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I have wanted to get the TOMS rims off my Hachi for a while and now a set or Watanabes fell into my lap.
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First thing I did was take them to a Sand blaster booth to get all of that old crappy looking paint off. After it taking 2 hours to do one rim I finally had to ask the owner if it was working right. I felt pretty embarrassed when he took the plastic bag out of the hose, but it sure did work a lot better after.
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After I was done when all of the rims I went to the store and picked up some denatured alcohol, primer spray paint and matte black spray paint. I used a little dish soap and water to give the rims a quick wipe down top get all of the extra sand/anything else off of the rims. Then I used the alcohol and gave them another wipe down to make sure I got the best and cleanest rims to paint. After the wipe down i gave the rims an even coat of primer and let dry for 1.5 hrs
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They looked pretty sexy already so I decided it was time for the black. I gave each rim a nice coat and let them dry for 30 min. after about 3 coats they were looking really good so I just lightly sprayed over the rims from about 3 feet away to try and give them the matte finish.
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This was my first time ever doing anything like this and I think they came out pretty good. I am getting tires put on them on Saturday so I will make sure to take some pictured of them installed on the car.