Painting rims?

[Midgear]

Originally Posted by kwhauck

just buy some rims.......

sell me some for cheap

[MattismodderX]

This is to settle all disputes. i am broke as all hell. so instead of spending hundreds on rims, i bought rim spray paint and heres the result sorry for img quality (taken with cell phone)

[whiterider00]

that looks a lot better on a black car than it did on my white one

[Kilroy]

Originally Posted by MattismodderX

This is to settle all disputes. i am broke as all hell. so instead of spending hundreds on rims, i bought rim spray paint and heres the result sorry for img quality (taken with cell phone)

Looks decent. Now, what is different about "rim spray" than regular spray paint? Easier / less prep work needed??

[MattismodderX]

Originally Posted by Kilroy

Looks decent. Now, what is different about "rim spray" than regular spray paint? Easier / less prep work needed??

its made to be on rims. read the discription in this link. this is the exact stuff i bought: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

[FrankTheTank]

i dont like the all-black wheels. needs a polished lip to look good (not sure how you'd do that on alero wheels though.

[undecided02]

duplicolor makes an excellent wheel restoration product. I drop thier name a lot but its because they really do make the best stuff

[MattismodderX]

ok so for the end all dispute. i am curently sanding down to the bare metal (below factory paint) on all of my rims (2.5 of 4 done) and once its all completed, with paint as well as clear coat, i will take high quality photos of them. this is a photo of them before sanding:

[00sleeper]

I actually have painted gunmetal on my car right now, i could upload some pics if anyone wants to see them?

[MattismodderX]

id like to see them, so far with mine i still need to finish getting all the stock paint/primer off. bout 95% is off of each tire (lots n lots of paint stripper, cool stuff. and steel wool) so after its all done ill be painting mine and posting before/afters of it

[zzyzzx]

It's going to look like crap when parts of the paint come off.

[MattismodderX]

Originally Posted by zzyzzx

It's going to look like crap when parts of the paint come off.

after you're done painting?

if ur talking about that... then i hate saying it- but you somewhat wrong.
depending on how well its done depends on how well it will stay on, doing this before- i sprayed it right over the factory silver paint. all i did to clean it was get a few wet paper towels and briefly rub them off. i sprayed it with one layer and didnt even care about taking the time to spray it layer by layer. it turned out great. when i repainted it again overtop of the already sprayed layer the can of paint had been inside my car during the winter, constantly being frozen/unfrozen all winter long and then the layer i sprayed on in the spring was terrible. the paint itself was screwy. and thats when i decided to do it right. if u use primer and duplicolor rim paint, there is no way its going to come off if done right. its made to resist everything that a rim could possibly go through. (heat, gravel, rocks, dust, etc) also this time i am taking the wheels off of the car so get the best all over spray verses just spraying it on while the wheels and caps are attached.

[00sleeper]

i'll be sure to post some pictures here tonight or tomorrow.

[00sleeper]

here's a pic of my rims gunmetal

[meadus101]

they don't look THAT gunmetal. but I like it.