Spray rims black? or not.

hey mann you should look around there's people who have painted their rims but ive yet to see black... ive seen golden mostly but it turned out pretty nice... i think if i can find some links ill post em up later!!

 

i was thinking of this also, i have the sand gts and i was looking for black rims.....

 

some people already sprayed thier rims... one guy already posted his rims sprayed up.. he posted in this thread...

http://lancertuners.com/modules.php?nam ... pic&t=1021

Myself, I would be hesitent about painting the rims.. after awhile Im sure youd get chips in it, and chips lead to peeling, then it just looks like hell. I would look into having someone powder coating them. Powder coating will leave a very hard surface that is bonded to the rim... so no peeling ar anything. just my 2 cents.

 

take you time and they will come out just fine...

dont forget to take pics we love DIYS pics

 

sweet thanks wasper, you know anywhere around us (ct) that we can get someone to powder coat them?

 

did a quick search and came up wit this, im sure theres more, but this is a good start...

http://www.pcfpowder.com/customcoater001-300.html

EDIT.. also found this...

http://www.ctbikersguide.com/powdercoating.htm

 

yea take pics, i would like to see

 

u know what i have found that works good on wheels,


duplicolor engine paint, it sticks awesome and wheel cleaner wont take it off

 

thanks for the tip! ill keep that in mind

 

gts wheels graphite grey look sick with a black or red emblem

 

or do black with a red pinstripe, time attack style

i did my old lancer wheels like that, it cost me like $15 and they looked decent, i used the red pinstriping tape from autozone







and these are some rims i did with the duplicolor







sorry for all the pics, just a few ideas

 

the red pinstripe is a nice lil tpuch looked good

 

yeah it is cheap and u can get the pinstriping tape in alot of different colors

 

they told me $180-$250 to powder coat my gts rims but its somewhat of a hassle because you have to take you rims off and then take your wheels somewhere to get the tire taken off the rim and then it takes a week to complete the powder coating... so i just bought new rims but anyway its a lot easier just to paint them yourself and then give them a nice clear coating

 

yeah i have rolled alot of painted and powdercoated rims and the painted ones normally hold up pretty decent if u prep the wheel.

 

haha Conduct, is that an exhaust i see? if it is damn man your a quick modder! this guy barely got his car last friday i believe and hes already got hid's, tint

haha crazy

nice red calipers i want to do mine

 

brian that looks awesome, i also might consider this