Painted 10 Spoke SS wheels.
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Painted 10 Spoke SS wheels. So i painted my wheels the other day, and i think they look badass...i only got one pic up cause they all came out blurry ill take some more tonight. Tell me what u guys think...
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Originally Posted by IMJ
YOUR THE MAN!!! how much to paint my rims???
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Originally Posted by Chevy053
What type of paint did you use? I have the same wheels and was planing on painting them black just havent gotten around to it.
and as far as the whistler mod, im gona get those headlights that come pre painted, for $100 then take them apart and finish painting the housing, them im gona go with some whistler mod type clear corners
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Originally Posted by SStolen
How the hell did you get it not to run? How long did it take to tape them up? It must have took forever.
ditto ^ also, did u just use that paint alone...any clear coats?
I'm plain out tired of trying to get the little tiny dirt spots out of my wheel corners lol that alone would be worth it to paint the wheels. Don't think it'd look too bad either. i'm a big fan of the black on black paint/wheel combination, and some other dark paint colors.
Sometimes chrome just doesn't do it for me
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Originally Posted by SStolen
How the hell did you get it not to run? How long did it take to tape them up? It must have took forever.
Then i got some 800 grit sand paper and roughed up the surface where i was going to paint...a scotch pad will work aswell... After sanding i again wiped down the wheels with a microfiber cloth, then i starting masking off the sections like this
then i went over the spots in between with thicker masking tape to save time and effort...I shoved a bunch of painters plastic into the inside of the wheel and taped the sides to the wheel so i wouldnt accidently paint it...I then began spraying small light coats, if u spray heavy coats it is more likely to run...i kept putting small coats around, giving the paint a little time to set, then kept going over and over until i was pleased with the look...i let them sit for 2 hours them i mounted them up...
Took me a while but after i did the first 2 the last 2 were easy as pie..
