Painting Rims

[galantv600]

my wheels are black inside.. too dirty so i was liike F' it... too lazy to paint inside since its reallly dark to see the insdie on my car anywas.. but yeah outside only...

[Serstylz2]

so, shit, it appears that people are painting their rims in warm weather.. i planned on doing it in my unused basement w. the window open for ventilation, but its in the negative degrees here in Maine. Granted they have all winter to dry and whatnot, but do I still need the warm weather ?

[furiousgtz]

i used regular clear coat like the one you use on body, asked few people and they said its ok.
4-5 coats

[bigbluetotoro]

I painted these myself with a spraycan and a lot of time. I think I did the oppisite of what you want to do. you say you want to paint only the lip and the rivets. I really can't tell whats going on in your pictures,( It dosent look like you masked off anything it looks like blue paint instead of tape? sorry I'm a little confused.) but anyway if your rivets are plastic they should just pull out with the help of a pair of pliers and something soft to keep them from stripping. if they are metal they should screw out with a hex wrench. trust me if your going to paint the little bolts, go to the trouble of taking them out. it will look crappy if you don't . then mask everything with tape you dont want painted. and use paper or whatever you want to cover up the larger parts like the tire (if you keep it on). use very light sandpaper to get the paint to stick. if your lips have clearcoat the paint won't stick well. you have to take the clearcoat off. then you paint in very light coats till it looks good. then use clearcoat. I used specific wheel clear coat.
I hope this helps. good luck. pm me if you have more questions.

[gtx]

so, shit, it appears that people are painting their rims in warm weather.. i planned on doing it in my unused basement w. the window open for ventilation, but its in the negative degrees here in Maine. Granted they have all winter to dry and whatnot, but do I still need the warm weather ?

I'd wait for the warmer days. If the temperature is cold, some paints tend to wrinkle while drying. Also, if you spray it in warm, the spread will be more even. That's my experience at least.

[G-spot]

holy old thread Batman! :smt027 I almost believed Pedro was gonna paint his new rims gold

[Serstylz2]

damn what happened to all the old parts of this post that had a link to the kind of paint Allan recommended????

[Serstylz2]

another good tutorial:

http://www.team-integra.net/sections...?ArticleID=578

[furiousgtz]

another good tutorial:

http://www.team-integra.net/sections...?ArticleID=578

and this
i used the evo one
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=194291

or
http://www.iwsti.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57356 (spray gun)

[Serstylz2]

if you find anyone that used HWP105 bronze wheel paint post pics, I'm debating whether to use bronze or Graphite now to do my wheels

[furiousgtz]

if you find anyone that used HWP105 bronze wheel paint post pics, I'm debating whether to use bronze or Graphite now to do my wheels

Found one wrx fourms sliver adr's painted bronze
how about bronze wheels on sliver car? does that look gay
http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52575

[Serstylz2]

thats gold-chrome paint, im lookin for this bronze



edit: i think it'd look like this, not bad

[furiousgtz]

just paint them and see i think the bronze or gold looks good on black galant.

[Serstylz2]

yea and if i dont like the bronze i can jus go over em w. graphite so.. i got a winter project, cool

even though it says I should paint when its 55 degrees out.. oh well... one coat a day should dry alright

[pinoyesv6]

this is my spare tire painted in that duplicolor bronze

[Serstylz2]

oh look at that... black on bronze... PM sent

[Serstylz2]

my paint is here, gonna be doin this soon

[underated]

what happens when you have the tires changed since the outter part is painted too? thats the only thing that has kept me from painting my old set of rims