I painted my 16" rims (that don't match)I was thinking about doing a colored lip on these a while back, but I went with all black to draw less attention to them. First I cleaned the heck out of them. Remove any dirt, brake dust, tar...
Clean them inside and out. I've had these wheels for almost 5 years, hard to believe they got so clean huh? The secret is to wax the wheels when they're brand new. Just a yellow Carnuba paste wax like you'd wax your car. When you get to the inside of the rim where the dirt will build up, wax on, but don't wipe it off. Sure it will make the inside of your rim appear a little dull, but who really looks there? The grime will build on top of the wax and then if you ever want them spotless, it's much easier to clean off!
Next I scuffed up the original clear coat using a red scotch brite pad.
Here they are ready for Primer. Yeah that's packing tape I used to mask off the sidewall... didn't have any masking tape.
I used Self Etching Primer for a better bond. This stuff works good on bare metal too.
Notice how light the coats are. Heavy coats can run and take a lot longer to dry. many light coats is always better then one heavy coat!
another primer coat
All done with primer. 3 coats on the face of the rim...Do 2 coats on the inside aswell if you feel like or rather just polish them up with ur plain old car wax
cant upload anymore pic's admin post this up then ill keep update to this
I used Duplicolor Wheel Coating # HWP104 Satin Black
When you paint with the wheel paint also do light coats
did the same to my insides takes more time for small coats but got to keep patient
t was dark out by the time I finished, so I only have these crappy pics taken with a flash, until I can get some day time pics. The finish looks just right... not glossy like car paint, but not flat like primer. Just a little bit of luster.
have fun do ur own now
good workbut post no. 2 pics are not visible.
nice diy
il try posting again
nice DIY, but the pics of post # 2 and 3 are not visible
Pics not visible
place of purchase of these spray cans?
sorry guys i tried to post them if someone could help me with this i dont know why they aint posting but those pics just had the satin black colour on them put many coats of less paint instead of using alot of paint in single coats thats what was showed in those pics
seems like nice diy but pics arent showing up
Please upload the pics to imgur: the simple image sharer and then link them here.
A question though. Where did you buy the self etching primer from?
I'm very interested in knowing where you got that primer from. I've seen a couple other people are too. I've looked almost everywhere.
here you go and sir you could find the primer and the paint at a good car paint shop it can be found in karachi.here are the pics rim painting - Imgur
