My new lil project

[Pshull727]

OK so i picked up some cobra r rims for WIN that were in good cond under all the bad chrome lol and paint. So i sand blasted them and just got them in primer im going to be painting them gunmetal. Here is where im at now

Here is some b4 pics of the rims

after sand blasting

after the first coat of primer i will be adding more primer after each wet sand to get them the way i want

i will post some pics of b4 when i get them but let me know what you think.

 

[Pshull727]

After the first coat of filler primer

 

[Pshull727]

Next to be wet sand and three more coats of primer to get all the lil crap out of them and maybe some body filler and really bad spots

 

[Patron022]

So far so good =)

 

[Win]

DANG glad to see someone was able to do what i had envisioned. Keep us updated.

 

[marq.fcb]

So far so good =)

+1

 

[Pshull727]

thanks man im trying and doing all this on my breaks lol but it will be nice to see them done and painted im going to pick out the paint monday monring.

 

[Win]

DO IT GOLD It would be kick azzz that is what i was going to do. I was going to have all 4 powdercoated gold What are your plans with the other one your going to pick up from me?

 

[BigTang]

looks like you're using duplicolor self etching primer, filler and probably intend to use their wheel paint, I had really bad luck w/ that combo on the recoat window. you have to really watch it or the out gassing will really screw you over and you'll have to strip it back down to bare. best luck i had was w/ the etch and top coat and no filler.

i didn't have that issue w/ their regular paint, only the wheel paint.

 

[19mustang95]

I think the gold looked pretty cool IMO

 

[rio red 95 vert]

Man they looked bad before ha. Will look killer when you get them all painted

 

[Win]

I think the gold looked pretty cool IMO

I agree done with the right gold it can look killer!!

Man they looked bad before ha. Will look killer when you get them all painted

Yeah they were un-touched from the time i picked them up to the time i sold them to him.

 

[98Viperblue]

Man these things are getting passed around like STDS.
haha.

But all seriousness they look good. But do them gold

 

[Win]

Man these things are getting passed around like STDS.
haha.

But all seriousness they look good. But do them gold

HAHA they went from you to me then to him

 

[Pshull727]

No im going base coat clear on the the wheels with a 2k filler primer i have painted wheels b4 and i would love to do the gold but the my car is going to be all white and i have all smoked lights so im going with a gunmetal and 4 coats of clear. The nice thing about my two wheels is they are not chrome and in great cond so they will take me no time buut im only doing this two rims at a time my paint booth is too small i played hell painting a hood for a guy in there.

Win the other wheel is going to be a full size spare that will be painted the same but just have like a 245/40/18 on it.

 

[Win]

oh ok good idea. Throw some 295/35 on the rear . I was going to do 265/40 all the way around

 

[Pshull727]

Also i would to gold as i had a white 240sx with gold sportmax wheels and loved it. But the wifes like is this a 240 if you want gold rims get another 240. She wants me to re chrome them so im going to do the gunmetal but i still need to buy the paint so i will see what they got on the discount wall ( way cheaper and they are add color to them) so we will see.

 

[Pshull727]

I have 285/35/18 nitto 555r in the rear right now and im going to put them on your rims and my 18x9s will get the nitto 245/40/18s i picked up

 

[Venom351R]

Cant wait to see these finished

 

[ttocs]

No im going base coat clear on the the wheels with a 2k filler primer i have painted wheels b4 and i would love to do the gold but the my car is going to be all white and i have all smoked lights so im going with a gunmetal and 4 coats of clear. The nice thing about my two wheels is they are not chrome and in great cond so they will take me no time buut im only doing this two rims at a time my paint booth is too small i played hell painting a hood for a guy in there.

Win the other wheel is going to be a full size spare that will be painted the same but just have like a 245/40/18 on it.

I always thought paint on wheels was just for inserts and such and would have expected that even mounting the tire could damage the paint enough to be visable?