painting stock wheels.

[06z33]

ahhh yes, a do it yourself thread. Im sure lots of you now how to do this already because its fairly simple. But for those of you who dont here is a cheap alternative for powder coated your rims. (I would reccomend this for just stock wheels though)

1) remove wheel from car
2) clean wheel with regular water to get of heavy dust and then acetone to get rid of the tuff stuff.
3) sand wheel using 320 grit sand paper. (make sure and sand EVERYWHERE or else chipping will occur)
4) clean the wheel with the acetone again.
5) tape off your tires and pop out center cap (completely up to you though)
6) spray your primer from duplicolor (wheel paint). get enough even coats so that the paint holds.
7) spray your paint from duplicolor (wheel paint of your choice). Enough even coats so that it holds once again.
8) spray your clear coat from duplicolor (wheel paint). I used 2 coats but you can put how much you want.
* Wait about ten minutes between spraying your first and second etc. coats of primer, paint, and clear.
* Once done wait about 1 week before you wash it so that the paint cures properly.
Attached is my finished product. Not the best pic but you dont really need a visual aid for this. However I will get better pics up soon

*EDIT*
more pics up of original, primered and sanded

[SecondToNone317]

nice simple steps to follow, repped and stickied

[GT Sr20]

nice write upp

[Bacon]

I abhore painted stock wheels.

[paperdukie]

and for the ocd like me, take the chrome nissan emblem off the center cap before you paint. its got 2 like plastic rivets holding it on. you can see them on the back of the cap. take a drill bit and drill the heads off, but stop before you go too far. the emblem should pop off now and youll have the cap ready to spray, and is easier to sand too without the emblem on it. after youre done painting glue the emblem back on, use alot of glue (or a little, i used super glue so it didnt take much) and fill in where those rivet things were with glue. it gives the wheels that oem look with that emblem still chrome.

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p414/paperdukie/clean4.jpg

[Problem Child]

wanna do this 2 my wheels? how much would u charge?

[06z33]

thank you :)

[da mayor]

nice I need to get it done soon for the winter wheels

[06z33]

^ where are you located problem child?

[Problem Child]

how much would u charge to do this for my wheels?

[da mayor]

im out in Long Island. I got a set of '06 Z wheels throwing them on the G37 for the winter w/ snow tires.

[Problem Child]

S.Jamaica

[SecondToNone317]

and you guys can use some bondo to fix curb rash before you paint

[paperdukie]

and you guys can use some bondo to fix curb rash before you paint

yea mine were curbed to shit b4 i got them. theres a special wheel bondo out there, thats in a grey tube right next to the regular bondo in whatever store youre at. its like $7 for a big tube of it.

[Problem Child]

^^ thanks bish, but i have none, i just want them done like a Dark color

[06z33]

and you guys can use some bondo to fix curb rash before you paint

You can buy regular primer or sandable primer also. If you have curbs you can just sand it prime it and then sand it again and repeat this process until the wheel has been filled.

[06z33]

If you guys need help doing them just send me a pm and we can work something out

[XxPuNdOxX]

nice and simple. like how your came out.

[DarkSide]

I abhore painted stock wheels.
I used to feel the same way til I saw them done right.

[Bacon]

I used to feel the same way til I saw them done right.


done right they look good.. but asshats with flat black wheels or "time attack" stock wheels ftl.

[B15Chris]

time attacks are played out to me that and black no mas :lol: