Ok, I just want to know how it's holding up, and what type of paint you used?

How about surface preparation? Anything involved?

I'm sort of trying to decide between powdercoating or just painting them...

Thanks!
Adam

 

i painted mine with flat black spray paint.the finish came out nice,just make sure that u clean ur wheels,with a degreaser before hand.bad part is that u hav 2 do touch ups here and there but its no problem.

 

spray nine....works well....

 

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291027413

painted mine...aight theres the deal,
1.clean them thoroughly w/ soap whatevers...use degreaser for things that cant come off w/ soap or use gasoline i think.
2. sand them down with 400grit sand paper, then i used 600 grit on top of that. it takes time to sand...this is the most important step.
3. then after sandin them down, clean with a cloth
4. find the color u want to spray them with...i bought like 3-4 bottles of that color and a couple of clear coat bottles
5. slowly one spray by one...apply several coats of the color u want...i did about 5...then 2-3 of clear coats..more is BETTER..

im gonna do mine again in spring when i get my whole team together. i've had my done since june, it hasnt chipped at all yet. jus make sure u use enough coats...the process was like 4-6hrs total, its a very delicate process...but WELLL WORTH THE TIME YO. mine looks great, a lot of ppl ask me about them and stuff.

 

MATTE black. Flat black is played out. . .

Here's the paint:


I didn't sand. Only prep work was wads of cleaning. I used 2 good coats of sandable primer. Sanded primer lightly (steel wool works grrrreat), sprayed 3 good coats per wheel. That paint is amazing. Didnt sand clearcoat off wheels, and you could take a knife to the black paint and try to get it to come off and it wont. Now that my car got stolen, some **** is driving around with my wheels. . .

 

I had mine powder coated, looks nice, and it hasn't chipped yet...cost is a little more,but well worth it

 

 

i painted mine white. IT looks good and no one can tell. They are kinda not that shiny, and the surface isnt soo smooth, so they get dirty easy.

 

Here.............






Done with nothing more then Hand sanding and Rustoleum Flat Enamel Protectant. Peeps swear it is powder coating.


[Modified by Smitdog, 1:11 AM 12/14/2002]

 

wow, very nice

 

Did you all remove the tires for this process or mask the tires during painting?

 

 

stick index cards between the lip of the rim and the tire, this keeps the paint off the tire. Also, anything on the rim you don't want painted, you can put vaseline on it (i.e., the lip.)


[Modified by Dee Cee Two, 12:10 PM 1/4/2003]

 

don't paint yourself beacause it look gheetogo have them powdercoated it look way better.

 

I don't know, I've painted wheels and they have come out looking alomst as nice as some peoples powdercoated rims and for a lot less.
Yeah I know they are dirty in these pics-


And on the car

 

see sig

 

here are my painted black ghettooo steelies...holding up very well, i was surprised...

 

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I'll only look ghetto if you don't know what ur doing

 

got anymore pics of that teg? looks like a beaut.

 

wrong, I've had many people come up to me and ask if my wheels were powdercoated because they couldn't tell the difference.

 

Me too. Painting=po' man's powdercoating.

 

Primer.

 

uhh don't care for that.

 

wErd

 

painted LS mesh wheels, first cordoba brown then flat black



bbs RG in flat black