Im not the best at photoshop but whatever you get the idea

 

Do the 2nd one and make your calipers yellow

 

^See i dont really like the all black though. Maybe if the center caps were still silver and lugs were. Can some1 photoshop that for me? takes me forever!

 

i agree. my stockers look pretty much like the 1st pic except in red, and it was a sonofabitch to do all that taping. not too mention, if you aren't careful, that tape can strip off the paint very easily, so it gets really time consuming to fill in those spots.

 

well yeah i was gonna use newspaper... will the machine they use mess the paint up?


BTW gestapo... i absolutely LOVE the yellow & black spokes look!!!!! definitely do that its SICK!!

 

That looks sick as hell

 

I will look like that within 2 months or so! Only difference will be metallic red painted calipers!

 

THanks bro I like that one. Its a little much, but i dont think im gonna make the lug nuts yellow liek that pic, but its something I can bring to shows and Hot Import Nights and **** and it would look great. Not track rims, but good show car rims ya know. Matches the theme of my car while not making the car look rediculously overboard


You gotta do that bro. You have my favorite SS/TC sedan and if you do that you will have my vote 4 life

 

if by "machine" you mean that thing they use to pop the tires off, then yes it will. But that's why you wait until after you get the tires put on to paint your wheels.

 

Done today!

 

ok thats what i was thinking... well it doesn't hurt the rims the way they are, is it just cause the paint isn't very strong?

 

^how would the machine mess it up? The crowbar they gotta use to pull the tire up over the lip would scratch it?

Blueberry you revealing the brand yet?

 

it won't "scratch" so much as it'll make the paint chip off. In the end, it's just paint, and nothing is keeping it bonded to the metal. That's why people prefer powdercoating over painting, because the paint is magnetically charged onto the wheel.

 

alright well im just gonna take this advice and paint them after the tire change so i dont have to repair them, and so that we dont get off topic and start a huge pointless argument here!! thanks for the advice and pics though guys!!

 

Yeah, wait untill you need tires... or find a damn good tire shop!

 

yeah i'm getting the tires put on tomorrow so i'll just do it saturday cause i dont trust the shop to "try" to be careful enough and i dont feel like sanding and repainting lol

 

I dont have the ***** to try to paint my TC rims lmao. I have a business card for a Powdercoating place here in Wilmington NC gotta call em up and get an estimate

 

^^gl with that. you'll practically pay for the price of having aftermarket rims.

 

anybody got the 18" for 2006 rims powder coated black and by chance on a black cobalt? i want to do mine but i want to see what it'll look like first

 

Look in my gallery n you shall find what your looking for.

 

I heard people are paying 200 - 300 bucks. like 55-65 a rim

 

man if you got a gargage and time. just buy a powdercaoting gun. and a old POS electric oven. thats what i did. and i can powdercoatt anything up to 20" wheels. and man if you were closer i could do them. and cahrge you 160. the powder is cheap and doesnt cost that much. its the prep work to get it right.

 

I got a quote to get mine done...... for $125.00

 

^BLAM! if there price is good i might take a ride up there to get it done blueberry. Your up in Raleigh?

 

Is that price with or without stripping the paint on the wheels? If it is that's a great deal.