painting rims

[stealth1281]

Has anyone painted their rims, and if so do you have any pics and what type of paint you used? thanks

[hockeyman]

Originally posted by stealth1281:
Has anyone painted their rims, and if so do you have any pics and what type of paint you used? thanks

My next two days I have off from work will be this Fri & Sat, and I'll be painting my salad shooters. I'm sanding them down, spraying about 2 or three coats of primer, and then spraying about 3-5 light coats of gunmetal paint. After all is done, I'm re-polishing the outer lip and clearcoating. I'll take pics along the process and post them when all is finished.

[black96V6]

yeah i painted my rims and 2 other of my friends painted theirs too heres some pic's.
and here is my car with painted rims.

[99v6cam]

I was thinking about painting my salad shooters as well. What grit sand paper should I use or does it not matter?

[wolf]

a qwiky rattle can on my old salad shooters
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...1_107_full.jpg

[ April 12, 2005, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: wolf ]

[whiteshark]

Originally posted by 99v6cam:
I was thinking about painting my salad shooters as well. What grit sand paper should I use or does it not matter?

I'd probably use ~400 to start with, then work your way to 800-1000 to make sure it's smooth, sand with the fine grit between primer and paint layers as well and it should turn out really smooth. I havn't done it yet but I plan on doing it to my auto-x wheels soon.

[LwnGy83]

Black96V6... what color paint did you use? It looks good. I wanna either paint my rims black or polish them... I have the stock 5 spokes... can't decide but your car looks hot.

[black96V6]

i used 140-150 grit, it work just fine. my color is smoke gray. i'll take some more pic's but closer sou guys can see better.

[stealth1281]

hockeyman, definately keep me posted as to the pictures of your progress. thanks

black96V6, excellent job on the wheels you painted. do you think there will be much chipping of the paint? Also, what type/brand of paint did you use?

[CMeSpinSmoke]

I painted mine.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...995/black6.gif

[stealth1281]

Originally posted by hockeyman:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by stealth1281:
Has anyone painted their rims, and if so do you have any pics and what type of paint you used? thanks

My next two days I have off from work will be this Fri & Sat, and I'll be painting my salad shooters. I'm sanding them down, spraying about 2 or three coats of primer, and then spraying about 3-5 light coats of gunmetal paint. After all is done, I'm re-polishing the outer lip and clearcoating. I'll take pics along the process and post them when all is finished. </font>[/QUOTE]Did you make any progress on your wheels? I plan on starting mine tomorrow.

[hockeyman]

Not yet. Going to start sanding them in about 1 hour. BigTime hangover yesturday & today! Twas a good friday night...a little too good! [img]graemlins/barf.gif[/img]

I'm never drinking again! :rolleyes:

[stealth1281]

well, i just finished painting 2 of the wheels, and they turned out great....hopefully the other 2 will be also