and... did you use primer?

 

this would scare me. wheels are to expensive to take a sander to ah.

 

Sand the wheel enough to scuff the finish so the paint will grip. I didn't use any primer, but it can't hurt anything if you do.

 

what do u mean by scuff haha sorry im a newb and i dont want to screw it up.

 

you have to take the clear coat off the wheels w/ 400 grit fine sand paper

 

how the heck did u tape it. i tried masing everything off. and that was a bummer it would not stick!!!!!

 

Heres the supplies:


cleaned the rims inside and out with soap and water only and let dry:


Taped and primed the rims only. No sanding cuz it took too long:




Finally I sprayed the inside wheel well first with one thin layer and then I did the out side last with a thin layer:






For best results I sprayed the outside lip first and then moved inside. Ill do second coat later and then gloss. Oh yeah i didnt even use the enigine degreaser so i returned that and got another can of white primer cuz i ran out. More piks of the finished results later. Payce out

 

Looks great! That's a lot of cans of paint! Did you use all of it? I only used like 2 cans...

 

thats about what I used ....actually a little less then what I used since my whels are 2 colors ........ those look pretty good for being gold

 

hmm what should i do to get a glossy black finish? powder coat or paint...hmmm anyone got a picture of all black powder coated ?

 

Hmm... I am about to paint mine black again, I want to give it a nice glossy black. Would you want to sand or primer Steelies?

Btw, what is the best paint to use for the wheels? I don't want it to chip or anything. >_>

 

so you dont have to sand it?

 

I didnt sand the original rim whatsoever. But that can run the risk of paint not sticking to the wheel properly under high heat conditions.

I dont drive around much on my stockies so thats why I decided to go with a non-high heat condition paint. It might chip off and it might not. We'll have to see but here are the pics of the finished wheels.

Oh yeah and everything i bought could be purchased at your local wally world. Gold paint, white primer, and clear coat enamel. I returned the duplicolor clear wheel coat cuz it sucks.

 

get them on your tc and take pics! i wanna see !

 

How do you know these suck? I bought those already figuring it would work better than regular clear coats. >_< Should I return it?

 

I know its not the clear coat i wanted because when i sprayed it on a test surface, it came out milky white and i could barely see the gold underneath. I thought it was going to be see through crystal clear but it was very hazy. so i returned it and got krylon triple thick crystal clear coat spray.

 

looks real good. I'm gonna have to do this, because sanding does take too long. But I'm gonna have to buy high heat paint, because livin in Phoenix, something is bound to melt.

 

Here's the moment of truth.

 

What do you guys think about white spokes on a FM? I have white grilles white headlights, white grille lights, white underbody to come, and white stripe underneath the top grill down to below the bottom grill, the width of the grilles. I work at a body shop so all the paint i do is proper for a car and I can order rim paint for it. Plan on doing some white on the hood, but not the whole thing.

 

whats up guys, im painting my rims tomorrow, and have a couple or questions........im sanding the wheels and bought 800 grit, should i have gotten 400? im going to prime the rims after i sand them and i have some scratches in my rims so i bought duplicolor filler primer, will that work ok? and i want to clear coat them any reccomendations of what clear coat to use? thanks guys !