I just got done painting my rims gunmetal, and they look amazing, exact match to rims people have paid $$$$ for. And its easy!
1) I recomend the spray paint sold by Pep Boys, best colors. You will need 1 can of spray (sounds low but its true), 1 can of clear (if you want that shine), and two coats of primer.
-Tape off your tires, we found that most tapes suck, esp. if you use tire shine, but as long as most of the tire is covered your good.
2) Take the tire off, all four if you have stands for your car, makes it easier. Take a soft sand paper and rough em up. The shine should be gone from the major parts.
3) Spray on a coat of primer and let dry about 15 min.
4) Another primer, another 15 min.
5) Your first coat of paint. Let dry 15 min.
6) Time to sand again, this time GO LIGHTLY! Barely there scratches are perfect, dont want to do it like the first time.
7) two more coats of paint, 15 min in between each, and then your clear! Give your clear AT LEAST an hour to dry before putting the tires back on your car. And then if possible, let them sit for awhile once on your car. I let mine sit till 4 P.M. the next day. Didnt want any paint marks!
But there ya go, super easy and fun. Plus DIY mods just rock. And they look amazing, not cheaply done at all.

 

useless without pics. Nice little how too, but we wanna see results

 

pics taken with my phone, best i can do right now but you get the idea. i love them!

 

Pics!

 

come on.. man up and go outside..


J/k.... can't wait to see how they turned out

 

what a tease...lol ur supposet to take pix before you start the thread

 

why can i see the pics and you all are still bitchin at me!? ;-) let me try again

 

nice.... looking good. now do something with that centercap.

 

really? your the first person to say that. most people love that bit of chrome. i do too, it looks sic in person. but thanks for the compliment. my first mod, im officially addicted

 

It's not PepBoys paint...hahaha, its Dupli-Color. We used Cheap primer, Dupli-Color Gunmetal and Dupli-Color clear coat. Just FYI.

 

wow your so sweet......haha *** I know its not pep boy paint, i said the paint they carry!! but yea, thanks?

 

nice rims. mines are next, nick said he got the color i wanted. we will see.

 

Juan! You finally invaded! So you like? Yea, Im really happy with the way they turned out! You're going with gold/bronze right? That will look good! Im anxious to get my headlights done too. I restitched my shift boot and painted it. We just need a car weekend, mine is craving some attention.

 

will do. and yeah, bronze will be the way, that or a advan gold. but we should definitely have a car weekend.

 

sounds good

 

looks good man.