I don't feel like taking any more pics lol, that is in the light with an actual camera.

Anyways, I like them and so does everyone else who has seen them so I am happy (:.

Can anyone recommend a good clear coat?

 

thats the important part

 

I bough this stuff "Dupli- Color High Performance Wheel Coating" who the dude at the store said was Clear Coating but I am not sure if it is??

Link ; http://i53.tinypic.com/343hnuu.jpg

 

does it have a part number on it?

 

Dupli-Color :: Wheel Coating

 

well is the part number on the can the same as the part number for the clear on that page?

 

its not clear coat, i think its just to protect the wheel. plus that stuff comes in different colors lol

 

It says "High Perf. Clear" over the bar code.

 

I don think they came out bad, but I see what everybody's talkin bout with the blk on the center caps...

Really, as long as you like em, you're good.. you'll really have to see how it looks on the car before you like em or not..

 

It took me maybe 3 hours to do my headlights today. I did 5 coats of Primer Black, 6 Coats of Color and 6 coats of Duplicolor High Gloss Clear Coat. There is a little bit of a texture because I didn't lay it on extremely thick on the final coat. What they mean is don't rush the job by short cutting the drying time between coats. I won't rattle can a rim, I had mine powder coated. As long as you like it that's all that matters.

 

PowderCoating three colors on a rim, Hmm..!! I would get my mine powder coated if I just wanted one color though.

Camera doesn't give the caps credit. I'l take a video later lmao.

 

jus take some close an far pics when you get em on the car lol... or oH! rollin ones 2 if you can

 

The clear coat I used was Duplicolor Clear Coat Protectant Spraypaint. It was the same size can as the Duplicolor Perfect Match cans.

 

i have pics of mine on my car(on page 2).i used plastidip and didnt do the best taping job on each wheel. and u have to get really close to see its not completely straight or whatever but from a distance where everyone sees it. u cant even tell

 

well i can garutee the finish on these are not going to be the best without a bunch of wetseanding and a good clear coat, the white paint is dripping down the inside of the rim, which would of course indicate runs in your paint, and you say you took your time masking the rims off, but then why do you have over spray all over the inside of yoiur rims, and all over your rubber...gotta learn the definittion of taking your time dude....nice effort tho


and you really shoulda sprayed those center caps/

 

Didn't tape off the inside of the wheel, no. My second coat was a bit heavier. Each wheel took me about 45 minutes to tape. It sure is easy to criticize tho.

 

It's different that's for sure. Looks real nice tho

 

just because we haven't done rims doesn't mean we don't know what we're talking about, it took me a week to do my headlights and 3/4 of that was prep, all of my trim and engine bay stuff same thing, prep and proper masking of area's is key to a good final product.

all we want is for your stuff to come out looking super nice, not just ok. does that make sense.

 

^^gYAWAYAWAHAAA!?!?!?!?

That's madness.. Did you do em for like 20 minutes a day with 3 dif colors?
Na I'm all about takin your time, but in the end, if you're gonna do it yourself, as long as you like it, you're good

 

no i sanded down all the chrome, filler primed it, sanded again, filler primed, sanded, painted (5 coats), cleared with 3 and then painted the housing as well. (this was also done all in my spare time ontop of 2 jobs lol)

 

Doing two colors on a rim is a lot trickier than you think, especially when it comes to lines. I think Rims are probably the hardest thing to paint on a car and painting the rims black and white easily shows defects. Considering there are only a few things like paint running down inside the rim and a few lines that are not 100% .. I am proud of myself.

Anywho, I think I am going to start doing clear coat soon!! And boy do these rims looks nice beside my car =)

 

I've painted my wheels twice already. first time black and just this past week gold:

 

stop swagger jackin me!!! lol jk looks good cant wait to see them

 

that looks sweet!

 

Just need to clean the tires and put air in them.