painting rims

[hi ho silver]

This might be a more appropriate forum to put this in:

painting rims?

who's done it? i was gonna use that wheel paint by duplicolor.. but i couldn't find a gloss black.. has anyone tried the duplicolor high temp paint? i figure that'll hold up since many people use em on calipers.

can anyone thats done it give me tips?

[oONoGoAutoOo]

i think it'll be better f you just powder coated the rims.

[hi ho silver]

yes i know it will be better to powdercoat them. i've gotten prices and quotes around my area.. i just wanna look at painting as an option.. if anyones done it. thanks for the help

[a_band_apart]

i painted my gts rims flat black. i cant recall who made the paint but at autozone they had spray paint cans specifically made for painting rims. i think they look pretty decent for 10 bucks a can.

[Bluegt2K]

i painted my gts wheels bronze i'll post pics tomorrow but they turned out great. Thinkin about a diff color tho.

[hi ho silver]

can you tell me what kind of paint you used? and btw.. what did you do to prep the wheels before painting?

[Bluegt2K]

i used the dupli-color paint and i lightly sanded the rims with 320 grit sandpaper

[hi ho silver]

holdin up pretty well?

[RMC314]

i got them professionally done by my bodyshop...

did an awesome job...came out just like that car....
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d832b3127cceb07d55bc5daa0000001610

[Bluegt2K]

mine are holding up great, but i only had them on my car for a week :-)

[coledesign]

i have painted my gts wheels 3 colors now.

first was black then gunmetal then bronze is where theyre at now.

that duplicolor paint holds up VERY well to the elements.

car washes are no problem too.

[hi ho silver]

what did you guys do to prep? sand and primer?

[joozen]

hey there..i've painted all my rims that i've had since i had my car :gap: my 17's went from silver to flat black, gts rims from gunmetal, flat black, gloss black, to bronze. to prep them, all u need to do is wet sand them. no primer needed unless u want too. i didnt. ill post some pics up in a lil of before and after pics of my rims. the duplicolor paint for rims holds up pretty well, but mine are starting to chip very little.

[joozen]

before:
http://img69.photobucket.com/albums/v211/joozen/mycar/mycar01.jpg

after:
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/9959003-med.jpg
http://img69.photobucket.com/albums/v211/joozen/mycar/03.bmp

before:
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/995901.JPG

after:
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/5/web/221000-221999/221737_106_full.jpg

and after that:
http://i.myspace.com/04/70/1070740/10420719_l.JPG

[hi ho silver]

thanks for the help guys. i was gonna get my wheels powdercoated.. but i figure if im paying 200 dollars i might as well sell my rims and get new rims. if painting costs like less than 20 bux i can afford to buy another can to touch up paint chips. because i've seen a lot of powdercoated wheels.. and powdercoat will chip as well.

[joozen]

20 bucks to paint?? hehe try 4 dollars.. :gap:

[joozen]

by the way.."off topic"..thats a nice arowana in your sig! :thumbup:

[hi ho silver]

thanks that one actually died but i bought another one right after and its almost a foot long now.