I was thinking of painting my stock wheels as I've grown tired of them silver and lack funds to buy rims...Please post opinions



The face of the wheel is black with the beveled areas and inner lips a gunmetal color.

 

If scrilla is the issue then paint them bad boys...

Just make sure you use a decent wheel paint. I've seem some wheel paint that looked pretty good and on OEM 16 it turns out pretty decent.

 

paint them completely black...don't two tone them, most shops don't want to be bothered with that...

try this place out, Nishant is taking his here to get done...

Powdercoating

 

This is not my car, but one that I came across awhile back:

 

This is the scheme I was going for except with gunmetal and black. I've also been considering all black.....Anyone think red on the inside and black on the face would look good?

Frank, any idea on how a powdercoated finish holds up to the weather and roads around here? It's pretty durable, isn't it?

 

i'd say go completely black as Frank said

this might help:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...pic=237055&hl=

 

they should hold up fine, but im sure down the road they will wear...the main thing i worry about is the mounting and balancing. find a nice shop that will take their time and mount them right...

 

I just did to my wheels a week or so ago. 6 coats of automotive gloss black done by a body shop with a clear coat. Use a body or paint shop for best results IMHO





Prep the wheels by sanding with 600 grit wet sanding sheets all you have to do is rough up the existing clearcoat. I would suggest taking the wheels to a tire shop and having them pop the tires off before you do this project. the painter will thank you and the finished job will be better.

Do not do a two tone scheme unless your heart is set on it. Do not try to leave a "chrome" or brushed lip. the paint will leave edges if you tape off a section and leave another section bare and it will not be perfectly edged. The edges of the paint will be noticeable. Shoot the whole rim one color to avoid this.

Hope this helps
RoB

 

Looks like I'm gonna go all black...now I just need to get together some funds adn the motivation to take my wheels off. Thanks for the help everyone.

 

good choice!