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[Gilles]

Originally Posted by thstone

I've always wondered what gold wheels would look like so I went ahead and sprayed a set. I plan to run the gold wheels at the PCA Festival of Speed in two weeks. The good news is that I can always swap back to red in about an hour.

Tom, is this the color called "antique gold"..?

I really like the sublime tone and I was thinking on plastidipping my Carrera Classic wheels, I think they would look great on a white car with tan interior...

But I am not sure about having to remove the tires to do it properly...

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Tom, is this the color called "antique gold"..?

I really like the sublime tone and I was thinking on plastidipping my Carrera Classic wheels, I think they would look great on a white car with tan interior...

But I am not sure about having to remove the tires to do it properly...

This color is called "Vintage Gold" (without the metalizer). I think that this color would look awesome on a white car with tan interior!

I did not do the black basecoat which is supposed to give it more of an antique look. I simply sprayed it over the Porsche silver (two wheels towards the bottom of the photo) and over the PlastiDip red (two wheels at the top of the photo). As you can see, it covers pretty well. I used three cans for four wheels.

I have done this previously on wheels with the tires mounted - just blue tape off the tires and it works fine with the tires mounted. You have to put the blue tape on in short sections (because it is linear and won't bend around the wheel) so it takes a little time but its not hard. I also blue tape the inside of the wheels. Its really easy to do this with the tires on.

Also, be sure to have a paint mask (one that absorbs paint fumes, not just a dust mask) to avoid inhaling spray paint fumes.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by thstone

This color is called "Vintage Gold" (without the metalizer). I think that this color would look awesome on a white car with tan interior!
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Tom,
Do you buy the Vintage Gold locally..?
I have not been able to find it and Amazon says from April 7 to 11.. :-(
Thank you!

EDIT: I ended ordering from Dipyoucar.com as I was not able to find the Vintage Gold locally… thanks again