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I just wanted to know if you left your tires on when you painted your rims or you took them off. I am going to paint my stock rims black. I have seen alot of good pic of painted rims that some of you guys did. Why would I paint my rims, because it's cheaper then powder coating. If it chips or look bad I dont care I going to get rims very very soon. It just something for now. I want the new ZR1's in black with polished lip. if the rims turn out nice I will wait for the ZR1's if it looks bad I just get something dif and get the ZR1's later.
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Keep in mind that if you do paint them and it chips and looks like crap, you are stuck with them. Nobody would buy them, if that is a concern.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
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I took my tires off when i did my old zo6's. Then i covered them with aircraft stripper and got all the old paint off. After that I did a small amount of scuffing and sanding. Primered them, then 4 coats of color(gradually got heavier in each coat), and 3 of clear(first light and then two heavy).
Sold the wheels about 5 months later for almost double what I gave my buddy for them.
Sold the wheels about 5 months later for almost double what I gave my buddy for them.
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I have a freind that paints his rims all the time and he takes playing card and sticks them around the rim and they come out good. I think it is better then masking tape. hope it helps
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Keep in mind that if you do paint them and it chips and looks like crap, you are stuck with them. Nobody would buy them, if that is a concern.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
I just picked up a 2000 SS and it had painted SS rims. My daughter wanted to drive it and in one trip to the store, she came back with it looking like the pictures I have here! it looks GETTO! You can redo them and I will but it is an extreme pain in the butt. I am going to but am upgrading to vette rims if I can.in the mean time I wont even drive it this way.
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I just picked up a 2000 SS and it had painted SS rims. My daughter wanted to drive it and in one trip to the store, she came back with it looking like the pictures I have here! it looks GETTO! You can redo them and I will but it is an extreme pain in the butt. I am going to but am upgrading to vette rims if I can.in the mean time I wont even drive it this way.
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I just picked up a 2000 SS and it had painted SS rims. My daughter wanted to drive it and in one trip to the store, she came back with it looking like the pictures I have here! it looks GETTO! You can redo them and I will but it is an extreme pain in the butt. I am going to but am upgrading to vette rims if I can.in the mean time I wont even drive it this way.
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Keep in mind that if you do paint them and it chips and looks like crap, you are stuck with them. Nobody would buy them, if that is a concern.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
You have to clean the wheels REALLY good if they are used. Scuff the surface a little with a 3M Scotchbrite pad, then primer them, then 3 or so coats of color, then 2 coats of clear. That should last a little longer than a quick spray job.
I left tires on and had no issues with it.
I actually painted my wheels twice (posted pics of both). The first came out really good but I wanted to have a shine to the lip. The second time I was planning on changing the silver lip to the polished metal underneath but the aircraft stripper messed up so I just painted the wheels all black. The stripper really screwed up the wheels finish. I tried to sand it down but that proved to me a longer than enjoyable process. They did come out fine as all black and I actually enjoy the way they look but two wheels are bent anyways so it wasn't much of a concern with long term usage.
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I painted my zr1's black, just got them on yesterday. they turned out great! duplicolor black and clear (3 coats of each), it's all in the prep time, i took at least an hour per wheel sanding and prepping
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What I meant was that they look terrible rashed, they look pretty good blacked out. I was out today and there were two other SS's in town and they both had theirs blacked out. Seeing the cars in motion gives you a different perspective. Looks more race than stock. One of them has a red hand painted pin stripe on the lip and his were painted gloss black. It really looked great.
My car has TRW drilled and slotted rotors and I think that really tops it off.
Chris.
My car has TRW drilled and slotted rotors and I think that really tops it off.
Chris.