Paint you rims and fuel door....CHEAP!

[Demi]

REVISED EDITION!!!
Threw this up on the other forum. Thought yall might like it too.

Real easy. I didnt even tape off the tires because i was changing them. I used Duricolor flat black, and red and grey scotch pads for the sanding.

Wash your rims!

Dont loose your mind over the little stuff here. There is going to be stuff that just wont come off, sanding will take care of most of that.

Nice and clean and ready for some sanding! You can see the spots that didnt come clean. Sanding will for the most part take that off.

Weapons of choice....

Sand em down, but remember that you are just scuffing the existing paint job, not going to bear metal. Once your there, primer!

Yeah i oversprayed. My tire is coming off. Playing cards or index cards stuck around the rim will keep your tires from getting sprayed. When that is dry sand the primer down with the less coarse pad. Wash again and its time to paint.

The key thing when rattle canning is that you want an even spray. All the paint should pool together on the surface. If the coats are to light it will make a coarse finish, but there is fine line between even and runs. It takes some time to get right, but if you get runs dont fret! Sand er down and go again!

The fuel door is no different! Same process. Looks hot to me. This process works really well because of the flat black paint, if you are going with a gloss, you should wet sand between coats finishing with a 600 grit or higher. I like to use rubbing compound before a spray clear to take out any orange peel.

The rims are dirty, not unevenly sprayed.

This fool is running a Honda 2000.

Now that you are done, enjoy the props, the glory, and the insane amount of women.
*notice- painted rims may not bring glory, props, or women, void where prohibited.

 

[kickniteasy]

nice work up......I'd definitely block off the tires though some way to prevent paint getting on them. I don't see how it'd wear off quick since it's on the side of the tire. My girlfriend kicked up some paint onto the side of her tire and 2 years later it's still there, something easy to do and will save a big hassle (especially if you were painting them something besides black). I dig it, especially the fuel door...great job! Some tinted windows will really polish off the stealth look.

 

[Demi]

Maybe i drive too hard and side wall flex takes care of it, or the black covered it up. Easy to block it off.

 

[SwampAss]

uh. Looks ok. Something about what you did makes me shake my head. Not taping off and just painting over everything goes against core car values and screams 1974 Datsun with spray painted chrome wheels and tires.

 

[axisboldaslove]

duplicolor doesn't last long i used the one that is ceramic based...sanded down my old cars rims primered did three coats of paint then used duplicolor clear coat and coated them a couple of times ....it looked nice for the first week...but the paint eventually started to chip off and looked like s***..yeah it's cheap ...but if i were to have done it again i would have chose to powder coat them.....oh and the paint doesn't come off your sidewalls .....

 

[Demi]

uh. Looks ok. Something about what you did makes me shake my head. Not taping off and just painting over everything goes against core car values and screams 1974 Datsun with spray painted chrome wheels and tires.

One, i would kill for a spray painted 74 Datsun, and two im gonna pretend that the head shaking is up and down. Like your rocking out. So thanks for the props? Also i swapped in some NT-555s so i didnt care. Damnit Swampy cant i have anything?!?!

To address longevity. This was done a while back and i have no problems, and its flat black in a spray can......hit it again.

Should be noted that the rims are dirty in these pictures, not unevenly painted. You guys dont deserve cleaned rims. Cause of swampass.

 

[SwampAss]

I think it looks very good now. I just wish you would have lied about the prep.

 

[Demi]

Lol thanks man.

 

[buttdart]

did you paint your lugs or buy black ones?

 

[Demi]

I painted the lugs.

 

[buttdart]

I painted the lugs.

dont you think the paint will chip as soon as you take them on and off a few times? keep me updated.

 

[c.smock]

think it looks good man.. whered you get the fuel door?

 

[sperry]

I dunno, I would have at least masked off the tires and popped out the center caps to paint them separately. Also, it's a good idea to mask off the mating surface of the lug holes to ensure proper seating of the lug nuts.

Lemme guess, you probably painted over the wheel weights too? What happens the next time you get new tires? Then again, the next time you get tires, that paint will be trashed by the tire mounting machine, so you'll probably have to repaint them again anyway.

 

[kickniteasy]

I dunno, I would have at least masked off the tires and popped out the center caps to paint them separately. Also, it's a good idea to mask off the mating surface of the lug holes to ensure proper seating of the lug nuts.

Lemme guess, you probably painted over the wheel weights too? What happens the next time you get new tires? Then again, the next time you get tires, that paint will be trashed by the tire mounting machine, so you'll probably have to repaint them again anyway.

Yeah.....but how often do you get new tires? It's not like a big hassle that he has to go through frequently. I'm at 62K and just now getting my second set put on (stock set wasn't worth jack in the Florida rain).

 

[Demi]

think it looks good man.. whered you get the fuel door?

OEM option. I just painted it.

I dunno, I would have at least masked off the tires and popped out the center caps to paint them separately. Also, it's a good idea to mask off the mating surface of the lug holes to ensure proper seating of the lug nuts.

Lemme guess, you probably painted over the wheel weights too? What happens the next time you get new tires? Then again, the next time you get tires, that paint will be trashed by the tire mounting machine, so you'll probably have to repaint them again anyway.

I put new tires on the front and had them balanced before the on car photos were taken. The tires were painted over because i was getting new tires. You can see how badly it thrashed my paint work. If i seem annoyed, its because of the tone of your post. I went to the trouble to post this for everyone so if you have a question I will be happy to answer it, but I can do with out the "OMG what a noob" attitude. The center caps still spin freely take yours off if you like. I saw no need, nor do I now.

 

[dkswim]

it works good with your car and the price is good. too bad my cars color likes stock

 

[InFlames]

<---used a deck of cards to prevent over spray

 

[Demi]

<---used a deck of cards to prevent over spray

Definitely a good choice. Did you have to lay them flat? Did that make it harder to paint?

 

[xandrake]

<---used a deck of cards to prevent over spray

<--- Used index cards. They're cheaper. (nana)

 

[sperry]

Yeah.....but how often do you get new tires? It's not like a big hassle that he has to go through frequently. I'm at 62K and just now getting my second set put on (stock set wasn't worth jack in the Florida rain).

I go through probably 3 sets of tires a year on average:

1 set of race tires and 1 set of street tires on the race car, and usually between snow tires and street tires on the SVX, Saab, and F-250 there's usually one more set a year that need replacing.