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<blockquote data-quote="Atomic Rebel" data-source="post: 188233" data-attributes="member: 12795"><p>[ATTACH=full]67254[/ATTACH] </p><p>The new headlight housing is a slightly darker blue than the frame, but I expected that to be the case. I'm sure it's hard to match color to 50 year old paint job. But I'd much rather have an intact housing than a cracked one! I couldn't get the dash to seat all the way down into the headlight housing though, which seamed a bit odd to me. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]67255[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Cloud Silver paint finally came in, so it was time to paint my wheels! After blasting and thoroughly cleaning, I initially painted the bare metal with a self etching primer (forgot to take a picture) Then after waiting for the primer to fully cure, I sanded and applied this white primer. This was probably an unnecessary step, but I read a couple places you should put a normal primer on top of a self etching primer. Who knows, but I figured it couldn't hurt anything. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]67256[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Or maybe it can hurt.... On 3 different spots of the hubs, I had the Cloud Silver paint bubble up like this. I'm unsure if it it was improper prep work, or the cheaper Rustoleum primer I applied on top of the self etching primer. You can see the bubbling didn't go through to the base layer self etching primer, so that makes me think it was the Rustoleum layer that caused my issue. I'm not going to strip the paint down and redo it this year, I figure it'll be good enough for now. I'm not going for a complete cosmetic restoration of the Honda. Yet....!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]67257[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The exterior of the rims turned out absolutely beautiful! I went back and forth on whether or not I should put a clear coat on the outside of the rims and on the hubs, and finally decided to put on a matte clear coat. I figure since they're exposed to the elements it wouldn't hurt. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The process of painting the rims seemed like it would never end, I believe I'm finished! This weekend I'm hoping to get the tires back on the rims and new bearings and seals installed in the hubs. If all goes well, I should have the wheels back on and I'll hopefully be able to do the first test ride soon!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atomic Rebel, post: 188233, member: 12795"] [ATTACH=full]67254[/ATTACH] The new headlight housing is a slightly darker blue than the frame, but I expected that to be the case. I'm sure it's hard to match color to 50 year old paint job. But I'd much rather have an intact housing than a cracked one! I couldn't get the dash to seat all the way down into the headlight housing though, which seamed a bit odd to me. [ATTACH=full]67255[/ATTACH] The Cloud Silver paint finally came in, so it was time to paint my wheels! After blasting and thoroughly cleaning, I initially painted the bare metal with a self etching primer (forgot to take a picture) Then after waiting for the primer to fully cure, I sanded and applied this white primer. This was probably an unnecessary step, but I read a couple places you should put a normal primer on top of a self etching primer. Who knows, but I figured it couldn't hurt anything. [ATTACH=full]67256[/ATTACH] Or maybe it can hurt.... On 3 different spots of the hubs, I had the Cloud Silver paint bubble up like this. I'm unsure if it it was improper prep work, or the cheaper Rustoleum primer I applied on top of the self etching primer. You can see the bubbling didn't go through to the base layer self etching primer, so that makes me think it was the Rustoleum layer that caused my issue. I'm not going to strip the paint down and redo it this year, I figure it'll be good enough for now. I'm not going for a complete cosmetic restoration of the Honda. Yet....! [ATTACH=full]67257[/ATTACH] The exterior of the rims turned out absolutely beautiful! I went back and forth on whether or not I should put a clear coat on the outside of the rims and on the hubs, and finally decided to put on a matte clear coat. I figure since they're exposed to the elements it wouldn't hurt. The process of painting the rims seemed like it would never end, I believe I'm finished! This weekend I'm hoping to get the tires back on the rims and new bearings and seals installed in the hubs. If all goes well, I should have the wheels back on and I'll hopefully be able to do the first test ride soon! [/QUOTE]
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