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mark13

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Im glad Im staying busy or other wise this car might of been totally covered in CF :lol:
 
The seat covers were a group buy here..

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I buy from ebay

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When i covered my Miata for the shows I found that Di Noc was the thickest..It might last for 20 years..The Chinese Vinyl was the thinest but it would still last for a few years..

I think I might paint all the chrome on the car next, including the wheels..
 
I just finished painting my first wheel ..

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LakeLeaf said:
Who's the back seat driver?

Thats a Zero Emissions puppy :)

Very nice car BTW.. how would the wheels look painted the body color?.. have you posted any threads on your Leaf hypermiling techniques?.. very interesting picture here:

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There are actually 2 dogs in the car...If I could get the Leaf body color in a rattle can, I would do that in a second ...

By the way, thats a half can of Rustoleum high performanse enamel and one coat of clear ..
 
I just ordered some red carbon fiber and Im going to try to CF the wheels with the red ..If that does not work out I may try that paint company..
 
I finished the hood ,door handles,rocker panel..Im finishing up the window frames..I did one wheel in red carbon fiber..Intersting in how the red wheel shows up much better then the black wheel,not that it looks any better,just bigger..

I decided to paint all 4 wheels leaf red..Im also thinking about printing out the outline of a red leaf and puting it on the hood...

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I saw a Porsche completely wrapped in black material with checkered flag details this weekend at Cars & Coffee in Irvine, CA.
 

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I love that checked vinyl on the porche..If they come out with a red and black checked CF Ill change the hood..
 
mark13 said:
I just finished painting my first wheel ..

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What kind of paint did you use? Did you leave the tires on and mask them off or remove them? Did you paint all 4 eventually or go another route? How's the paint holding up?

Sorry for all of the questions... I don't really like the stock wheels, but with some paint and pin stripping, they look so much better!

Thanks for sharing!!!
 
Ill have to update my pics...I experiment with differnt colors,2 tone wheels and solid colors..I also painted one wheel with X Metal red,its a shiney mirror finish, and I bought some matching red body color paint and I painted a wheel to match the car..Dam its hard to take all the paint off the wheels when Im done :lol:

I decided I like black wheels with the red car..I would prefer different wheels, but Ill stick with these for now..

My next attempt will be to put the black carbon fiber over the face of the wheel with black paint in the back ground..

I saw where someone posted a pic of a black and white Leaf from Japan,thats my goal,that looks great..I also plan on covering the hatchback in carbon fiber...I need to finish the wheels first tho..
 
I added a CF dash,identical cutout to the woodgrain..I also added one black CF wheel..If the black carbon fiber wheel does not show up well enough,Iill go with red...The stock wheels to me does not look that great in black for the simple reason they turn invisible,I like to see the wheel...

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