so i got rims .... tires have been demounted...

i was wondering if i should paint the the whole rim as in
the inside+outside

thanks~


Modified by importdude2000 at 1:12 PM 9/5/2004

 

i assume you're talking about the 'inside' as in the inner portion of the wheel (not the portion the tire covers up)...its not really necessary in my opinion. i painted my wheels graphite gray from silver, and you cant even see the original color

 

yah the inside where the rotors and **** go...
i might jsust give it a light coat of wheel paint beucase its bare surface right now
thx

 

what kind of wheels are you painting?

 

I painted mine a lil...just a few coats...but it doesn't really come out that well because it starts dripping so you have streaks

 

Just do like one coat on the inner side.....take you time and put it on lightly! otherwise it will run. but yea from my experience from painting my friends rims....i would do like 3 coats on outside.

 

what kinda rims did you get?

 

It's kinda pointless to paint the inside of the wheel, unless you spend HOURS cleaning the inside surfaces. From my experiences, it is extremely hard, at least on my wheels, to get all the dirt and grime off the inside. Even using Castrol Super Clean, little chunks of road junk still are left stuck in there. If you don't get it 100% clean then don't bother, because painting over a dirty surface is a waste of time.

 

these are the rims
i know these are old styles lol
but yah they were 65 bucks only

i rather roll on these than steelies since i needed tires


enkei rs-e 2
16x7

the inside i got pretty clean with aircarft remover and some other ones...

i plan on painting 1 light coat inside first
then if it drips onto the face ill sand it out then do the face of the rim so its the best side

 

dude i love those. is that your car in your avatar post up pics when u finish i wanna see that ****

 

yah thats my car...
its horixonal grey metallic...
so i went with gunmetal...
only of the polish lip wasnt messed up i would do
polish lip+gunmetal and that woulda rocked more!

 

just look at your picture of the wheels right now, the insides arent that visible. what patrick is true, the insides get dirty anyways, so painting doesn't really help much. i would only try to do the insides if you have leftover paint.

 

tony you bastid, you bought those rims before i could, hahahaha. i say do the gunmetal or black but keep the lip polished, that would look awesome!!!


yuri

 

nice rims


where do people find them soo ceahp.. i DONT MIND painting mine

 

i duno, i guesss i would just paint them and be on the safe side since the tires are already un-mounted.

 

i had those on my eg same colour and i painted them glossy black. i got alot of compaiments on them and know one even new what they were haha

 

I had those rims on my CRX and then on my Integra. Wish I still had them.

 

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yuri</TD></TR></TABLE>
hahah
threw in my bros stock headlights
(freE) LOL

so yah...
hehe

no polish lip.. the lip is stratched up so i dont wanna repolish it too much time just gonna paint em
on one lip there is a chunk of metal missing tahts y i cant polish
i filled it with jbweld for now
i wish i had a angle grinder i could smooth it out alittle!

haha
painting today

 

65+stock lights for these babies
from this

it was painted BADLY!!! so i striped it to bare alum and painted it

TO THIS







worst of em all you can still see i filled the hole with jbweld



i think its a very big differnece from silver

 

yeah looks better...there really isnt any reason to paint the inner portion of the rim though...

 

Strip the paint off the lip and polish it.

 

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Strip the paint off the lip and polish it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I agree

 

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was not an option beucase there was a missing cunk of alum that i filled in with jbweld~