MOE_TAWS6

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My little brother had some scuffed up wheels he wanted to spray paint himself. So I told him to sand them down, clean them up, tape them, and i'd spray them for him. With a spray can, of course. So i sprayed them with gloss black earlier today. They came out pretty good for some cheap spray paint! (Obviously there is a little bit of dirt in the paint, from not spraying it in a booth) Check it out..

TransAmdriv3r

iTrader: (10)

wow, that looks good. looks like black chrome.
But, make sure not to clean them with and type of wheel cleaner, I did that and made the clear coat look cloudy.

FamousZ

iTrader: (4)

It does look like black chrome!! Very cool.. I wanted to paint my stock rims all black for in the winter, but I havent got around to it yet..

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

Thanks. Yea, I told him not to use any cleaners on them.

LS1BLKSS

iTrader: (36)

why isn't it black black? looks kinda black brown??? i spraied painted my 10 spokes... sanded them down, used black primer 2 coats 3 coats of black paint and 4 coats of clear came out very very good!!

xRelapse13

iTrader: (21)

what grit did u guys use to sand them down?

LS1BLKSS

iTrader: (36)

i think i used 400 then 800 not sure... but you can just use 400

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

It's the reflection of the tan ceiling in my garage, and i didn't use flash. The wheels are black black. Maybe not as dark as your 9 coats of paint, but it's pretty black. Not to mention, it was only $10 in paint.

xRelapse13

iTrader: (21)

what kind of paint did u use?

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

Some Dupli color gloss black, high temp paint.

Brad(WS/Z0.6)

How hard did you sand these?? They came out amazing and i want to do this to mine! Just wondered how long you sanded them for...

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

It didn't take too much sanding. He had some scratches in the paint, so he used 320 over the rough spots, and did the whole wheel with 800 grit, then scotch brite after that. It might have taken him about 3 hours or so. Then I just cleaned them up, and then Painted them!

99345hp

why did you go all the way up to 400? If you are going to go over them with a couple coats of primer, then just sand up to 220 or so and spray away. The primer will fill in those scratches with no problem.

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

yea, 320 was all it needed, and i shot these without any primer. I just sprayed over the smoothly sanded black powder coat finish. None of the scratches were deep enough for me to worry about using any primer/filler.

Black FormulaLs1

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somebody please do a write up i might do this to my speedlines..that color is bad *** too!!! that was NOT a rattle can job correct? pm me if you dont want to post i LOVE that !!
and what the ell do you have on the tires?

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

It was a rattle can job. And that is masking tape, and newspaper covering the polished lip, and tires.

Brad(WS/Z0.6)

Cool. Great Job on the wheels. i hope to do this to mine soon

MOE_TAWS6

iTrader: (16)

If it was my personal car, I would get the wheels powder coated. Especially black. Silver hides a lot more, and you won't notice many scratches in it. But the quality of a Powder Coated wheel and that of a rattle can painted wheel, is incomparable. These wheels I painted for my brother, DO look good, and should look good for a decent amount of time. (As long as he keeps them clean, and doesn't spray them with any chemicals.) But eventually, you will see scratches in them over time with these. The finish of Powder coated wheels last soo much longer. But like I said, that is just me. I don't like things that lack in quality. My brothers Jetta on the other hand, is a totally different story. (No offense to him) haha