Painting rims??

[slo4.6]

Im gunna start painting my car in the near future. I want to paint my rims to cover up some bolder rash I got on them. how would I go about painting the rims?

 

[g36 monkey]

are you using spray paint or real paint?

All I did was sand, mask the lip and tire, spray some primer, spray some paint, spray some clear lol. I was too lazy to wet sand in between.

Disclaimer, I can see my paint cracking under the clear when I get up real close. Probably from the heat and such.

 

[duh09]

Take the time to sand the wheels down before you paint them. Proper prep is the key no matter what. If you can find a shop or use an actual spray gun, you'll probably end up with better results. I had all 4 of my SRT wheels painted for under $200. I had them mostly sanded and ready to go, then finished stripping, primed, painted two-colors, and cleared. Not everyone's taste but better than stock or solid black IMHO on my car.

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[slo4.6]

Im gunna be useing real paint, if I bake the paint on will it keep it from cracking or just let it cure in the paint booth.

 

[GT Rob]

I just painted my rims gunmetal and I used rust oleum rim paint and primer and I love how they came out.The prep work is the key.good luck

 

[ttocs]

Take the time to sand the wheels down before you paint them. Proper prep is the key no matter what. If you can find a shop or use an actual spray gun, you'll probably end up with better results. I had all 4 of my SRT wheels painted for under $200. I had them mostly sanded and ready to go, then finished stripping, primed, painted two-colors, and cleared. Not everyone's taste but better than stock or solid black IMHO on my car.

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I don't think you will find a single person on here that would not agree that a neon is a hard car to make look cool.

If you are going to pay someone to do it I would take the dive, do it right and go with powder so you will know it will last.

 

[duh09]

Take the time to sand the wheels down before you paint them. Proper prep is the key no matter what. If you can find a shop or use an actual spray gun, you'll probably end up with better results. I had all 4 of my SRT wheels painted for under $200. I had them mostly sanded and ready to go, then finished stripping, primed, painted two-colors, and cleared. Not everyone's taste but better than stock or solid black IMHO on my car.

Pic for refrence:

I don't think you will find a single person on here that would not agree that a neon is a hard car to make look cool.

If you are going to pay someone to do it I would take the dive, do it right and go with powder so you will know it will last.

Yea, the car is ugly as shit. I wanted to polish the rims but the metal quality under the multiple layers of paint was shit and I didn't want to go back stock and thats what I came up with.

 

[JoshHooten]

my wheels were anthracite but the front and rear didnt match so i painted them black with duplicolor wheel paint after taping, sanding and priming and after painting a duplicolor clear coat
also did my brothers ranger wheels

 

[eliyarbrough]

When I had my car's work done, cousin/painter said to have them powder coated. Said that's just tougher & would last, longer than paint would. So, that's what I did!