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

[sperry]

OEM option. I just painted it.


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.

Hey man, no offense intended. I'm certainly the n00b here.

I just thought that if someone were to follow your instructions they might benefit from taking a few extra steps to prevent needing touch up work in the future when they got new tires, the caveat being that rattle-can painted wheels don't tend to survive the wheel mounting process anyway, so it may be a moot point to bother with the extra work.

Personally, I'd remove the tires and powdercoat 'em... but of course that's going to cost ten times more than a Krylon job.

 

[Demi]

Hey man, no offense intended. I'm certainly the n00b here.

I just thought that if someone were to follow your instructions they might benefit from taking a few extra steps to prevent needing touch up work in the future when they got new tires, the caveat being that rattle-can painted wheels don't tend to survive the wheel mounting process anyway, so it may be a moot point to bother with the extra work.

Personally, I'd remove the tires and powdercoat 'em... but of course that's going to cost ten times more than a Krylon job.

Which is persicely the point of this thread. It cost me like $20 or so. If something does happen to the rims, its as easy as washing them and adding another coat which is one of the reasons i didnt clear them. If it was something you had to redo on a weekly or monthly basis it would indeed not be worth the work. As I am on month two and the still look great I think its a great way for someone to add something to the aesthetics of the car on the cheap until they can afford rims. Thats my situation, i have so many other things to spend money on I wanted to wait on the rims until this set of tires wear out.

 

[InFlames]

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

If you wedge them between the tire and wheel they stand up and work perfectly .

 

[kickniteasy]

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.

well touche my friend, touche......