Well when i took them off i was being a dumbass and broke a lug.


Then i cleaned them and started painting.


It started getting cold so i turned on the heater.


And after 4 cans of paint and 12 light coats on all the wheels this is what they look like.


This is the next morning after they finished drying and i installed them.


All comments welcome.

BTW Here is a How-To.

1. Take the wheels off the car and clean them. (i used a rotory grinder with a scotch brite pad then just a little hand scrubing it worked great )

2. Get some 320 grit sand paper and sand them.

3. Put index cards in between the rims and the tires to keep the paint off the tires.

4. Spray one coat of primer and make sure it is completly covered.

5. Get out your paint that is the color that you want and start spraying making sure that the paint drys between each coat.

6. Put the wheels back on and enjoy those bitches.


[Modified by BLACK DEATH, 11:48 AM 4/8/2003]

 

Your rotation is on the tires is backwards up front


[Modified by eg cookiemonster, 7:28 PM 4/8/2003]

 

armor all tire shine.

Nice black rims make tires look dirty.

 

right......looks good but clean your tires
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Motor manufacturing indiana

 

Imo you should have left them alone

 

I like them

 

 

If what you are saying is that the tires up front are spining the wrong way thay are not the tires i have on there are uni-directional so that is the way they are on the inside of the tire the treads are going in the other direction.

 

I recommend you use clear coat as well at least 3 coats of it, I would let each coat sit a night just to ensure it's cured and dry. Just another tip when painting your wheels it might cut down on chipping off as well and add some durability. Me I stay away from spray painting wheels. You can't beat powder coat.

 

not to bad man.... i kind of like the stock look of del sol rims. Maybe if they were GSR rims they would be cool flat black.

 

i like em..hehe - only cuz i did the same thing.. (and i broke a stud too )

 

Yeah i like the look of stock del sol wheels to but i was getting to were i was cleaning my wheels every other day just to keep them clean cause brake dust is a bitch and also i didn't want to be like every one else around my town who has stock del sol wheels this is just part of my strive to have a car that is not the same as everyone elses.

 

Is your car still up on the jack or somthing, I had a delsol and i dont remember it being that high when i first got it. Lower that **** some beotch. sorry just tryin to help you out BRO.

 

they were better before.

 

what he said

 

You must not have seen how fucked up looking my wheels were before.

 

So you're telling us that the little writing on that tire that says "ROTATION>>>" is facing the front of your car???

Sorry, I've never seen a unidirectional tire with the tread facing that way. The tread isn't able to push water out of the way effectively in a rainstorm when the ">" pattern is pointing toward the back of the car.

 

Ok now be for you guys all go telling me that i put my tires on wrong take a look at the tires in the second pic this is what the threads look like.
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They do not look like this
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so they wet the water out from in the tire all the same no matter what way they rotate
oh yeah i am sorry about saying unidirectional what i meant was it didn't matter which way it spun not that it was only meant to spin one way.

 

looks like my car

You should have seen what the wheels looked like before. The former owner curbed the wheels an insane amount. We actually used bondo to fill in the holes. Its held up almost a year

 

BONDO.... man's best friend... btw, nice wheels

 

lol

 

Hey those look nice what kind of paint did you use i just used rustoleum.

 

look really realy nice.. thinking about doing it myself..

 

Look Like Spoons Yo

Eric

 

another painting job, so people can get a look see at a hatch with painted wheels :

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=448696

oh, and they are holding up pretty dang well since i painted them.