I have stock rims on my 5th gen . I want to paint them with some special paint I bought at Auto Zone that just for your rims. But should I just spray the stuff on my rims or should I prepair them in any way? I would appreciate all advice.

 

make sure u sand them real good becuz if u have any tire shine or anything like that its not gona stick so sand them real good and theyl turn out real nice! post pics when done!

 

You need to de-gloss the entire surface you want to paint with some fine sandpaper (200 or so is pretty good) and then clean it very thouroughly before you paint with carb cleaner, paint thinner, etc. Then apply many thin coats @ 5-10 min intervals.

 

what color are you doing them? A good friend of mine powder coats wheels and i wanted to do mine in GunMetal (i have two sets)..post pics when ur done!

 

well if you want them painted really good... i do that **** on the side... any color you want.... and they'll look like they just came off the factory line... you just gotta pay for shipping and supplies... i only charge $75...

 

To birds_sol_94, I wouldn't mind having you do my rims but where are you located?
And if I decide to do them my self whats the best grit amount for the sand paper to use on my rims.(200 grit or 350git?ect.

 

My 5th gen is pearl white and I was thinking of painting my rims either gun metal, dark bronze, or gold. But I can't see which would look best. What do you guys think?

 

gold
but its prefrence

 

well... with in any painting... start with completely clean the wheel... good... start with a rought grit to get the old grimmy **** out the wheel... clean that off... then go to a finer grit.... then with just a rly rly fine grit... go over the wheel rly quick... but i cant tell ya my secret to painting them then everyone would be doing it... haha.. but i live in SC whoever that was wanted t o know

 

what the heck is SC. What city do you live in. If you don't want to let me know the kind of sand paper you use then that fine,yeah I know you'll be giving away your secret. But remeber its not the machine its the mechanic. LET ME KNOW MAN!!!!

 

Is there anyone who's looking to help someone instead of looking for money that can let me know the best way to prep my rims before being painted?!!!!!!~!

 

just take a fine grit sandpaper... 200 grit to be precise... take it all over the surface of the wheels... after thats done... take something paint thiner, brake cleaner, wheel cleaner whatever you perfer to clean them with and clean them... take your paint and put on really light coats in like 10 minute intervals... until the wheel is painted all the way... and if you really want it to shine and look good.. go buy some clear coat and do the same light coatings til you think it looks good enough... i usually do 5 light coats of clear on one wheel

 

prep work is key

 

thank you . I really appreciate it. Sorry if I got you a little pissed off. But you told me all i need to know and I thank you agian. I'm goinbg to paint them a dark gold, almost a bronze. I'll post pics of them when I'm done.

 

no problem...

 

i just painted my rims for my audi and i sanded lightly then cleaned them with a grease reomover and rubbed them down with a tack cloth< cheese cloth and sprayed them they turned out good its all in the prep good luck

 

Does anyone have any pics of their painted rims?

 

Hey I just thought of something!
You know how on the prelude typeSH rims, the wheels have some kinda clear coat on them or something was is that because I know its not bare aluminum. Can that be removed? If it can then after I can just smooth out the wheel,cleanit, and paint it! What do you think guys is this a good idea???

 

well thats what the sandings for the get rid of the clearcoat and to smooth out and lil ruff spots on the wheel... and if you want before u sand take some paint thiner and clean it thatll help with the stripping of the clear coat...

 

thanks for the adivice. By the way I went to the website for duplicolor and they showed had video clips on how to paint your wheels!

 

whats with all the sanding? why not just spray paint stripper on them. let it eat away the clear coat. then sand off any remnants and start painting.

 

All the sanding is for a reason. Without it your paint or primer will not stick very well.

 

wheres the picks of your new shinny bling bling wheels.. haha... it dont take this long to paint them.. i coulda done it in a cpl hrs... lol.. not saying snything bad about you.. but hey sometimes taking your time it helps