xyankees214x

Has anyone painted their stock lt rims black? If you have wanna send me pictures please. I searched but found nothing, seems like only people that are supercharged paint their rims black lol.

originaladrian

there is a guy on here with like blue painted LT rims...

looks horrible.

I honestly like the stock LT rims. there clean and simple.

p1llar

I'd like to see some painted black.

007CobaltLS

I'd like to find a set locally to buy so I could have them powdercoated.

jschatte

yeah there is a guy on here with his 16s painted black... Ill try to get a link. Im also considering doing this as the clear on mine is chipping. Ill take them to the dealer first tho, and see what they will do for me haha.

here it is:
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/wheels-tires-96/painted-wheels-167133/

p1llar

I decided to giver a shot on mine tonite. Just waiting for the last 2 to dry and i'll mount them. Ill post some pictures tomorrow. I think they're gonna look alright, finding 5x110 rims that arent a fortune is a bitch.

p1llar

As promised here are a couple quick photo's.

Took me about 4 hrs. My girlfriend was a good sport and did most of the masking.

All and all for $25 i think they look great, next is to lower the beast.

007CobaltLS

Like you said, not the best quality photo's, but from what I can see they look good.

I'm going to assume you painted and cleared them? How many coats did you use and what products did you use?

xyankees214x

cool thanks for the replies guys. i have the stock lt wheels, but they look different then those, its the 5 spoke ones with the spokes split int 2.... if that makes any sense.

i think im going to paint em black.

haymakercobalt

Looks good. I have the same wheels and this is a tempting mod.

p1llar

Do it!

I got one can of primer, dupli-colour black wheel paint and clear coat. Did two thin layers of primer, 3 coats of paint and 2-3 coats of clear. From start to finish in about 4 hrs, did 2 wheels a time.

nosepressthebox

Only four hours to do them all? How much sanding did you guys do? I want to do mine, but the clear coat is peeling in multiple places and it seems like sanding them is going to take FOREVER. If anyone wants to give me some tips feel free to PM me.

p1llar

I took a gamble a decided to not sand them. This was my first time attempting this, i had planned on doing it to my old spec v but never got around to doing it. I did two rims at a time, cleaned and dried them the best i could, did two light primer coats (about 10mins between the two), then did 3 coats of paint (again 10 mins between each coat), did a couple coats of clear and let them sit for 30mins and remounted them and did the other two rims.

jschatte

sorry man, but that paint isnt gonna stick very well without sanding them. Dont be surprised if they start chipping, expecially when winter rolls around all that road sand and salt will brutalize them.