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GottaHaveLS1
03-13-2006, 03:46 PM
Anyone ever pain the wheel wells of their f body? I was painting my calipers with my dad and he mentioned it. I'm thinkin of black of course, lol, i think anything else would look ridiculous.
Trojan35
03-13-2006, 05:01 PM
Anyone ever pain the wheel wells of their f body? I was painting my calipers with my dad and he mentioned it. I'm thinkin of black of course, lol, i think anything else would look ridiculous.

I've heard detail shops do this. I'm curious as to if they use a flat, matte, or gloss black. I'd assume matte but don't know.
2001somws6
03-13-2006, 05:02 PM
i painted mine gloss black. they look good but the still get dirty and still have to wash under there. at least for car shows.
Trojan35
03-13-2006, 05:16 PM
i painted mine gloss black. they look good but the still get dirty and still have to wash under there. at least for car shows.

pics?
sills1
03-14-2006, 09:22 PM
Do not paint the front wells, just simply remove the wheel and remove the inside liner. You can clean it and use some vinyl or plastic cleaner to make them look new again. On the rear, I painted mine with Gloss black and it looks killer. Nothing worse than seeing a clean car with kick ass wheels and horid wheel wells.

While you have the passenger side wheel well removed, do the wiring mod for under the hood while you have it off. It is an easy mod that cleans up the engine bay very nicely. That is where I got the idea of cleaning mine front fender wells. Clean and paint the suspension pieces while you are in there too. I know, I just gave you a list of things to do that will take up the better part of a day, but the end result will be awesome.
billyb
03-15-2006, 06:05 PM
hi can you or anyone tell where to find the wire re-location mod i looked in univ. install but can't find it help thanks billyb
sills1
03-15-2006, 06:29 PM
hi can you or anyone tell where to find the wire re-location mod i looked in univ. install but can't find it help thanks billyb
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