I saw a prelude the other day with the stock rims painted gunmetal. Has anyone else done this, or know how to do it?

 

i did the same to mine, basically what u do is clean the wheels really well, sand them, primer it, paint it, clear coat. Make sure u do many thin coats and wait for them to completely dry. Mine are holding up pretty well so far.

 

Yeah I did mine too, you want to use wheel specific paint that you can get at autozone and places like that, Duplicolor brand gunmetal color is what I used. 1 can did all 4 wheels. just remember to mask off the entire tire, and clear/sand the wheels good. mine have held up great since the wheel specific paint holds up to brake dust and resists chiping greatly..

 

to sand the wheels would i need a machine to do the job, or is it fairly easy to do by hand?


[Modified by blacklude, 3:56 PM 10/6/2002]

 

I've considered this before, does anyone have pics of the final product?

 

i dont have any pics, if anyone else does that would be great. I can say though that the ones I saw looked very clean, he could've easily played it off as being annodized.

 

Which stock rim for which model Prelude are we talking about, I might be interested...

 

trippiest ****... i was thinking this to myself earlier today... i have the 92 Si rims.... lemme kno if anyone has pics...

 

Powdercoating is the best way to change the color of your rims.

 

I wanna see pics! I know someone out there has some...i want to see the base model wheels btw

 

i had my stcok rims powdercoated black. i was planning on using them for drag slicks, but i think now i'm might rock em on the car a while. i'll get a pick of what they look like.

 

Yeah, some pictures would be nice

 

Do you paint the rims with the tire on? How do you get the paint to look good near the tire. And how do you go about it with balancing weights?

 

if you do a ghetto job urself, u'll just mask ur tires... if u take it to a professional powdercoater, they'll prolly take the tire off and do the entire rim..

 

powdercoat them! I had my 91 Si wheels done that way and the finishe has held up perfectly. A powdercoater will sandblast them (to remove all clearcoat finish or aluminum oxidation) and then powerdcoat them. Just make sure you tell them you want the corners done heavily, because powder doesn't like to stick to edges.

 

How much did it cost you to get all the wheels powercoated?

 

$25-30 a rim
and yes you have to take your tires off

 

gude.. just wondering... is that a girl in ur avatar? do u have a large version?

 

Who wants me to make a thread of all the girls from nopi??? They are good


[Modified by GudeH23a, 3:56 AM 10/9/2002]

 

i hope you hit it form behind while she was up there

 

Yes make athread of the girls from nopi.

 

Here are mine, They are painted, They are black, But im thinking maybe you guys just wanna see some stock si wheels painted.. heh

 

nice!

 

nicer!

 

ya.. make a thread!!!!!! NOPI GIRLS!!!!!!!