Painting Stock Rims

[oldschoolimport]

I use scotch-brite pads for paint prep. works better than sand paper. also you can get the outside tire bead broken back for about $10 for all 4 wheels. that way you can get a better masking to protect the tires and have the paint go all the way around the rim lip. when you go to re-seat the bead, get a cloth and dip it in soapy water. rub that around the wheel and inflate. the bead will pop back on and you will have a professional looking paint job. ;)

[DraginSi]

Not sure if i can do that though.. i can only take one off at a time and have no other means of travel to get them to the shop

[DraginSi]

Hmm well i went by Pep Boys and Advanced and Auto Zone and Advanced was the only place who carried Dupli-Color but no wheel paint.. They had regular paint and engine enamal and high temp but didnt see anything specially for wheels :(

[blackdc5]

I would suggest either powdercoating them or leaving them alone...unless you aren't going to paint the rim of the wheel. Once you paint the rim of the wheel, regardless of how much prep work you do, regular paint will just chip off. Especially when it comes time to get new tires mounted, it will chip off and will look like crap.

[bluedevilI]

donte any pix of my wheels, but friend did his dc5 rims black, and did my rims white and they came out pretty good. im paintin mine again next month gold. seriously its all preperation. if u sand it and use the right paint and apply even coats after the lighter ones you'll b good. ill post some pix wen i get them painted gold.

[xsimplistikaznx]

yes powder coat please! paint doesn't work too great. homey did his. black paint rubbed right off. thus like they said as well as me, POWER COAT!

[BigBurch422]

Hmm well i went by Pep Boys and Advanced and Auto Zone and Advanced was the only place who carried Dupli-Color but no wheel paint.. They had regular paint and engine enamal and high temp but didnt see anything specially for wheels :(

it doesnt have to be the wheel coating. i did mine with it n it turned out pretty well but my friend did his with just the high temp engine enamel n i must say it looks better than the wheel coating on mine. i now have 2 cans of semi-gloss engine enamel waiting to re-do them for winter rims

[Elise98]

I painted mine black, then white, then gunmetal.

Stick index cards in the little gap between the tire and the wheel so you don't get any paint on the tire.

Putting a duplicolor clear coat will give it a glossy finish.

It does chip off kind of easily. I no longer use these wheels, they were a temporary thing.

[the JigGa mAn]

powder coating is of course better but it cost about 30 bucks a wheel. and a diy cost only 15. cant compare with 15 bucks and 120

yes you can...when you have to do it over and over because of chippng and fading..youll be kicking yourself in the arse