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Rim sneak peak

3.7K views 52 replies 18 participants last post by  Jameson  
#1 ·
Here is a preview pic of the center cap emblem I made up. The final one is scaled up .01% to fit perfect and it will be printed in a shiny adhesive backed vinyl.

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The new rims go on tomorrow. They are 2lbs lighter then the stock 17's and 2-5lbs lighter then the Fondmetal(gotta weight them)

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#2 ·
ooo looks very nice. How did you go about making them?
 
#5 ·
wow those are awesome! i wish my lip on my rims was deep like that! and i have 5 of them so i gotta bend a couple before i have an excuse for new ones LOL.

the pictures for the magazine are going to be so awesome!

And btw im getting a discount on my emblems too! Gettin' them for really cheap! Im excited!

-Kaylan Marie
 
#6 ·
stromer said:
You had to take the pic in front of your big-azz tv.....

looks great though. perfect magazine bling, but not too much for everyday.
Dont mind that, that stays with the folks when I move out. This house is stupid with TV's, I was raised on electronics. That TV replaced a perfectly nice 50" sony big screen since my brother insisted on High Def. So the 50" is in the garage going with me when I get my place. I also have a 36" in my bedroom I am taking, and a 27" I bought in college too. So I have 3 TVs for an townhouse I havent bought yet. Brilliant!
 
#8 ·
Nice TV - so when's X-BOX party at your place - we can put those wheels on your car when you mount rubber to em and then game and drink in front of that modest size screen you have there....

Those wheels look really sharp man - can't wait to see em on that car.
 
#9 ·
Those will look very slick. One thing you might want to do is to protect the ink that is on the vinyl a little. The ink doesn't penetrate the vinyl and just sits on top. It could get scraped off easier than you might think. Even just a layer of carefully applied clear packing tape over the top of them.

Just a thought...
 
#10 ·
BurnsSide42 said:
Nice TV - so when's X-BOX party at your place - we can put those wheels on your car when you mount rubber to em and then game and drink in front of that modest size screen you have there....

Those wheels look really sharp man - can't wait to see em on that car.
Haha. I bought Forza just so I can drive my Viggen into walls. There is no Xbox on that TV, but I put on the spare room TV which is another flat screen of about the same size. I have PS2 on my bedroom 36".

When I get the townhouse many parties will be had :p If I dont get out soon I am going to kill my geriatric parents. You dont understand, when you parents get too close to 70, they become children you have to take care of.
 
#11 ·
BLĂśE 9-3se said:
Those will look very slick. One thing you might want to do is to protect the ink that is on the vinyl a little. The ink doesn't penetrate the vinyl and just sits on top. It could get scraped off easier than you might think. Even just a layer of carefully applied clear packing tape over the top of them.

Just a thought...
Yeah I thought about that. I pondered some kind of clear plastic, like the kind of sheets I would use when I was vacu-forming prototypes.
 
#17 · (Edited)
abdukted1456 said:
just go to your local art supply shop and get a clear UV protective spray.
OK, my art supply store bit the dust so I will try Micheals and or AC Moore :p

When I was in the early stages of my degree and taking "art classes" we had spray fixitive for chalk drawings and things like that. Is that the kind of thing you are talking about?
 
#18 ·
AeroDynamic said:
wow those are awesome! i wish my lip on my rims was deep like that! and i have 5 of them so i gotta bend a couple before i have an excuse for new ones LOL.

the pictures for the magazine are going to be so awesome!

And btw im getting a discount on my emblems too! Gettin' them for really cheap! Im excited!

-Kaylan Marie
Seems like we did good with our BIN's hehe. I got two shipped for $35, mean while with two days left, its been bid upto $28 for ONE!
 
#21 ·
Jameson said:
Seems like we did good with our BIN's hehe. I got two shipped for $35, mean while with two days left, its been bid upto $28 for ONE!
hahaha stefano wanted to see my car so i sent him to my car domain page and he wrote me an email back hitting on me :lol:

maybe i can convince him of giving them to me even cheaper? j/p j/p;)
 
#24 ·
AeroDynamic said:
hahaha stefano wanted to see my car so i sent him to my car domain page and he wrote me an email back hitting on me :lol:

maybe i can convince him of giving them to me even cheaper? j/p j/p;)
Being 18 and blonde sure has its its perks. If he was gay, maybe I could have gotten the overnight shipping free :p