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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Wheels out of the paint booth (part 2)

part 1 here:
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ooth-pics.html


perhaps it was a mistake to take the paint catalog home. there were literally 100's of different silvers in there and made choosing a color not so easy.

i finally settled on a silver from honda called storm silver. fortunately or unfortunately, someone posted some nice pics of a C2S with GT silver carrera sport wheels. after looking at more pics to see what that color would look like with arctic silver, i liked what i saw so changed from storm silver to gt silver.

paint needs a couple of more days to dry before i can mount tires but will post pics when that happens.

just the wheels for now: wachathink?




 

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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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looks like they did a great job and I'm liking the color
 
Old May 5, 2009 | 06:38 PM
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looks like they did a great job and I'm liking the color
thanks Daddy Spanker

i think they came out so good because i did the sanding
 
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Bara, Can't wait to see them on your car. I was a fan of the original color but.... They look great post paint!!!!!!
 
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Looking good!
 
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just finished up a 997TT at my shop, painted his turbo wheels matte black, looks sweet, I'll post pics soon. Nice job on those babies
 
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Low luster or satin finish is good choice.
Yep.....a million shades of silver-grey.
Are you not painting center caps?....(maybe my eye, but appear lighter).

I went with a grey metalic center & bushed-clear lip on Arctic Silver Turbo.

Just got done paining TechArt GTS's (with machined-clear lip) a slightly dif grey center on 997.2 GT Silver to compliment Stone Grey cab top.
 

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Originally Posted by GreggT
Low luster or satin finish is good choice.
Yep.....a million shades of silver-grey.
Are you not painting center caps?....(maybe my eye, but appear lighter).

I went with a grey metalic center & bushed-clear lip on Arctic Silver Turbo.

Just got done paining TechArt GTS's (with polished-clear lip) a slightly dif grey center on 997.2 GT Silver to compliment Stone Grey cab top.
The GT Silver is the OEM Colour, the caps will match with out painting them.

Your going full circle, when do you paint them black with a Silver lip?
 
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GTS's have the machined-cleared outer lip (not painted silver)......that's what I was after...rather than 'painted silver' of Formula Techarts.

GTSs come black of course (save the machined lip).
 
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Flawless, did you do the painting?
 
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Originally Posted by NorthVan997C2S
The GT Silver is the OEM Colour, the caps will match with out painting them.

Your going full circle, when do you paint them black with a Silver lip?
GT Silver is OEM only on the Carrerra Sport - so unless he had the caps painted to match they will be different than the other OEM silver.

OEM silver


OEM GT Silver
 

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Old May 6, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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well, it looks like the stock wheels, no better, and no worse.
 
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Looking good. I like the fact that you went with a Porsche silver, for Porsche rims, on a Porsche....good choice.

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Looks good. A little darker than stock? Hard to tell on my monitor
 


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