performer freestyle bike complete with the 3 spoke mags. Even further back I remember riding around on my brother vintage mongoose with Skyways. It must have been a late 70s early 80s bike we ended up custom-painting it.

Vintage! U make me feel old LOL. I've still got my par of skyway tuffs around the back of the house hehe.



Daz

[dazzabozza]

OK I now think I'm officially addicted to spray painting...! Anyone know a good way to start out on air driven stuff (guns, compressor etc), where to source ?


I've since painted over the gun metal grey.

First I went for a gold but this turned out a lot lighter than I imagined.


Then tried copper. Too orange / pinky!


And lastly matt black with a red centre cap which actually turned out alright. This is actually the undercoat for my next test colour though. Just waiting for it to arrive to the paint supplier net week.


Comparision of black on the front and graphite on the rear



Daz

[Cawdor]

OK I now think I'm officially addicted to spray painting...!

you sure it's not just the fumes talking?
I still like the black...

[Kieran]

Daz get yourself a trolley jack or decent bottle jack mate. Sooner or later those pathetic scissor jacks SNAP. And it ain't pretty.

I get 25% off at super cheap if you get desperate or grab a mate from supercheap or BCF they all do too!

I like the black

[dazzabozza]

May have to take you up on that offer Kieran!


Here's a sneak peak of the next colour

[Cawdor]

Just paint it rainbow colours and be done with it Daz

[stokesy]

hey daz,

most of the auto one stores and even armadale auto parts will match any coulour, or premix you a tin of paint, put it in a pressure pack for you..... honda make a colour called sparkle grey, it is a lil dark, but has heaps of fleks thru it, very mettalic.... or the bf falcon metallic grey??

[drukqs2369]

shoulda got a mans car