Wheels/Tires: How to: Painting your stock rims
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How to: Painting your stock rims
Hey all, just wanted to give you guys a new How-To-Guide on modifying your stock rims. I did this project back in 95 with my Ford Escort, and in 2001 with my F-150. Now I did it again with my 06 Cobalt SS/SC.
For now these are my rims but they will become my winter rims when I get my summer ones
Borring stock rims
Modified stock rims
This project took me about 4 hours from start to finish. The most time consuming was in the taping of the rims. I'm a real sticker when it comes to perfection so my tape lines are 99.99% flawless.
Materials I used were:
2" Masking Tape
1" Masking tape
1/4" Body shop blue tape (don't know what its called, found it in my tool box from years ago)
200 grit sand paper
2 cans of Electron Blue Pearl Dupli Color 5oz Spray paint.
1 Razor blade
Step 1: Wash your rims very good.
Step 2: Remove a rim from the car (what a suprise). Removing your rims from the car will prevent any overspray from getting onto your car from the spray can that might get picked up in case of a sudden gust of wind while your painting.
Step 3: Start taping off your rims, don't forget to tape off the valve stems too.
Step 4: Sanding. Once your rims are all taped off then use 200 grit sand paper to sand the areas that you want painted.
Step 5: Start painting. Once your rims are taped off. Start applying your paint in VERY LIGTH strokes. Your first coat should not cover the entire surface completely. It will take 2-3 coats before the entire area's are covered in paint. Let each coat dry for 10-15 minutes before you apply your next coat.
Coat 4
Step 6: Remove your tape. Once you are all done painting, let your 4th coat dry for 20-30 minutes. Then remove the tape.
Step 7: Final touches. Once all the tape is removed, I used a strait edge razor blade on an angle to scrape an outline & clean up the edges.
Step 8: Mount and enjoy
For now these are my rims but they will become my winter rims when I get my summer ones
Borring stock rims
Modified stock rims
This project took me about 4 hours from start to finish. The most time consuming was in the taping of the rims. I'm a real sticker when it comes to perfection so my tape lines are 99.99% flawless.
Materials I used were:
2" Masking Tape
1" Masking tape
1/4" Body shop blue tape (don't know what its called, found it in my tool box from years ago)
200 grit sand paper
2 cans of Electron Blue Pearl Dupli Color 5oz Spray paint.
1 Razor blade
Step 1: Wash your rims very good.
Step 2: Remove a rim from the car (what a suprise). Removing your rims from the car will prevent any overspray from getting onto your car from the spray can that might get picked up in case of a sudden gust of wind while your painting.
Step 3: Start taping off your rims, don't forget to tape off the valve stems too.
Step 4: Sanding. Once your rims are all taped off then use 200 grit sand paper to sand the areas that you want painted.
Step 5: Start painting. Once your rims are taped off. Start applying your paint in VERY LIGTH strokes. Your first coat should not cover the entire surface completely. It will take 2-3 coats before the entire area's are covered in paint. Let each coat dry for 10-15 minutes before you apply your next coat.
Coat 4
Step 6: Remove your tape. Once you are all done painting, let your 4th coat dry for 20-30 minutes. Then remove the tape.
Step 7: Final touches. Once all the tape is removed, I used a strait edge razor blade on an angle to scrape an outline & clean up the edges.
Step 8: Mount and enjoy
Last edited by TommyP; 05-17-2012 at 08:58 PM.
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Good workmanship there and also a nice How-To.
But my personal preferance I don't like how the rims look accented to the color of the car. Should have smoked out the factory rims
But my personal preferance I don't like how the rims look accented to the color of the car. Should have smoked out the factory rims
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Originally Posted by Gorilla unit 33
What about doing this black on a black balt. think it'll look good?
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hmm that looks really really good. what do you guys think of maybe blacking the front of the rims then accenting as illustrated with red ... with a redchevy symbol?
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How well does the paint adhere to the rims? I am wondering because if I did smoke mine out I wouldn't want to have to worry about them chipping off from regular wear and tear.
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hmm that looks really really good. what do you guys think of maybe blacking the front of the rims then accenting as illustrated with red ... with a redchevy symbol?
hotness. i was thinking blacking the rim with red accent and red calipers. I have black with red inserts
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duplicolor was chipping/flaking on someones calipers after a couple thousand miles, it would be a pain to repaint these over and over.... does it last a while?
the guy who had the chipping didn't prep the surface properlly. they should never ship if done correctly. Clean, scuff, wipe, paint
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Originally Posted by Gorilla unit 33
hotness. i was thinking blacking the rim with red accent and red calipers. I have black with red inserts
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Originally Posted by Gorilla unit 33
the guy who had the chipping didn't prep the surface properlly. they should never ship if done correctly. Clean, scuff, wipe, paint
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i think that looks REALLY good.
i'm not usually a fan of color-matched rims (a few sets looked okay on third-gen Camaros), but those came out looking really clean.
any idea how that particular blue might match up to an Arrival Blue Metallic car?
i'm not usually a fan of color-matched rims (a few sets looked okay on third-gen Camaros), but those came out looking really clean.
any idea how that particular blue might match up to an Arrival Blue Metallic car?
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As far as the durability questions. Like I mentioned in my first post. I did this to my past 2 vehicles and the never peeled, chipped cracked etc. My Escort had 140K miles on it and my F-150 had 130K miles. You MUST sand them and they must be clean so the paint adheres to the rims. Paint in light coats and give the final coat a longer drying time before you take the tape off. I like in Michigan where there's snow on the ground 7-8 months out of th e year. Painted rims like these can handle the harsh weather.
As far as color matching. I just went to Murry's and started spraying to see the blue colors that matched the closest to Laser Blue. I couln't tell you what colors of Dupli Color would match your car's color.
As far as color matching. I just went to Murry's and started spraying to see the blue colors that matched the closest to Laser Blue. I couln't tell you what colors of Dupli Color would match your car's color.