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For the past week I've been prepping and painting my Kaminari lipkit and stock rims. I have orange peel on all everything because I didnt wetsand the last coat of clear, kind of afraid to. but hope you guys like it! tell me what you think! My next mod are HID, sidemarkers and tint. Here are some pics of the process till now!

Materials for the LipKit:
3 Cans of Sandable Primer
2 Cans of Bumper Coating
1 Can of Adhesive Promoter
3 Cans of Napa mixed NHBP
2 Cans of Clear Coat
400grit, 600 grit, 1200 grit, 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper.

Materials for the Rims:
2 Cans of Sandable Primer
1 Can of Red Caliper Paint
2 Cans of Flat Black Wheel Paint
2 Cans of Clear Wheel Paint
Steel Wool Sponge
600 grit, 1200 grit, 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper

 
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Damn, looks good. And i like the center cap pieces hahaha SHAKA!

 
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wow nice work

 
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Woah, I got scared when I saw those spray bottles, I was bracing my self into looking at a horrendous paint job, but damn it totally shocked me. Wow. Excellent work dude.

Could you tell me the exact sprays u used for ur side skirts and front lip?

 
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very nice... would like to know also what you used...

 
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Haha thanks guys, I went to Napa and had them mix me Nighthawk Black Pearl for about $11 for a full size can which is hella lot better then buying the dupli color 5oz can for $6-7. I used sandable black primer and a bumper coating and also adhesive promoter for prepping and wet sanded between each coat. Then i painted it with the NHB then Import Spray Clear coat then done! I didnt sand the base coat cuz i had pearl in the mix. but i'm afraid to sand the clear coat to get rid of the orange peel so i'm leaving that for now.

Materials:
3 Cans of Sandable Primer
2 Cans of Bumper Coating
1 Can of Adhesive Promoter
3 Cans of Napa mixed NHBP
2 Cans of Clear Coat
400grit, 600 grit, 1200 grit, 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper.

 
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sweet.... i gotta get this done to my lip kit. thanks bro!! repped!

 
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Haha np, if you have any questions just ask!

 
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How does the paint match up close? Looks really good in pictures.

 
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I cant really say, I'm sure once I wet sand it, it'll look pretty good. right now it looks matte black because of the orange peel. but thats up close, from a couple feet away the paint job looks fine.

 
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nice job looks sexyyy

 
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thanks bro... you may also think of putting more than one coat of clear.

 
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lol dont worry i put like 5 coats haha. i'm thinking of putting more. too paranoid lol

 
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lol... well in that case then i would sand it first then see what it looks like...lol.

 
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Haha true that, just afraid that I may ruin the paint job. Maybe I'll do it another weekend. I've been neglecting my studies because of this =P

 
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niceeee dude. awesome. you got some fish bowl goin though. you also got a blacked out theme sooooooo.... wheres the tint?

 
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Lol I'm getting tint probably in the next month. I'm not sure what percent yet because IL laws wont let you have any in the front, but i'm thinking of getting it all around anyways, just gotta figure out how dark i can get w/o the cops bothering me.

 
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Did you have to get your exhaust bent to work with that rear lip?

 
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Nope, it was a perfect fit! I was really surprised, i thought i would have to bend the hangers or something but I had no fitment issues.

 
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Before you put the rear lip on, how far did it sit down below the rear bumper?

 
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not sure, i'll guess about a one finger gap.

 
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Thanks for the help. I have about 1 or 1 1/2 between my exhaust and bumper. I had been wanting to get a rear lip but was nervous about it covering the exhaust. Also, how do you like that Kaminari lip?

 
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I like it alot, but i'm not a fan of the rear lip though, i dont really like how it looks like a comb haha but the rear lip from the side looks good.

 
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i have friends with really dark tint on the front windows and they are never bothered by cops. as long as you don't give them a reason to pull you over, you should be fine.

(i am in illinois as well).

btw, the car looks ****.

 
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haha dude i bought the exhaust from you if you dont remember haha but yeah i was thinking 35 in the front and 20 in the rear

 
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noob question, how did you get the tires off your rims? shop?

 
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Haha yeah, I work at discount tire

 
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i was gona ask the same question lol...turn out nice..so napa mix the paint and put it in a spray can for u???

 
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Yup, just walk into their paint section and give them your year, make, and model and they'll look up the paint code and everything. Depending on the color they have to make certain amount of cans. for NHB you have to buy sets of 3, so if you need 4 you have to buy 6 cans...

 
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get somke red lug nuts and the rims will stick out alot more.. good job..