My friend and I were bored one day and decided to paint his rims. Which lead to a two day escapade involving lots of dust and paint..

well, here are the after shots and I think the wheels look SICK on his car

btw, procedure was as follows [ allow stock wheels ]

1. wash/clean/dry rims
2. sand with 180 grit
3. sand with 400 grit
4. wetsand with 1500 grit
5. mask off the little circle areas
6. 3 coats of sandable primer
7. 4-5 coats of flat black paint [ we used VHT exterior paint ]
8. 5-6 coats of clear coat [ also VHT ]

enjoy and yes, my car is being lowered next week

rofl for a second i was thinkin u were talkin about the eclipse, i was gonna say wtf those r stock wheels?

it's a talon

blcknspo0ln said:

it's a talon

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Looks good!

hey balcknspooln .. can you get more pics of your car with the spoiler on it .. I want to see what it looks like .

i had them lying around.. i'll dig it up sometime soon

Thats ugly, you didn't even paint the whole rim evenly. :thumbdown Drink less beer next time you're working

Looks bad IMO

i dont think it looks too bad...theres just a whole lotta rubber!

eeeeeeeh, i don't really like the 2-tone look on wheels (unless it's a polished lip kinda thing). i think you should have painted the whole wheel and it would've looked better.

No offense, but you have a 97 tsi.

IMO (and a lot of other peoples) it has the best body from a DSM period. Get rid of the ugly spoiler and put the stock one back on.

wow this turned into a crazy hater post

the rims were as per our choice. we both like it and I just wanted to share. I guess it's just not your guys cup of tea.

as for the spoiler i know. It came with the car and will soon be swapped to the CF rudora [ wangan ] or whatever you call it spoiler. IMHO either spoilers looks better than stock

I think the spoiler looks fine. WTF? get off the guy.

yah i said i didnt mind them i think its unique and it turned out good...but i think they would look better if they were bigger rims but what can you do....anyways good job

wheels look decent imo.


and whats wrong with the spoiler? for those of us who never had one...

besides i like how the spoiler looks and not many people have it

thanks for the support guys. its ok if they're hating though.. it's their opinion i suppose.

as for having a larger size rim, we didn't have that option.. cause they were his stock rims we just decided to make them stand out a little more. and I think mission accomplished.

for those who dont know. my wing is a 3 pc arc spoiler modeled after the 3000GT. IMO it looks OK at best but at least flows with the car. plus its unique in this ricer infested area with aluminum wings and such

no hating intended, just wanted to voice my opinion. i personally think that if your are going to paint wheels like that, they should be painted all the way. but to each his own.

.....you did a good job painting them though, so for that ......

blcknspo0ln said:

as for having a larger size rim, we didn't have that option.. cause they were his stock rims we just decided to make them stand out a little more. and I think mission accomplished.

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haha yeah i know thats why i said...but what can you do

yea we were going to paint them all black.. but that would make the wheels look like steelies trust me, my friend just did them a gloss black and it makes it look so ghetto. we decided to add a little flavor and put a little aluminum in there.

btw, masking off those little sections was a PITA. that took a good 1 hour of just doing that, and it still didn't come out perfect.

blcknspo0ln said:

yea we were going to paint them all black.. but that would make the wheels look like steelies trust me, my friend just did them a gloss black and it makes it look so ghetto. we decided to add a little flavor and put a little aluminum in there.

btw, masking off those little sections was a PITA. that took a good 1 hour of just doing that, and it still didn't come out perfect.

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yeah, masking sucks and takes a lot of time; better to do it right the first time though.

Reminds me of those Ford Tauraus's on RoboCop. IMO the black just makes the tires look even more like donuts.... IMO.

Better then stock

see, now that OWNS my paint job looks good

blcknspo0ln said:

see, now that OWNS my paint job looks good

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The low profile tires adds to it. Yours would look better all black with a polished lip and low pro's too.

fwdturbobov1996 said:

hey balcknspooln .. can you get more pics of your car with the spoiler on it .. I want to see what it looks like .

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i was about to ask the same question..pics

*shrugs*
I think they look great, and its always the people that did the work that appreciate it the most, especially masking those rims to paint them... unfortunatly not everything has a discriptive explanaion to get the props it deserves.

Good work on the rims. being stock, they look great.