I picked up another set of ITR rims to mount a set of A032rs I had in my garage. The rims where hammered due to the fact they where road raced. To cover up the scratches and caked on brake dust I decided to flat black the rims. The paint job is OK but they will on be seen on the track so looks where not too important.

This bondo spray can gun thing kicked *** it made the painting much easier.


The first wheel finished and it is also the best of the four. The paint is still a little wet but you get the idea.



Here are the finished rims drying outside.

 

Wow those look really nice! I wonder how the paint is going to hold up...

 

Looks really nice but I think that's a waste of ITR rims.

 

those looks dope...what kinda paint did u use?

 

nice those are gonna look good. i did the same thing to mine. if you ever get tired of theose sterns let me know ill trade you for my kosei rt maxis they have 200 miles on em.

 

GapxGuy-These wheels will be used for Road Racing so the wheels will get scratched and beat on so rattle can is perfect. Plus black covers up brake dust which my pads do a lot.

The Shadow-I used Dupli-Color Low Gloss Black Engine Enamel

fckfrddrst- You will be the first to know if I ever decide to get rid of those rims.

 

cool appreciate it the car looks good. keep it up

 

Where did you get the little attachment that goes on the spray can?

 

black itr rims =
advan tires =
black spray paint on advan tires =

 

Nice wheels, tires, car, etc. Good idea with the color of the paint. I just painted my wheels and haven't had to wash them in almost 3 weeks now. I love dark colors.

 

navin- I got it at schucks/kragen/etc.


amalgamist- The paint just comes right off the tires it doesnt seem to want to stick.

 

I put the itrs on for the hell of it today. I really miss running on A032rs on the street.

 

what benefits do those tires give you on the street?

 

goofing off around corners.

 

until a cop hears those tires make some noise, and then its an expensive ticket

 

MTK strikes again...

"but its true, its true"

THE wheels do look good, but no need to waste a track purpose tire just to have extra grip on the street where you cant get the full limits/benifits of thos tires... JMHO, but do what you like....


[Modified by GONG SHOW, 1:36 PM 6/13/2002]

 

My favorite benefit is not having to tap the brakes when turning a corner.

 

oooh, very impressive... thats going to help you cut down those times that it takes you to get from point A to point B on the street.

You Da MaN y0!!!!

I'd just rather save that tire for the track instead of taking off thread on the streets(but thats just Me) dont kill me.


Just save them for the track like you plan on doing anyway


[Modified by GONG SHOW, 3:53 PM 6/13/2002]

 

could've gotten the krylon ultra flat black color.....it looks better..

 

whats the percentage of people that actually go to the track? (no, not a drag strip)
seems like the new thing is to have black rims and 205/50/15's with some soft compound for driving 25mph around town "FLoSsinGz da SkRiLLa j00 goT"

 

That looks soooo good.. it covered up the scrapes and stuff that were on them right? What exactly did you use on the wheels again? What paint/anything else you put on them.. i think i might do that to my 94 gsr wheels.. they were beat to hell by the previous 2 owners of the car.. I think i really wanna do that to them.. cuz they look crappy now! Let me know man! TIA

 

How long did it take to convert your 4 lug to 5 lug? Did it take you more than one day to do the swap?

 

seems like every time i've tried one of those I didn't have good luck with them... I think one time I tried one and whenever I would pull the trigger (which would press the spray button), the whole handle assembly popped off of the can.

 

i love silver/grey cars with black rims

 

It looks really good! Please give more info on what steps you took to painting them.