Pics of my painted wheels

[AzNCmB]

Hey guys, I repainted some wheels that I bought off of ebay. They are 17x8 +35 offset rims that was really cheap and I needed them to complete my 5 lug conversion. I repainted them using plaste-kote paint products and Duplicolor engine enamel clear. The process was, sandblast, prime(3 coats), paint (5 coats), and clear (3 coats of plaste-kote lacquer and 3 coats of duplicolor.) To me, the job was a little long ( 4 days) due to weather conditions and going to work but it came ok to me. what you guys think?

[sticky240]

do you got a bigger picture?

They look pretty good though

[AzNCmB]

I have a lot of pictures but how come ziliva dont allow me to upload more :(

[sticky240]

try http://www.imageshack.us/ its free

[rps13_fastback]

try http://www.imageshack.us/ its free

badass paint job.. i didn't konw plastic kote made gold wheel paint. gotta find me some now :w00t:

[nokuntrol]

looks great! what color is your car?

[Andrew Bohan]

i liked em in white...haha

[240silvia]

How many cans did you use, or each...

[Sil Beer S13]

nice job now to paint my SE wheels!!!

[240RWDizFun]

Woot!!! GOTDAMNIT BOBBIE!!!

[240silvia]

LOLOLOL...... he's trying to say that he likes them...

[brianglawson]

looks good man many props

[CoasTek240]

u just used normal gold spray paint for metal from Walmart on 300zx wheels. They came out great.
The key is prepping the surface right.

[Logan]

u just used normal gold spray paint for metal from Walmart on 300zx wheels. They came out great.
The key is prepping the surface right.

Agreed. Here's my work. Tons of sanding, primer, metallic spray paint, and clear coat gets you this:

http://www.rogansan.com/delete/240sx/06.jpg

Light coats over and over.

[meatish]

Aw hell yea those are dope.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/meatish/photo2.jpg
I really dont like the color.

[240silvia]

I for one, love the color.... I will be doing that soon!!!!

[AzNCmB]

sorry guys for the deley with a reply. My car is maroon, and I really dont want to post a pic of the rims on my car cuz I dont have suspension work done yet. The car is sitting like a 4x4.... but I will post a couple for you guys. here they are.

thanks sticky240 for the image host info.

http://img167.exs.cx/img167/1856/s145lug15dd.jpg

http://img167.exs.cx/img167/6662/s145lug7tg.jpg


heres the front rims before the repaint.
http://img187.exs.cx/img187/4326/avsb4repaint8yp.jpg

here they are sandblasted
http://img199.exs.cx/img199/6447/avssanblast37hz.jpg

here they are primed
http://img199.exs.cx/img199/9205/avsprime31il.jpg

and here they are painted
http://img199.exs.cx/img199/8643/avspainted30cj.jpg

[AzNCmB]

i used 4 cans of paint total and still have some left over. I used 3 cans of prime and 3 cans of clear.

[Ritz S14]

4paint
3 primer
3 clear
whoa.. so that's like 10 cans of paint?

[Zemus]

SHould have cleaned up some of that curb rash dood, but they look not bad on the car

[kuruptR]

should have saved up to lower that car instead of wasting money on paint.

[aa87]

I have a set of infiniti mesh i want to do this to, did you use your own sandblaster or how did you get that done?

[AzNCmB]

should have saved up to lower that car instead of wasting money on paint.

thanks for the tip.... yea, i do plan on suspension work, thats being taken care of right now(well the fanancial part is). and I only spent 30 bucks on paint stuff and I used my own sandblaster; so it wasnt much of a lost to my wallet.

[AzNCmB]

I have a set of infiniti mesh i want to do this to, did you use your own sandblaster or how did you get that done?

hey, I used my own sandblaster on the front wheels. The paint came off with ease. And for the rears, I used the sandblaster at first but didnt stick to it because the sand got moisture in it and would clog up the air lines. I sanded them down by hand. The rears were brand new cobra rims and it was kind of tuff to sand them down by hand, but all it took was patience.

[phrozen]

junkyard mesh represent! http://l00012.myspace.com/00012/06/26/12306260_l.jpg

shit load of different grit sand paper and a dremel and some paint. worth the 50 bucks i paid =)

[AzNCmB]

junkyard mesh represent! http://l00012.myspace.com/00012/06/26/12306260_l.jpg

shit load of different grit sand paper and a dremel and some paint. worth the 50 bucks i paid =)

nice finish... :), did u get ar arteritis from sanding all the meshies down? cuz, I know that my fingers were cramping up with the cobras!

[SlideStar]

bronze and gold rims look hot on black cars. maybe red or blue.
nice paint job!

[Drunk Bastard]

the gold wheels look better than the white wheels on your maroon car. :werd:

[tastyratzz]

I always thought mesh rims like that would look good with those bolt on cutoff wheels you can buy. really cool lookin.

[phrozen]

both my arms from my fingers to my shoulders hurt. i got another set of mesh that i did. too bad there for a first gen rx7 only 4x110 =( dont know what to do with em

[TUnity2]

i saw the pics of your car on Nolarides.com. lookes. pretty sweet. you should come auto xing.

[AzNCmB]

the gold wheels look better than the white wheels on your maroon car. :werd:

thanks, I had the same thought when I was searching for rims.... I really wanted to get bronze fn01rc's but, being a college studen, I couldnt afford those...but those are next on my list and i'm sure the paint finish on those are way better then what I did(since, this was the 1st time painting rims).

[rps13_fastback]

Hey are those rear wheels Yokohama AVS "Model 5"s? My friend has those haha

[Ian]

am i the only one who notices his super wicked curb rash? learn to drive grandma

[JDMs13]

They will look good only when that car is dumped on its face.

Until then.. :fruit:

[S14DriftR]

Lots of prep and light coats is definatly the key for good results from rattle cans. Here are some 5zigens I spray painted gold.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/359000-359999/359882_79.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/359000-359999/359882_81.jpg

[Pank]

holy shit this thread is old, Those 5zigens look a LOT nicer than the original posters, though.
have any bigger pictures, and how did you prep them?

[TougeRacing]

not a bad job, looks like a clean job! congrats!

[S14DriftR]

No bigger pics, I only used those wheels as track spares a couple times then sold em, they were crap sizes, 17x7.5 and 17x8+35 :ghey:

As far as prep, I progessivly sanded them first, then used m.e.k. cleaner. Applied 2 or 3 coats of rustoluem clean metal primer, around 4-5 coats metallic gold paint (forgot what brand), and 2-3 coats of clear. I rushed it at first and got runs and thick spots for applying too much paint too quick, so I had to sand it back down and start over, so patience and numerous light coats is the key.