Paint stock MS6 rims
- Thread starter snooky
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ChicagoKid
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- 06 Speed6 & 06 FX35
do the whole rim...
RevLimitLaunch
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- 06 MS6/03.5 MSP
whose done flat black??? s*** i just stocked up on some supplies i thought i'd be the first...oh well.
Not to be a dick, but that looks like photoshop....... I've taken a pic of my car and photoshopped the rims a glossy black to see how it would look if I had them powder coated and painted all the spokes and left the machined lip silver..... but I think I may be going with some HP designs mesh-spoke wheels....
yeah snooky...... I don't think that one star design looks that good...... you should as I did and photoshop each spoke back, and leave the lip part the stock silver color, I think you'll like the results much better...... I know I did.....but instead of powder coating the car, I want a little bit of a lip, so I'm just going new rims all around.
RevLimitLaunch
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- 06 MS6/03.5 MSP
AWDRACER6 said:
uh the cans of paint i bought were a total of like $20 lol. i could powdercoat them if i want to, i have all those supplies too. just i don't think the mirror black i was gonna do would good anymore, so im just gonna rattle can them with wheel paint flat black. if they look like s*** i can get them bead blasted for cheap and then powder coat them with my coater.
www.eastwoodco.com nasty place to get powdercoating supplies and to get started. its fast and easy too and any beginner can do it and learn quick. oh yeah and for the price of doing your own rims you can pretty much start your own hobby from them.
You happen to live in south Florida so you can powder coat mine? LOL.... that would save me about $1400......
not to get off topic/thread hijack , but what do people think about these rims on a Black Cherry speed6.... would the black with chrome lip look good or out of place? 2 people have told me gun metal might look better.... I wish I had a program that easily let me match up rims to my car instead of having to photochop every rim I see..... I've tirerack.com and discounttiredirect.com but they only use the Mazda6 as basis, which looks different from the speed6 and doesn't really give me an honest view.
Opinions? I was thinking 19 inches. The top rim is from MRR Wheels and the bottom is from HP Designs.... anyone know anything in regards to reliability/durability between the 2 brands?
not to get off topic/thread hijack , but what do people think about these rims on a Black Cherry speed6.... would the black with chrome lip look good or out of place? 2 people have told me gun metal might look better.... I wish I had a program that easily let me match up rims to my car instead of having to photochop every rim I see..... I've tirerack.com and discounttiredirect.com but they only use the Mazda6 as basis, which looks different from the speed6 and doesn't really give me an honest view.
Opinions? I was thinking 19 inches. The top rim is from MRR Wheels and the bottom is from HP Designs.... anyone know anything in regards to reliability/durability between the 2 brands?
snooky said:
It all depends on the lip really and the sidewall height of your tires.... like getting "low profile" tires..... example.
215/40/18R
that's the stock setup for the speed6
now if you get 225/35/19R
the tires are going to be wider, the rims will be larger, and the sidewall of the tire will be more narrow, there won't be as much "tire" to look at when you look at the side of the car.
I'm considering that size above.... 225/35/19R unless I can get 235 length tires to fit on the car....
so it all really depends on the size of the rim and tire you choose.
RevLimitLaunch
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AWDRACER6 said:
eh i rattle can gloss blacked some wheels for an eagle talon i had, came out perfect and i hit them with the socket every time i went to put them on or take them off without any chipping. my process was bead blasting them down to metal. i used etching primer (1 can each wheel), sanded lightly, prep cleaned. black sandable primer (1 can each wheel), sanded lightly, prep cleaned twice. gloss black exterior paint (1 can each wheel) then let sit for a half hour after last coat of gloss black and did 3 coats of wheel clear on eaach wheel and let them sit outside in the 90 degree weather for a whole day, and let them sit outside all day for the next couple days (didn't need them on car for while). all in all they pretty much cured for a week. never had one problem with chipping or anything and i used to hit them for s**** and giggles just to see if something would happen.
--all in all, powder coating is definitely strong as hell, but spray can painting it can be just as good if your careful and do the job perfectly right 100% and save $$$
