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king of bling
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:16 am
by z-beam
heres the new car ive been workin on, i thought the pimps would appreciate a sample of what can be done with a little more room to modify... this thing has made me think about getting some experience with painting real 1:1 cars...
specs:mini z,all kinds of stuff under the hood, gunmetal with heavy bright silver highlight followed by tamiyas new ps-46 irredescant purple/green paint, some chop and bog (bruces word for putty or filler) and two tasty stones set in the front to sparkle like headlamps...
the stone is callesd iolite... this is not the same cut i used. this is a hexagonal facet, the ones in the car are a round facet...
so what do the pimps think?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:06 pm
by Bird
I'm lovin' it.
The paint is beautiful and very well laid, and the gems for headlights is a brilliant idea.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:01 pm
by betty.k
it's definately a pimpin' sled!
those stones really go well with the whole deal, must look awesome in person!
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:21 pm
by sg219
Great ride and the stones are definately a pimpin' touch!!
Where did you hook up with the stones and the idea?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:21 pm
by stagg
Excellent idea with the headlights. Thats one kickass car.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:06 pm
by z-beam
click! hogjowlz got me onto it, with the idea of putting zircons in rims... click!
i deal with a lot of stones... i had a bag full of what we call in the jewellry industry "accent stones". tiny 3mm faceted stones that are used in earings and to set off other larger rocks. i got some red (garnet) and orange (citrine) ones lying around as well.
as far as setting them goes, it would be real expensive time wise to get stones set into rims but for me to drill out and glue em into headlights was no problemo...
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:56 am
by Finks
Fuckin kick ass. So Z, can ya hook some pimps up w/ rocks for our ladies?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:21 pm
by Sdog
The paint is sweet...the gems are interesting.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:33 am
by z-beam
yo finks, payasso sounds like the man to talk to as hes allready in the states... but very soon my womans website will be up with our range on it for your women to peruse... we dont do anything but silver and semi-precious stones but some of the rocks we use are far more interesting than high end rubies,diamonds and emeralds...
thanks fellas for the feedback on the gems as headlights, i tried to backlight them with a light kit but just didnt look as nice. the stones lost theyre purpleness and became to gray looking with the lights in place...
do you reckon it could do with some vinyls or decals of sorts?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:07 am
by ynad
sweeeet.
the stones lost theyre purpleness and became to gray looking with the lights in place
try blue leds. also alluminum mesh for the front might
bling it more.
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:07 am
by z-beam
nice 350z ynad... i have some mesh that i might have a go with.