Custom Air Jordan 4: J Balvin Inspired

With the J Balvin Air Jordan 3 release coming very soon and the images of the secondary colorway circling the internet this week; it was only right to put our own spin on it. After all J Balvin has released 2 other Jordan sneakers and it looks like he is going in order... Could an Air Jordan 4 be next or will he switch it up?

In today's episode of Customs and Restorations with Vick, he takes on a Metallic Orange Jordan 4 that he picked up on eBay for a steal! When we started talking about the project we knew we had to pick the perfect base shoe. Vick is a huge Jordan 4s fan, but it was also important to follow the order that J Balvin has set up!

The J Balvin's Jordan 3s were inspired by the sunset in Medellin, Colombia and feature a beautiful gradient pattern on the midsole. Vick Almighty decided to use that vibe to match the general release. Since we live in Arizona and often have beautiful sunsets, Vick decided to pay homage to his hometown by adding a little more Arizona to the custom.

Now let's talk about the customization process; as always you can't start reconstruction without a little bit of deconstruction. We needed to take apart the backtabs that came on the sneaker to make room for the custom J Balvin backtabs. Once the backtabs were off we needed to remove the factory finish to prep for the remainder of the customization.

After all that prep it was time to get them to the right color! The J Balvin 3s have more of an aged vibe, so using coffee we needed to match it. Dying white sneakers with coffee is a perfect start to your customization career. After-all some sneakers look 100X better aged! After you dip them, don't forget to give them a wash, so you don't walk around smelling like a coffee shop! 😉 Even though the coffee didn't make the most perfect tone it was still what was needed to make this custom work!

After we got the correct color on the sneaker it was time to get to the point! Now it is time to put those lovely J Balvin touches on the kicks. Starting with those custom Jordan 4 backtabs from Vick's friend (All Shoes Matter on IG).

Vick got the easy stuff out of the way before heading into the fun yet tedious part of the custom... The midsole gradient paint job! This is not a simple task, but man does it look good in the end! But wait the gradient isn't the most time consuming part of this! You know what is? The details; Vick spent hours detailing the edges with a small detail brush, but hey it was worth it!

Overall, I think Vick made J Balvin proud! Let us know in the comments what the best J Balvin to ever release is? We are thinking the 3s are the best of the batch!

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00:00 Introduction
00:47 How To Remove Backtabs on Jordan 4s
01:35 How to Prep for a Paint Job
02:48 How to Coffee Dye Sneakers
03:44 How to Wash Shoes in the Washing Machine
04:50 How to Paint Leather Uppers On AJ4's
05:43 How to Replace Jordan 4 Backtabs
10:02 How to Paint a Gradient Midsole
12:29 How to Airbrush Jordan 4s
13:46 Detail Work
14:18 The Finished Product