Painted XXR 512 rims on my supercharged miata NB FL / MK2.5

Painted rims

Hey everybody! It has been a little while since i have made a post. This week i have been very busy with my supercharged miata NB FL / MK 2.5. So i will be posting lost of cool how to's en pictures upcoming week!

To start off i painted my rims! Here is the result:

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