Luxury Cop Car

[Jack Meoff]

I finally snapped and pulled those twenty pound frisbee's off my Fifth Ave.....spoker's that is....they rattle like a SOB and they're a total beotch to clean...so....the doggies go on.
I really like it...now the car needs a wash and of course I need to paint the rims....and ditch the whitewalls which is fine cause it's time for new rubber anyway....it'll look like a luxury cop car.
And it was nice to drive home without it sounding like parts were gonna fall off my car.....when they're painted it'll look sweet.

 

[80 Lebaron Coupe]

I gotta know whats in those sacks on the trunk.
One looks like lunch or Dinner.

 

[NoCar340]

I think it would look even cooler with body-colored wheels rather than black, and yes--ditch the white stripes!

 

[Jack Meoff]

I think it would look even cooler with body-colored wheels rather than black, and yes--ditch the white stripes!

Agreed....
Blackwalls, body color rims, and civvy doggies.

 

[Jack Meoff]

I gotta know whats in those sacks on the trunk.
One looks like lunch or Dinner.

One is cat food and one is beer. :laughing6:

 

[NoCar340]

Agreed....
Blackwalls, body color rims, and civvy doggies.

I said Cap'n speak-a my lan-guage?
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.

We're obviously on the same wavelength here. Love the visual of the car in my head!

 

[Jack Meoff]

I said Cap'n speak-a my lan-guage?
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.

We're obviously on the same wavelength here. Love the visual of the car in my head!

Oh....do you come from the land down under?

Yes Sir.....I think we're seeing this car the same way.
I'm so impatient about seeing it like that I was thinking about spraying the whitewalls with flay black just to see it...

 

[efriedrich]

IMO definitely paint the wheels body color or at least grey but I like the white walls. The 5th is a classy looking car and black walls with the dog dishes just don't seem to look quite right. The 5th has the vinyl top and all the chrome and fender louvers white walls seem to fit it well. While I'm running my pie hole I wouldn't use trim rings either they look way to busy with doggies IMO...

 

[Jack Meoff]

IMO definitely paint the wheels body color or at least grey but I like the white walls. The 5th is a classy looking car and black walls with the dog dishes just don't seem to look quite right. The 5th has the vinyl top and all the chrome and fender louvers white walls seem to fit it well. While I'm running my pie hole I wouldn't use trim rings either they look way to busy with doggies IMO...

I'm pretty sure I'm going blackwalls and I get a chance to experiment.
Those tires on there now are on their last legs so I'm going to paint the rims body color and flat black the whitewall just so I can get an idea of how it looks.
The Fifth Ave is a luxury car but I've always thought it could use a little attitude.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Okay.....you have to do a lot of pretending here.
Picture this as a silver Fifth Ave and no trim rings
And civvy doggies instead of the Dodge doggies
Gives you an idea of what I'm shooting for though.

 

[NoCar340]

Just a suggestion: If you use black vinyl dye, it should stick until you get your new tires.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Just a suggestion: If you use black vinyl dye, it should stick until you get your new tires.

Like SEM or something like that?
Good plan.....thanks!

 

[NoCar340]

I probably wouldn't even pop for SEM unless you need it for something else. Dupli-Color makes a decent one for much less coinage that will do the job if you clean the tires first.

 

[Jack Meoff]

I probably wouldn't even pop for SEM unless you need it for something else. Dupli-Color makes a decent one for much less coinage that will do the job if you clean the tires first.

Thanks for the info.
I can get the dupli-color and all the other stuff at my local Crappy (Canadian) Tire store.....one stop shopping.

 

[Mr.Lopar]

I like that black n silver dip se

 

[Jack Meoff]

I like that black n silver dip se

So do I.....and coincidentally I will be painting my Fifth.
Hmmmm......decisions decisions.....

 

[Jack Meoff]

Figures....I'm dying to paint these wheels and it's freezing cold here again so I have to wait......Grrrrrrr!!!

 

[Jack Meoff]

Voila...

 

[My imp]

If you can find one, Earl Scheib has a "tire dressing" that comes in a gallon can. It's about as thick as bead seal, but do you seriously think they masked your tires for a $69.99 paint job? Brush that spooge on there, & by the time it wore off, it had eaten the overspray off of the tires!

 

[NoCar340]

I think it looks pretty darned sharp!