Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Discovery of PlastiDip And Finally Lowered on Springs

So I got lazy of stripping my wheels so I found a product called Plastidip at Lowes Hardware store. It is a type of spray paint that is temporary and can peel off like plastic. So I sprayed all four (4) of my wheels since they needed to be refinish and it came out great. I also painted the lip just to give an illusion that my wheels got bigger.
And also I lowered the car on 350z Tein S-Techs. Pretty low, no finger gaps. You can see the green spring behind the wheel.


Stripping the Wheels Project

A couple months later I decided to strip down the paint on my Sevas. It took me a week just to done one wheel. What I did was I bought Aircraft paint removal (man this stuff works, it pulls the paint off) and let it strip for an hour and just scrape the paint off. Then I started sanding it to remove the textures, then polished it with Mothers Aluminum Mag Polish, these products sure does the job, look at the shine its almost chrome shiny.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hooked on Bartering Wheels

So a month later I decided to trade my Piaa's up for another set of wheels, this time it was 20' Sevas S-22, I regret trading it because all four needed to be refinish. But loved the all four new same tires.

Got a Pair of New Projector Headlights

So just bought a new pair of projectors for $425, it improved my nighttime visibility by like 100%

The Next Show - RPM of Dallas

My next show came in September and I was already on my 3rd set of wheels including my stocks, my sponsor was surprised that I did what I was asked. When I arrive to the show at 10:30 AM, first of all I did not know the show was indoors which means I must have only a quarter of a gas tank, I had just filled up full in the morning. So I ended up driving all over Dallas the whole day and made it back before 4pm which that is the time they shut the doors for incoming cars... It took awhile for me to fight with the fire marshals to let me in so if you want something you gotta go balls for it. I finally made it in but the show started which means my crew and I had to push the car in because we cannot drive with people around. I was the last car that made it in, so it was well worth fighting and driving around the city.

Trading Wheels

Ok, so two (2) weeks later I came upon a Craigslist ad and this guy wanted to trade some 19' Piaa Super Rozza to some 18' wheels because it is on a sedan and he is rubbing. So met up with him and barter it for absolutely free. And these had huge lips...


Got Some Rims

So I was forced by my sponsor to get some wheels for the next show, and saw this add for cheap and got these Enkei's.