I couldnt find my other thread so started a new one with all the pics from beginning to end.. I looked through so many threads and posts on how to paint Rims and just went with it. This is the first time I did it.



Krylon Primer (2)
Duplicolor Metallic Paint (2)
Krylon ClearCoat (2)
Sandpaper
Heater
Index cards
Tape

Started off like this :


Sanded Down:



First Coats of Primer:





Now I left the Primered for about a week before I painted to see how it held up. I used 1 1/2 cans of the primer on all 4 rims. I spray heavy and often to make sure it would stick

Result:





Now I started to lay down the Paint:







Now I used the Metallic Paint and it came out veryy shiny but It was ok... I layed the rims down and set the heater to high in the garage and left them for about an hour. I layed down the clearcoat heavy like 3 times in 15 mins. It became very thick and wasnt drying, so i just decided to lay down one more coat of paint them clear.. that got it a lil darker and hardned quicker.

Final Result:









I think they came out pretty good concerning I only spent about 40$ in materials. Winter Rims so I dun care too much. Maybe I'll add a harder clear later on.

 

should of left it stock.

 

not too bad, like them better stock though

 

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looks alot better how it was stock

 

i would have if they were in good condition but every rims had curbs and looked like ****

 

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shoulda polished them then

 

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what grit sandpaper?

 

I think it was a 60 grit but dont hold me to dat.. I just sanded as hard as i can and primered and sanded again.. probably about 3 times to make sure the paint will stick

 

how could you not find your original thread?

 

i dunno i just couldnt find it LoL... i need more pics, these dont do the rims justice at all

 

Stock was cleaner, were you going for a gunmetal look?

 

lol Well as long as you like em.

 

wow switching the search from recent to archived is soo hard . i seemed to have found it in about 10 seconds. https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1781247

 

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yea i was going for gunmetal but i wanted a lil darker becuz of all the curbs and scratches.. the camera makes them a lil duller than they really are

 

lol, WOAH!!!! that was deff. NOT 60grit.....maybe 600.....60 grit is rough as hell.