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MJO23DAN
Repped. I enjoyed that tremendously. Thank you for that. I sure do miss my OG Chicago 1's.
The 1 Return's hold their own.
great video, some other angle shots would have been nice.
great video, I always enjoy watching your shoe and jersey videos
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Here's some closer pics. It is obvious it is painted when you look at it up close, but from far away, it just looks like a really white tongue. I ended up putting about 5 coats because one of my tongues started looking more yellow than the other so I got OCD and just made them both really white. The coats were thin though and they should drip when you brush them on, otherwise it will be too thick. If I were to do it again, I would be more careful with matching both tongues and probably use 1-2 less coats. You can use as little as you want if you want some yellow in it still.
Fit wise, they fit normal. Tongues are stiffer on the outside and feel more "plastic" but they don't look bad in my opinion. From birds eye view or on foot, I can't tell it's painted. Kept the back mesh of my tongues unpainted and yellow so I don't feel any of the hardness. I would imagine that the only side effect would be that the tongue creases more because of the paint, but I'm mainly concerned about the top of the tongue since that shows the most. This was my first paint job so could've been cleaner in some areas, but it pretty much takes no skill. Just start with a very thin layer of paint and you can stop at anytime.
Thanks for your input. We'll see how it holds up. The yellow just really bothered me. If someone else has a better way, please put up a tutorial. I'm sure the yellow tongue is a deal breaker for some, but overall it's a great shoe.Hopefully you mixed in some GAC 900 Fabric Medium else your tongue is going to have some cracking as time passes on. It probably would've been easier to remove the yellow foam and replace with white foam and do a clean restitch. That's just me though. Haven't seen anyone do this but looks like you're the first.
Thanks for your input. We'll see how it holds up. The yellow just really bothered me. If someone else has a better way, please put up a tutorial. I'm sure the yellow tongue is a deal breaker for some, but overall it's a great shoe.
Who's comparison vid?nice comparison vid tho!
Got my pair in today, i do like the shoe but the execution is really cheap.
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Only the red parts are real leather, the black and white parts are syntethic, the toebox will crease in a strange way, like the aj1 low bred.
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At least they are really comfy.
lmao leave it alone spelling is atrocious in ntBro how you spell mannequin
no offense but the shoe has been out for awhile now what's the point of still coming in the thread to post how hideous they are? The appearance critiquing period has gone and past. The dead horse has been beaten. If you notice the last few pages are of people who bought them and are enjoying themthese things are hideous man. i could never come thru rocking these boots. even if i missed out on chi 1s, i'da NEVER grabbed these. u would have to pay me. and even then, i'd have to give it some srs thought. i just can't. :x