painting rims

[2Devious]

Originally Posted by Entaille

I find it hard to be interested in rattle canning wheels when most reputable powdercoating shops will do your wheels for around 50$ a wheel. way more durable.

Rattle canning with just some walmart rustoleum is going to be a bad idea. It might cost less than $20 to do the wheels but it is gonna hold up pretty crappy.

The duplicolor wheel coating is made specifically for the application and if applied correctly and allowed to cure correctly makes a very durable finish. The total cost for me to do my wheels was less than $50 and about 7 hours of time. Which, for me being the DIY fanatic I am, was well worth it.

Originally Posted by ducq

I will be attempting this tomorrow, I'll post pictures of the outcome. Any tips to scuffing/prepping surface other than 320 sandpaper?

I used dawn dish soap to clean the wheels prior to scuffing. This will help strip any oils/contaminants. I then used compressed air and a terry cloth to dry the wheel. After scuffing, I cleaned again with the dawn, dried and looked for any spots I missed with the sandpaper. Cleaned / dried again until ALL spots were hit. Then painted.

This isn't for everyone. Most people are going to feel that the time and effort saved by going with a powder coater is worth it. For a handy DIY'r this is a cost effective way of getting the look you want and saying that you did it yourself.

[scythezo6]

2Devious your rims came out beautiful!!! Did you paint the insde too or just the outside face of the rims?

I wanted to powder coat them, but if you're getting good durability I may just save my money and do it this way........

[2Devious]

Originally Posted by scythezo6

2Devious your rims came out beautiful!!! Did you paint the insde too or just the outside face of the rims?

I wanted to powder coat them, but if you're getting good durability I may just save my money and do it this way........

I only did the outside, as the inside was already finished in a gloss black.

[TAG UR IT]

I have one rim that has a small flaking part on it (very edge). I'm curious about it...and was thinking I might be able to fix it myself. I was thinking of sanding it down a bit, polishing it up, and then re-clearing. I don't know...but think I could do it.

[ducq]

Painted the rims up today, i started at 9am and finished around 9pm. Had a friend help do a little sanding and a 12 pack, a 6 pack, and a pizza later its all done. They came out looking great! Came out looking almost like a gun metal black. I added the bowties in the middle got them from Bigwormz. The hardest part was sanding these things all up and down! Oh and the duplicolor wheel spray paint nozzle was killing my finger! My finger is seriously numb right now! All worth it though, the only other experience i have painting are my calipers and engine cover which i did over a month ago.

[olblue75]

has anyone tried that new duplicolor shadow paint

[EagleKeeper]

here are mine. Powder coated the lugnuts as well. Water stains easily but I like the way they look.

[TAG UR IT]

Originally Posted by ducq

Painted the rims up today, i started at 9am and finished around 9pm. Had a friend help do a little sanding and a 12 pack, a 6 pack, and a pizza later its all done. They came out looking great! Came out looking almost like a gun metal black. I added the bowties in the middle got them from Bigwormz. The hardest part was sanding these things all up and down! Oh and the duplicolor wheel spray paint nozzle was killing my finger! My finger is seriously numb right now! All worth it though, the only other experience i have painting are my calipers and engine cover which i did over a month ago.

Wow!! Look great! Good job!

[2Devious]

Nice! Glad to see other folks having success with this.

[ducq]

my rear tires came out great but my fronts actually have a few spots of too much clear coat, it looks kinda blotched, how can i smooth it out? rubbing compount or sand it a little? i really dont wanna take the wheels off and do them over again but i feel i may need to

[BROMARO909]

a little delalyed but here are my pics

[LoneStar]

BROMARO909, those look great! Alot better than stock!!!

[destroyerofu2]

this is what im going to do next weekend
(waiting for the color match paint to come in)

clean
sand
clean
primer
sand
clean
paint gloss black
clean
mask off
paint IOM
clean
clear

[sparias]

Originally Posted by destroyerofu2

this is what im going to do next weekend
(waiting for the color match paint to come in)

clean
sand
clean
primer
sand
clean
paint gloss black
clean
mask off
paint IOM
clean
clear

I couldn't resist and try to do this to see those black/red wheels on a more realistic way.