FB331

I am painting some spare rims and I accidentally bought red primer and will be painting rims dark gray will this affect anything severly?

RW-7

iTrader: (56)

Ditch the red primer and get a self etching primer.

FB331

Lol too late I tested one rim came out better than before and they were free rims so no loss. For future tho what is the benefit of the self etching?? I felt like the primer could have been thicker.... But then again I am no expert.

RW-7

iTrader: (56)

The acid in the Self etching primer actually etches into the surface to help create a better bond.

Lets see some pics of the rims.

SC-FC

What paint and other products did you use and how'd they come out?
I'm in the same boat, want to paint a set of spare wheels and am trying to decide how to go about the whole thing.

FB331

1-pic is of the rim in question. i sanded it down a bit and were there was paint chipped off what was loose and sanded.

2- pic was when i was done sanding and what not then took some degreser and clead it(simple greeen). i heards paint thinner on a rag is good

3- pic i taped it of and gave 2 coats of primer

4-pic i sprayed with wheel paint. gave three coats

5- pic these are the last two wheels i did they previous pics are for my first attempt. also flip the rims after to get the spots you could see on the back side from the front.

FB331

shitty iphone pics is all i had
i used duplicor filler primer obviously red in colour,
dupli colour wheel paint graphite was the colour

FB331

Yea I actually installed some kyb agx struts in the rear and kyb gr2 stuts in the front with eibach springs. I got them for 275 already put together took me like 2 hours to do all four then finished those last two rims. I love having a day off..... Minus the snow and lack of garage