Painted my needle bases silver
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kNOWfREED0m
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- MSP
looks very clean and nice, good job! 
jersey_emt
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- 04 MSM #1089
Looks great! I have the same setup (the silver needle bases, with the Dave B brushed rings)
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- 02 1500 4x4, mp3
they look pretty cool
black_rob00
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- 01 Sunlight Silver ES
Looks good. Was it hard to take the needles off?
FunkyBuddha
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- 2003 Spicy Orange MSP
Looks good man
p5sundevil
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- 03.5 MidnightBlue p5
yah mine need to be redone, did em about 5-6 months ago and for some reason it looks like they changed color a little. gonna redo it with different paint.
yours came out really nice, matched up real well to the rings and got s amsooth finish which is hard to do since that plastic is actually kinda rough.
yours came out really nice, matched up real well to the rings and got s amsooth finish which is hard to do since that plastic is actually kinda rough.
PMPJUICE25
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- MAZDA PROTEGE 5
How Did You Do That It Looks Real Good?
ARGH! I had a whole long reply typed up but apparently took to long and the damn thing logged me out and then I lost my entire reply. *sigh*....let me summarize what I was going to say:PMPJUICE25 said:
I just used 1oz silver model paint ("Testors" brand) from Wal-Mart and a small model paint brush from Wal-Mart. About $3 total. The hardest part is like p5sundevil mentioned - getting a smooth finish. The silver paint that I used had a tendancy to separate out the "glittery" part and "oily" part; so when I first started by putting on a thin coat, the small needles looked good but the big ones looked like crap - they had funny looking streaks in them. At that point I figured what the hell and let the thin coat dry, then proceeded to put on a THICK coat of the stuff - almost to the point where it was like a water droplet where the surface tension kind of automatically smoothed it out. The only downside to that is that it takes a LONG time to dry then and is a little messier. I let it sit for at least 9 hours and it still wasn't completely dry, but I couldn't wait any longer so I put everything back together and reinstalled it. So far all is well - the needle hubs are REALLY shiny now - it almost looks like chrome in person.
It'll be interesting to see how they hold up to the summer heat and winter cold. Hopefully they won't darken like p5sundevil's did. Hey P5sundevil, I'd like to see a pic of yours now that they've darkened - post one in this thread if you can.
If you like the way they look it's definitely something you can do on your own - just make sure you allocate enough time for it. Go slow, put down paper on the gauges to catch the drips, and give yourself at least 1 day to do it. If anybody else does their's post a pic - I'd like to see it!
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- Das Pretzelwagon
I love cheap mods that look good. 
