[Mr. Red Pony]

Im thinking about painting my rims. I have my origanals on the car right now and I have GT rims in the shed. Looking to paint the GT wheels (I believe they are polished) black. Any tips to spare?

[travis_afx]

aluminum or steel

[Seabee]

Powdercoat not paint

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by travis_afx aluminum or steel

Aluminum with a clear coat factory.

Originally Posted by Seabee Powdercoat not paint

I'm on a tight budget and this is more of something that i want to do myself. And i know how to paint and I have experience painting different materials.

Plus the nearest powdercoat-er is about 200 miles away and he gave me an estimate of 1500 dollars and it would take a month... I could buy 3 new sets of black rims for that...

[travis_afx]

Hows the condition of the clearcoat on the wheels?

[HRV6STANG]

There is a powder coater in OKC a few actually and one in B.A. who does good work quickly and cheaply...

[Seabee]

If you paint it remember the chances of it gettin fucked up are alot easier.

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

i painted mine until i can afford powdercoat...

i used a scotch bright pad for scuffing...(clean them first)...i used high temp semi gloss black so the heat from braking wouldn't make the paint bubble down the road (just in case)....wet sand and clear coat

[Mr. Red Pony]

The clear coat is good but im going to take a drill with the wire cup brush (forgot the actual name) and scuff them up real good, sand the hard to get spots with around a 200 grit, prime, 2-3 coats semi-gloss high temp paint, and clear. Vwa-la.

Where at in OKC? and how much?

[HRV6STANG]

I forgot actually but the one in B.A. like I said is cheap..

[Mr. Red Pony]

B.A. Big Apple? loljk Broken Arrow is farther than OKC for me. OKC is 75 miles. Didnt know they had one.

[mcqueen]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony The clear coat is good but im going to take a drill with the wire cup brush (forgot the actual name) and scuff them up real good, sand the hard to get spots with around a 200 grit, prime, 2-3 coats semi-gloss high temp paint, and clear. Vwa-la. Where at in OKC? and how much?

If the clear coat is still good, I don't think your goal is to get down to the metal. I think what you want to do is just scuff up the clear so that it'll give the new primer something to grab onto. I'll let Travis verify/deny that, but I don't think you want to sand it all the way down to the metal and have to scuff that up too.

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by mcqueen If the clear coat is still good, I don't think your goal is to get down to the metal. I think what you want to do is just scuff up the clear so that it'll give the new primer something to grab onto. I'll let Travis verify/deny that, but I don't think you want to sand it all the way down to the metal and have to scuff that up too.

Oh no. not all the way to the metal. my bad. I just want to scuff it. guess i said it wrong. lol

[vita]

Repainting Wheels - Monte Carlo Forum - Monte Carlo Enthusiast Forums



theres a DIY I did about a year ago when I had a Monte Carlo. Should explain anything you needed.

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by vita Repainting Wheels - Monte Carlo Forum - Monte Carlo Enthusiast Forums theres a DIY I did about a year ago when I had a Monte Carlo. Should explain anything you needed.

+1 Thanks

[travis_afx]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony The clear coat is good but im going to take a drill with the wire cup brush (forgot the actual name) and scuff them up real good, sand the hard to get spots with around a 200 grit, prime, 2-3 coats semi-gloss high temp paint, and clear. Vwa-la. Where at in OKC? and how much?

no man, if the clear coat is in good condition, just scuff it up really good with 3m red scotchbrite, and paint right over that. If you take a wire brush to your aluminum wheels you are going to make nasty scratches in them, aluminum is pretty soft. And the scotch brite will make it really easy to get into the hard to reach areas.

[Mr. Red Pony]

Sounds good. Ill prolly tackle them after I do my windstar. My budget is aimed towards that right now.

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

Originally Posted by travis_afx no man, if the clear coat is in good condition, just scuff it up really good with 3m red scotchbrite, and paint right over that. If you take a wire brush to your aluminum wheels you are going to make nasty scratches in them, aluminum is pretty soft. And the scotch brite will make it really easy to get into the hard to reach areas.

that's why i told him scotchbrite in the first place......i'd like to see his red with some black wheels

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by 6er_w/a_Vengance that's why i told him scotchbrite in the first place......i'd like to see his red with some black wheels

I might put red lips on them too. Like 1/4" lines.

ps. the rims look somewhat like yours

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony I might put red lips on them too. Like 1/4" lines. ps. the rims look somewhat like yours

that's probly because my wheels are paint GT wheels lolz...btw..if you want to run center caps you'll need shorter lugs then the v6 wheels have...ask me how i know

btw...i'm doing the stripe too, but my friends cutting mine in vinyl instead of paint...so i can redo it easily if i have to repaint down the road