WANTED: Pics of painted factory rims

[khartley]

Hey, I'm thinking that until I get the money to get rims and tires, I might just paint the factory rims. I want it to look original, but I'd like to see what some of you have done. Did the paint on them last?

 

[sexehtopper]

Hey, I'm thinking that until I get the money to get rims and tires, I might just paint the factory rims. I want it to look original, but I'd like to see what some of you have done. Did the paint on them last?

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[DSMRevolution]

search button?

That would work, but insted of wasting your time telling somebody to search... You could search for them? Just kidding, but what does your user name mean anyways?

Check out my gallery. I painted my rims awhile back with Duplicolor gunmetal paint. It is meant for rims and it has held up perfect so far. I don't expect anything happening to it anytime soon either.

 

[HondaKiller]

my old car. never mind the dirt.

 

[sexehtopper]

That would work, but insted of wasting your time telling somebody to search... You could search for them? Just kidding, but what does your user name mean anyways?

Check out my gallery. I painted my rims awhile back with Duplicolor gunmetal paint. It is meant for rims and it has held up perfect so far. I don't expect anything happening to it anytime soon either.

my last name is topper, i have always been called that because there were two kids name devin in my class so last name stuck with me... and im sexy . leet speek + sexy = sexeh.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Here's my car with photochopped black rims, I was thinking about painting my rims black with the polished lip so my friend did this for me, but they are flat black.. I'm not sure if i want them black though

 

[DSMRevolution]

my last name is topper, i have always been called that because there were two kids name devin in my class so last name stuck with me... and im sexy . leet speek + sexy = sexeh.

Oh ok, thanks I was curious. hmmm.... tehDSMsexyRevolution... nah


1993eclipseGS- I think those rims would look good painted black on your car.

 

[khartley]

Here's my car with photochopped black rims, I was thinking about painting my rims black with the polished lip so my friend did this for me, but they are flat black.. I'm not sure if i want them black though

I think that looks pretty cool. I will probably do something like that. My Talon is silver, so I think that would look pretty neat. I wanted to do the gunmetal thing, but on a silver car I don't think it would work.

 

[pinknuggit]

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[Dericsh]

Here is mine

 

[sids]

did you gyus clearcoat the rims after painting? am planning to paint my arospeeds in gold with gold spray paint, how many coats of clear do I need?

 

[98RedGs]

did you gyus clearcoat the rims after painting? am planning to paint my arospeeds in gold with gold spray paint, how many coats of clear do I need?

I used 2 coats of clear and 3 coats of paint.
But make sure to keep your coats THIN and not have them "too thick".

 

[Gh0zTeR]

did this about 6 months ago
still no damage.. paint is holding up better then i expected.

 

[Denji]

and here is one on the car

used paint thinner and wire brush to remove the clearcoat on outside aluminum sanded rim.. 2 coats of primer 3 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear over both paint and aluminum just finished today... i think it looks pretty hot

 

[fear_itself]

here you go. been like 3 months and paint still looks good, I didnt bother to clear coat since I was too lazy to do it.

<img src="http://ecomlodge.com/carpics/Picture%20002.jpg" height=400 width=400>

 

[fear_itself]

here you go. been like 3 months and paint still looks good, I didnt bother to clear coat since I was too lazy to do it.

<img src="http://ecomlodge.com/carpics/Picture%20002.jpg" height=300 width=400>

for more pics <a href=http://www.ecomlodge.com/carpics>click here</a>

 

[eclipsegst3131]

how do you polish the lip of the wheel???? i have a 2g white gst with the 16 inch 5 spokes that i want to paint black and have a polished lip. please help me

 

[boostdevil]

i think in order to polish the lip you just use some polishing paste and and rub the hell out of the rim with the polish, like mothers mag polish maybe?

 

[Eagle_Summit]

how do you polish the lip of the wheel???? i have a 2g white gst with the 16 inch 5 spokes that i want to paint black and have a polished lip. please help me

Sandpaper

 

[94Talon2]

Here's a pic of my wheels, they are powder coated anthrisite.

Look at my gallery for more pics.

 

[pinknuggit]

One thing i did which nobody else mentioned. I have acess to an industrial oven at work. I baked each wheel at 525deg.F for 15 minutes. Then, i coated them with the clear and baked the clear at 400 deg.F for 10 minutes.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Finally got around to painting my rims, Gloss black with a polished lip. Also painted my calipers white and tinted my windows.

 

[Mike1992]

I finished mine yesterday, Removed all paint then 2 coats gloss black ceramic engine paint and 2 coats of ceramic clear coat. I wish I wouldn't have cleared the lip, they were hella shiny before and the clear coat gave them a metallic grey shiny look.

Edit: 2g wheels on a 1g I painted the calipers with that Dupli-color kit (red) and it came out looking hot, you cant see them in my pic, cuz my camera sucks but overall the new rim/caliper look is HOT!!!

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

nice pics..

i perosnlaly like how the 97-99 GSX rims look painted.. black/polished lip.. it looks so legit like aftermarket rims..

 

[Redmachine]

mine is in my sig/gallery