xstacy7

Hey everyone, I am in the process of painting my wheels. I have two of them semi-done. These are just "progress" pics so Let me know what you think!!

Thanks

Jack

xstacy7

I will come back and put a better silver on the lip...I've also had some people say Polish the lip. Then clearcoat the whole thing. Also give me some ideas on the centercap.

Jack

GsrSol

Looks good. I like the center cap silver and polish the lip.

teamstealth

i say black the center cap and polish the lip, OR silver the center cap and silver the lip. IMO three seperate colors is a little too busy. What paint are you using? I used dupli-color high perf. wheel paint to do my gunmetal rims and its held up WELL.

-Zach

xstacy7

I used Plasti-Kote from advance auto. It's an auto body paint. I also used a clearcoat by Plasti-Kote...it's amazing how fast the stuff dries. Ok keep coming with the ideas

teamstealth

oh BTW, wait a good week for the paint to fully dry before you put ur wheels back on...i have a slight ring on my wheels where they tightened them down to the wheel balancer. Just tellin ya so ur work doesnt go to waste

CowsniperRX7

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Wow that looks good. I can't wait to see em on your car.

xstacy7

Ok thanks, Its been a little while since they've been painted and I'm also waiting on new tires from the tire rack. I got some Yokohama AVS ES100's (245/45/16) for $93. I can't wait to put them on and see how they're going to look. Have you guys ever seen anybody just paint the spokes and leave the lip silver as I have?

Thanks

Jack

rajeevx7

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Paint the center's all black, then go back with touch up paint and outline the symbol in silver.
I've personaly got OZ Mito's with black spokes and polished lip and polished rivets(?) on my BB FD.

You've done an excellent job so far.
Raj

unixpilot

911GT2

That one looks awesome. Painting my stock wheels gunmetal is one of those things on my "to do" list thats now become as long as my arm. Yours look really good though.

diablone

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Looks very nice, but I would paint the centers.

dubcaps

id say paint the centers black with the logo in silver. Its looking awesome, keep up the good work.
-stephen

CANRX7GX

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DROOL its beaauuuuutttttiifuuuuuuuuuulllllll

GoodfellaFD3S

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They look awesome........I say paint the centercap black though

karken29

I agree with Goodfellas .... I wonder how the the center-cap raised design would look if you painted it silver... ??? Just a thought

djdudders

i like the green shoe wit the yellow laces better.. haha .

where can i get that paint u used and how much was it. i painted mine gunmetal and juss clear coated the sides but i like the black better
loooks saweet

baadakku

I'd paint the center cap... It looks really hot though.

Fumanchu

Dammit, I had the same basic idea I was waiting till I got my car back with my new motor first.

TN is far away from Cali

FeatherTheClutch

looks good

xstacy7

Thanks for the compliments and ideas guys. I didn't know how much the centercaps stood out...wow! I'll probably paint them black and leave the logo silver. I'll have some more pics soon. The paint was about $5.00 per can from advance auto and one can does one wheel and some. I've also just gotten done with my 99 spec tail light conversion. I'll show some pics up later.

Thanks

Jack

cabaynes

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just a ? for you guys with painted wheels, when you go to put your lug nuts back on, do you worry about them chipping the paint where they are spinning against the wheel while you are tightening them down? seems like they might dig into the paint a little, i was wondering if anybody had a problem with that...

cabaynes

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for anyone who is interested, i did a really quick, really crappy photoshop job of these wheels on my car (with blacked out center caps)...

here it is:



i think if i were to do it, i would polish the lip... but i really like how they look!

diablone

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That looks mean! Very nice.

Louis M

it would look phenominal if the whole wheel was painted black... mmm