madblkscientist

pics dont do justice but the rims came out looking badass

1st i took them off the car
2nd I washed them with water soap degreaser
3rd dried and rub them done with rubing alcohol 2 remove what ever grease oil or crap so i dont clog up sand paper
4th i sand all the dented and rough spots with 80 grit not the whole rim
5th I primed with high build to even out all the spots i sanded with 80 to get smooth only spots not whole rim
6th I wet sanded the whole rim with 220 then 400
7th I let drie then I taped off areas like the tire that I did not want painted
8th I went advance auto and purchased a dark metallic gray rim paint and clear coat
9th I gave it like 2 light coats then 1 wet coat of base then 2 coats of clear
I waited 10 mins between coats Then left it out 2 drie for 24 hours

madblkscientist

B4 rims installed on car


washed, cleaned,saned, and masked off


1st coat


2nd coat


finished product


40 bucks and a day of preping and painting and i still got paint left over

madblkscientist

The reason I painted the rims is because for now I rather put the money for buying new ones into the motor and tuning hardware instead,also because the shop that painted the car got paint n primer all over them,and for a diy project i mean if it turned out good why not

but after all the hard work and getting high off fumes the rim shop told me the rims cant b balanced cause they r bent, o well i still enjoyed painting them

ill post up more pics later of other rims imma paint

madblkscientist

my work shop




replies would b nice

Civic-Kids

nice... :D

madblkscientist

thanx

Duc_du

look better than how it use to look. stupid question but what does it mean to balance the rims???

madblkscientist

they put weights on the inside of the rim so at high speeds they dont hop up and down due to the rims being heavy on one side

DB1_559

lol so it dont have no weird vibration or weird tire wear, balance it all for comfort i suggest alloy 2 balance ftw!!!! forget static balance also make sure it dont get zero'd out,make sure they get it .20 and below at work i will not allow my tire/rim to leave if it is not balance rite!!!!

madblkscientist

they're bent so they say so it aint worth balancing gonna replace with other used or brand new ones rims are reasonable these days

Duc_du

thanks. so what is the process behind balancing? just out of curiousity because i never got my wheel balance before...

madblkscientist

im sure u did all rims get balanced when they get new tires cause tires could b off too and balancing corrects this

they put it on this machine that simulates high speed revolutions and it has sensors that detect un equal weight and tellthe tech where to add weight to balance the wheel

Duc_du

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i never ask about it when i change tires so didnt know. thanks buddy

madblkscientist

look in the back of ur rim or along the edge of the rim front and back u might see a lil removable metal clip those are weights

Duc_du

if u have curbes and scratches doesnt it make it unbalance?

96 Civic DX

Looks good. Are those 17"?

madblkscientist

yup

96 Civic DX

What are you gonna do with them since they are bent?

madblkscientist

imma take em to a shop and make sure they r or not bent or if they fix em if they're good imma keep 4 now till i get tired of them then sell if there good if not then the garbage lol

96 Civic DX

If they aren't fixable don't throw them away.
Give them to me for a few bucks

madblkscientist

**** ill jus give em to u if they aren't

madblkscientist

not gonna charge 4 bad rims

96 Civic DX

**** alright haha. I got dibs on them. Pm me if they are garbage.

madblkscientist

ok

96 Civic DX

You should take a couple pics of them on the ride