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December 15, 2004: I'll be painting the wheels with Dupli-Color "High Performance Wheel Coating", whatever that is exactly.
It's available in clear, silver, graphite, bronze or satin black according to the website. Well, I decided to go with satin although it's hard to find. My local NAPA put in an order and bronze showed up. The part number was correct, the paint just wasn't right. So for fun, I had them ship two cans of "bronze". Guess what? It's black. Not satin but flat black. Since the clearcoat will add a bit of gloss I decided to go with this. It was a close call, I almost decided on graphite. Let's hope it turns out well. For the record, order part number HP104 for black and HP105 for bronze. First I have to polish the rims - and by that, I don't mean the entire wheel. I mean the actual rim of the wheel. The popular vernacular seems to have lost the distinction. But I digress. Some kerb marks need to be removed and then it's just a matter of making everything super-shiny. I'll put clearcoat over the polish too because I'm lazy. Thanks to Jonathan Adams for much advice on how to do this.

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