Reply With Quotehow did you do it it looks really nice what kinda paint did you use
Custom Painted My Si RIMS !!!!
Hey whats up fellow EP'ers and Neko haters. Well im back with another post and a new keyboard. Feels great. I am also now equiped with custom painted black si rim's. My boy sam and I did them at his house check out the proces. I will have more pics up soon.
Working Site for the Custom painted si rims
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neko
Last edited by SBC31; 07-18-2002 at 06:36 AM.
how did you do it it looks really nice what kinda paint did you use
they look alsome neko did you sand them down first
How did I do it ? Here are the steps.
Get Paint
I used a paint made by Duplicolor that is ment for Engine stuff its called Duplicolor Engine Enamle. its a part ceramic paint. 2 cans did the trick and u can get it at K mart or Walmart.
Get Sand paper
Get a medium grit sandpaper from Home Depot or Lowes or any Mom and pop shop.
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Take off rims
Clean throughly(ver important)
take the sandpaper and wet it and then harshly scrub the rims to get the finish of the rims it should take about 10 min each rim.
then re rinse the rim with water and use a cotton cloth to dry.
then mask the rim with news paper and tape around the lip of the rim make shure to try n have the tape go a lil under the lip.
then apply 3 coats of paint on each rim light coats and just spray in each lines and then get the details. hold bottle about 12 in away from rims so drips dont form. give 10 min between each coat.
after the 3 coats are done let dry for 2-3 hrs and then take it easy on the road for the first couple of days. the longer you let them dry they longer thell last
neko
dude they look cool. really good job. i'm not good at painting at all, very runny when i do it. and nice car. i didn't know that was your car.
Last edited by fishboy; 07-17-2002 at 05:49 PM.
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They looks pretty good
You painted the rims while they were still on the car???
How did you get the inside of them?
Yea we had to paint them while on the car because I lost my Wheel Lock and honda was closed. We took all the bolts off except the lock and we touch up the inside of the one with the lock
look neko i made an account just for you. now i can tell everyone what a smart guy you were for comin all the way to my house minus a spare tire, jack, and most importantly the wheel lock key. sure made my job a whole lot easier. hehe i'm jp man~ it was pretty fun, n i'm glad you like the results. looks pretty hot imo. i can't wait to see them in the daylight. i just wish my damn site didn't keep goin down...
Originally posted by mixedupneko
Yea we had to paint them while on the car because I lost my Wheel Lock and honda was closed. We took all the bolts off except the lock and we touch up the inside of the one with the lockYou guys familiar with powdercoating?
Last edited by CleanBlackSi02; 07-17-2002 at 10:18 PM.
if we actually had the $$ or materials to do powdercoating we would, but we're poor so we can only afford to do ghetto mods like this.:D
Ghetto setup. But it all good when u don't have money to buy anything. It looks ok.
I've added the working link to this thread, therefore I deleted the new thread you had started. Note that you can edit your own posts if you ever need to change a URL and/or spelling mistakes......
Damn that look amazing. I think I'll have a project on my hands this weekend. I hate the stock rims but this paint job makes it look so much better.
Couple more things.
Was the paint a non gloss?
Did you put on a clear coat?
Let us know if the paint stays on after a couple of weeks.
Thanks
I must be a fellow EP'er cuz I'm not a Neko Hater.Hey whats up fellow EP'ers and Neko haters
Looks good! I *love* the pic with the newsprint all over the car! That looks hilarious.
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